Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Sheriff's East L.A. station holding gun buyback today (funded by forfeiture $$$) [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)"You do realize they aren't YOUR guns. These are guns that people have WILLINGLY decided they don't want anymore. Perhaps you can work on getting more of those laws passed that require everyone to own a gun. "
I don't believe everyone should own a gun. I simply believe those that are not legally prohibited from owning or possessing one should be free from you and those like you, making that choice for them - free to make that choice for themselves.
Got a problem with that?
"I guess when the nearest street is miles away, you see the very use of the term as nefarious. The rest of us just see it as meaning "outside" the house. Then of course the ongoing advocacy in favor of concealed carry in this group means that those guns SHOULD be out on the street whenever their owner leaves the house. Consistency doesn't mean much around here, does it?"
I see the term "off the street" as dishonest, particularly since the guns that were turned in, whether turned in willingly or not, were likely IN someones house, possibly in a safe, rather than ON THE STREET (outside the house) with the exception of a few crime guns that criminals may have wanted to get rid of "no questions asked".
And once again, with concealed carry, its about preserving the choice of indivuduals , making sure they are to choose - that's the side I'm on.
With you and the rest of bansalot, its about preventing that choice.
So don't be throwing the "authoritarian" turd against the wall expecting it to do anything other than bounce back and stick to you.