Re: Gun Control - Should Ordinary Citizens be allowed to Own, Carry, & Use Firearms?
Reply #315 –
Why is it called "gun control"? Do you call the regulations concerning driver's licences "car control"?
There's a thought. You actually have to go to the DMV and prove that you know the law concerning driving a car, and if it's your first time you will have to prove proficiency in driving the car.
If you want to get a Class A CDL, you'll have to jump through a ton of hoops to prove you actually can drive a rig safely.
Here in Illinois, you have to pass state-police checks to get a "Firearm Owners Identification Card" and the concealed-carry permits if you're doing this legally-- note, if I ever DO decide to own a gun it will be legal, having to buy weapons and ammo from the shady characters at 5th and Homan is not my idea of the way to do this right. To get the concealed carry, they make you pass classes in gun handling and gun safety, don't know for sure if they try to weed out the freak-show but I sure hope so.
Smiley, I gotta say that if you're wanting to keep the state from knowing what you have or even if you have, here in Illinois you're a trifle late legally. After I secure the permits I would need and get the training I would need-- of course they're gonna know. How could they not? But, you know, that doesn't really bother me. Especially if I AM the "militia" because-- oh, I know you won't believe this-- in time of need, when the troops-- meaning me-- would be mustered in the town square-- it would be the business of the local government, and maybe the state-- depends on the size of the emergency-- to know "for sure" who they can depend on to face the emergency. If anything, I probably would need a lot more training than I'm likely to get at "Sam's Sporting Goods and Shooting Range"--- so maybe a little bit of real, bona-fide militia training would be in order. You can only get that through semi-official channels, or through knowing guys who meet in the back woods behind Jed's barn-- one of the two. In any case, it really doesn't bother me to have my paperwork in order, so that I can answer legally and constitutionally for any and all weapons I might possess. I have to have a driver's license, registration and proof of insurance to drive a car-- why should I not have legal paperwork to possess and use an arsenal?