Jeff Stahler for September 06, 2015

The NRA strikes again.

American gun laws are none of my business, but I’ll just say something. In the country where I live, I am, legally, permitted to own a gun as long as I have no criminal record and obtain a licence from the local authorities. In the state where I live, the only recognised reason for being granted said licence is self-defence; and I would have to prove that my life was under threat before I could get this licence. In this state, too, the only licences granted are for handguns, of 7.62 mm calibre or lower, though in most other states you can buy bolt action rifles or shotguns as well. Now in this country no imported weapons are available for sale to civilians; you can only buy indigenously manufactured guns. Gun stores (which are much fewer in number than they were even twenty years ago) are not permitted to deal in handguns. The only handgun suppliers are a few designated ordnance factories in specific states. I would, assuming I ever got a permit, have to pay a deposit and register for a gun at one of those factories; the closest is nearly a thousand kilometres away. Then I would have to get temporary permits from all the states in between to be allowed to carry the gun across their territory. And then, when notified that my gun was available – a process that might take months – I would finally be able to collect it…for a price that would probably be more than a month’s pay for most non-rich people. And then I would also have to get a permit for the ammunition, to renew which i would have to account for every single bullet I used up.Obviously, it would be cheaper and easier to be a criminal and own an illegal gun; but guess how many gun crimes this country has per year?Almost none.

In our newspaper just this morning, a man standing on his front porch took out a gun and shot a neighbor standing on his front porch across the street, hitting him in the leg. No known motive yet, but it obviously wasn’t self-defense. People in this country just like shooting people.

While most of us are aware of 4 dimensions, cherry pickers choose to ignore chronological order in making their selections. When just doesn’t matter if a point can be reinforced.

There is alos the part in Section 8 where it specifically says that Congress and the State Legislatures are supposed to Write those Regulations..We’re Still Waiting…

There’s a simple solution: repeal the second amendment. That would be more effective than all the griping in the world.

Personally, I believe that a government that does not respect its citizens should have a reason to fear them.

Take away my first amendment rights or my right to vote, and I’m coming out shooting.

I’d have to buy a gun first.

The non-political punchline is “My end says zero, what does yours say?”

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