Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: LOL, has anyone actually read the "universal background check" legislation that has been proposed?? [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)Were they simply said by them, or did they originate from them?
The implication of "nra talking point" is pretty clear. Do those statements mesh with the implication?
"nra talking point" is thrown about far too easily and loosely these days, and is generally used as a convenient way to dismiss and not have to address something, that someone else says, that the dismisser doesn't like or want to address. A cheap debate tactic, in other words.
"But laws that might offer a little inconvenience or infringement to/on selfish wants & needs, or that COULD be ignored just because the risk is low? Certainly will do my best to willingly abide."
Laws that might offer a little "inconvenience"...Who decides what level of inconvenience is ok?
Laws that might offer a little "infringement" seem to me, to be venturing into the area of "shall not be infringed"...
And as to "selfish wants and needs", we've covered this ground before. Its not selfish to say "no more new gun laws" until you do a bunch to make it far more difficult for the person who does have the gun illegally with bad intent, to pull off whatever he/she intends to do. As I have said, everyone seems to be looking to ignore that area, and concentrate directly on the guns, which makes the motives of those doing that very suspect. Now, you can call those who hold such sentiments paranoid, however, you'd have to ignore a whole lot of statements of intent from the people ignoring the aforementioned areas, such as "I'm not interested in crime, I just want to get the guns", and "its just the beginning", and the like. A "little inconvenience or infringement" in the face skipping over that area, combined with those statements that spell out the intentions of those making them, I think, becomes "a lot". I doubt very much that I'm alone in that thinking, and I don't see it as selfish at all.
In fact, I'd call it prudent.