It's time to cut this entitlement

[thesquanderer]

People feel entitled to own guns. Finally, an entitlement that I agree should be curtailed.

[snappyturtle]

1. I'd like to see gun ownership as a priviledge and regulated like a driver's license.

We need to know who has guns, that they're licensed and periodically renewed. Transfer of title if sold or given away. Plus, we need to know the owners are tested in some way. Can you imagine being given the right to drive by mere ownership of a vehicle? imho

[Forty6and2]

2. Of course I feel entitled..

It's my obligation to defend myself and my family. It's also my wife's obligation. And yours if you have a family.

It's in the constitution.

[snappyturtle]

3. Excuse me. Are you saying I am obligued by the Constitution to defend myself? nt

[Lightbulb_on]

7. He was inarticulate...

As a decent human being you have the responsibility to defend your family, along the spectrum whose upper limit of violence is determined by you.

The 2nd gives you the choice to use firearms but does not mandate their use. It also does not allow the choice to be taken away from others because some folks feel icky.

[thesquanderer]

8. I said curtailed, not eliminated.

Every right has limitations, even free speech.

I think most of us here probably feel the current minimal limitations on gun ownership are insufficient.

[djean111]

4. I thought the Constitution said we have to defend our country?

With a "well regulated" militia?

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

I guess that is open to many many interpretations.

It is so easy to kill someone with a gun, isn't it? Accidentally or on purpose.

[Forty6and2]

5. No, the constitution was my second point.

[IdaBriggs]

6. Why are you here? Do you support Dems?

Perhaps you would enjoy the gungeon forum more?

The rest of us are trying to process the latest national tragedy.

As usual, it is gun related.