Comments on: A serious word about the nature of guns https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-serious-word-about-the-nature-of-guns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-serious-word-about-the-nature-of-guns 53 years and 204,000 miles of business, CEO, leadership, startup, political, military wisdom Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.11 By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-serious-word-about-the-nature-of-guns/#comment-267 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:08:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=933#comment-267 In reply to Parkite.

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Personally I would have no problem with it but I think the effort is on very shaky Constitutional ground.

It is on shakier ground from an effectiveness perspective — less than 3% of the gun crimes are committed with long rifles of any kind.

One is going to limit magazines to 10 rounds — to what end? The crazy people are going to commit murder, you think they drive under the speed limit on the road over to the crime scene?

I would favor a list of crazy people who are prohibited from saying the word “gun”, a very fierce background check for everyone (including gun shows), 60-day waiting period, huge “big data” info set with every gun transaction accounted for, mandatory gun safety training, mandatory marksmanship training, mandatory security of firearms including trigger locks and a number of other administrative
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I don’t think anything will be effective other than making a list of crazy people.

The nexus at which the outcomes can be changed is — crazy person & gun.
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]]> By: Parkite https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-serious-word-about-the-nature-of-guns/#comment-266 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:25:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=933#comment-266 So would it be ok with you if we outlawed assault weapons?

]]> By: JLM https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-serious-word-about-the-nature-of-guns/#comment-256 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:48:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=933#comment-256 In reply to gregorylent.

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Never had to discharge it but have used it to bring persuasion and reason back into the conversation several times; or, until law enforcement showed up.

Trained and a good marksman. Not eager to use it — reluctant really — but ready and capable.

I suspect that in an entire lifetime it could only save your life just a few times but how many lives do YOU have to waste really?

I think none.
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]]> By: gregorylent https://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/a-serious-word-about-the-nature-of-guns/#comment-255 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:42:00 +0000 http://themusingsofthebigredcar.com/?p=933#comment-255 my old mother used to lament that there was “so much crime now days” and she felt bad about that every day ..

once i asked her if she had ever seen a crime … she paused, and pondered for quite awhile, then she remembered somebody had taken a small rowboat from down on the beach.

so, do we go by our personal experience in life, or the mediated one we get fed to us everyday.

i imagine from reading this blog post that you have used your gun several times in your life for this to be written from your personal experience.

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