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Please enlighten me, being Canadian, I do not have the same desire to own a gun, but I do have a few questions about the whole HANDGUN issue.
(I do get the argument for a long gun, especially if one has a farm or lives in bear country, but that is a seperate issue)
1) As they are not very accurate, what is the big desire to have one, unless it is to have the ability to KILL a person at close range.
2) As they are not very accurate, it wouldn't make any sense to use it to hunt would it? Personally I don't want to get up close and personal with an angry bear.
3) Back in the day when the 'wild west' was a reality I can somewhat justify the handgun thing, but we have come a little way since then, no?
4) Your constitution mentions the right to bear arms but doesn't specify the type, so theoretically grenade launchers should be legal as well, no?
While I am being silly, what about say cluster bombs?
5) In the last couple of years, the most powerful long gun in the world was invented in the US, the claim to fame I heard at the time, was it was 'able to take down a commercial airliner at 2 miles' . What is the hunting season for airliners? (That way I will know when it is safe to travel)
6) While most gun owners are responsible and learn proper care and control, there will always be those that don't. So should our laws PROTECT the ignorant? Perhaps having a little required training isn't such a bad thing?
We do require people to LEARN how to drive before letting them do it.
For the record, I am NOT a PETA type. While I do not hunt, I do fish, so I get the whole feeding my family/enjoying the hunt, thing.
While I do not require a license to own a fishing rod, if I am in an area of fish habitat and have my equipment but no license, I would be in a world of hurt, if caught.
I do not have a problem with that. Especially if it means that it makes it harder for poachers to operate.
I am not FOR gov't intervention, but as distasteful as it is, it is required sometimes.
OKAY, I have my helmet on and am ready for ENLIGHTENMENT.
Fire away.
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