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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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5. Would encoding a driver's license or official I.D. as a means of "permitting" be

Reply to petronius (Original post)

Sun Nov 20, 2016, 02:36 PM

Nov 2016

an acceptable standard by which homicides can be measured? The crux for many gun-owners is registration with the government, but encoding (as mine is for motorcycle use) would seem to avoid the registration onus.

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Study: 2 gun-control laws really do lower homicides (3 others don't) [View all] petronius Nov 2016 OP

Glad to see this. It's time to give up on the 'punishing sinful behavior' approach to gun control... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2016 #1

Great Post !! beemer27 Nov 2016 #2

Laws designed to improve child safety don't lower homiide rates? Are accidental child shootings jmg257 Nov 2016 #3

That section seemed like an odd choice to me as well. They include several thing petronius Nov 2016 #4

Would encoding a driver's license or official I.D. as a means of "permitting" be Eleanors38 Nov 2016 #5

No. Kang Colby Nov 2016 #6