Gun Nuts

keycocker · Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 3598

According to factcheck the average gun owner in America has 7 guns.
About two thirds of Americans have none.

MalibuGuru · Joined: 11 Nov 1993 Posts: 9300

SWC, I do not, nor will I carry a weapon, unless I'm shooting with my son or a friend. However, I want the right to bear arms just like a police officer does. I'm more educated and older than the average cop. Why not?

Guns safely locked in safe and case, with motion detector in room alerts my cell phone if someone is in there. Gun owners have on average over 1000 rounds of ammo in their homes, IMO. For target range needs etcetera.

I can't imagine anyone going to the range with less than 200 rounds.

MalibuGuru · Joined: 11 Nov 1993 Posts: 9300

According to the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey – the leading source of international public information about firearms – the U.S. has the best-armed civilian population in the world, with an estimated 270 million total guns. According to Pew Research 37% of households have guns.

I'm guessing that that number has exceeded 40% with Obama as president. Gun sales have been astronomical since he took office.

This is not necessarily a good thing if the people who are buying are gangsters. I do not want to see registration. However a course that requires hands on training and a waiting period seem fine to me. The government has no reason to know who owns a weapon.

uwindsurf · Joined: 18 Aug 2012 Posts: 968 Location: Classified

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

I have to agree, you buy a gun, you need to sign up and be responsible for it.

MalibuGuru · Joined: 11 Nov 1993 Posts: 9300

SWC, the government may be collecting meta data which disregards the 4th amendment, but too many people cherish the 2nd amendment.

This is a constitutional right. They don't ask you to register your religion. They don't ask you to incriminate yourself in court. They don't ask you to give up your personal effects, etcetera. How can they take a sacred right in the constitution, and make you register?

swchandler · Joined: 08 Nov 1993 Posts: 10588

To vote, a constitutional right, you must register. I hope that doesn't come as a surprise to you.

Nobody is denying responsible citizens the right to own a firearm. Enough of the right wing NRA BS. Registration documents a gun purchase, and it establishes an important responsibility. You own a gun, you are responsible for it.

pueno · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 2807

uwindsurf · Joined: 18 Aug 2012 Posts: 968 Location: Classified

J64TWB · Joined: 24 Dec 2013 Posts: 1685

"Guns safely locked in safe and case, with motion detector in room alerts my cell phone if someone is in there".

I think you need to beef up security. Maybe an armed guard or two and perimeter alarms. There is some really cool new infrared technology like around the White House. Did you buy that bucket of food? Got to keep up with the Jones.