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**domeffire** · 12-14-2005, 07:39 AM

Tim,

In this country you have to be tested and licensed to ride a motorcycle or drive a car. You have to have a doctor's

permission to possess a syringe. Yet an adult can walk into Walmart and buy a 44 Magnum and a case of ammunition so

long as he/she haven't yet committed a felony despite your never having handled a firearm in their life.

I

am in no way opposed to firearms ownership and own several myself. I also practice with them and keep them clean.

Sure would hate to miss or have it jam if I really needed it Everybody in my household also knows how to use a

firearm, even my 14 year old daughter who is actually a rather good shot. My problem is the number of untrained

lunatics who have no clue about guns other than what they've seen on TV.

Playing devil's advocate

here. Does one need a license to practice their First Amendment right? So why the Second? Or any other right

declared in the Bill of Rights?

The problem with the testing requirement is that it means the government

sets the standards for passing (and can arbitrarily make them so stringent as to eliminate certain demographics such

as the old or handicapped). And we'd also have to pay additional fees to keep this sector of the government in

existence, just like our local motor vehicle departments. We all know you're a "small government" person, so is

this an apparent contradiction?

When I got my concealed carry permit, I had to demonstrate I can shoot my

pistol with the right or left hand only and I had to hit the target X number of times in order to pass. Shooting

with my left hand only was wierd, since I'm right eye dominant. I had to estimate where my sights were lined up.

What if every person had to do that simply to purchase a pistol? Would Granny Smith be able to pass? I don't like

the idea in general.

12-14-2005, 07:39 AM	#17
domeffire Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	Tim, In this country you have to be tested and licensed to ride a motorcycle or drive a car. You have to have a doctor's permission to possess a syringe. Yet an adult can walk into Walmart and buy a 44 Magnum and a case of ammunition so long as he/she haven't yet committed a felony despite your never having handled a firearm in their life. I am in no way opposed to firearms ownership and own several myself. I also practice with them and keep them clean. Sure would hate to miss or have it jam if I really needed it Everybody in my household also knows how to use a firearm, even my 14 year old daughter who is actually a rather good shot. My problem is the number of untrained lunatics who have no clue about guns other than what they've seen on TV. Playing devil's advocate here. Does one need a license to practice their First Amendment right? So why the Second? Or any other right declared in the Bill of Rights? The problem with the testing requirement is that it means the government sets the standards for passing (and can arbitrarily make them so stringent as to eliminate certain demographics such as the old or handicapped). And we'd also have to pay additional fees to keep this sector of the government in existence, just like our local motor vehicle departments. We all know you're a "small government" person, so is this an apparent contradiction? When I got my concealed carry permit, I had to demonstrate I can shoot my pistol with the right or left hand only and I had to hit the target X number of times in order to pass. Shooting with my left hand only was wierd, since I'm right eye dominant. I had to estimate where my sights were lined up. What if every person had to do that simply to purchase a pistol? Would Granny Smith be able to pass? I don't like the idea in general.
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