mussorgsky
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Inherent racism regarding gun ownership in the US? Wow, it's like different people enjoy buying different products!
1. Not all people fall nicely into that soft racism of who is what and who likes/does what. (you wouldn't be able to guess my heritage by looking at me, nor most of my friends. People are more than simply "a race" and behave as individuals)
2. If more of Race A buys a product than Race B, does that make someone racist or do they just have different tastes?
The bit about voter ID cards was because I've heard many people against that issue who also call for what you want in terms of restrictions. Again, though, you haven't addressed why a person should be forced by the government to register their vehicle. By the same token, what does any sort of registration do to prevent crime? We already have serial numbers on guns and federal forms that FFLs have to keep, so tracing a gun used in a crime is incredibly easy. But, again, all that does is find out information after the fact. "Accountability" to whom, exactly? A person already effectively registers their gun on purchase with the AFT and all* are accountable for their actions in a court of law, so what does registration do beyond give more power to a government that already consumes much of our wealth and opposes our freedom?
*except the politically well-connected, of course
And requiring people to take a course? I taught DMV-required courses and can count very easily the number of students who even bothered to pay attention. The only reason they were there was because someone (parents, court, insurance company) told them that they had to be there. You know the one thing those regulations did for us: they gave us guaranteed business because people no longer had the freedom they once had. What did they gain out of it? Nothing; they were out anywhere between $125 to almost $2k because of useless regulations.
In other words, you want to make sure that people can't sell their private property. (and gun shows are heavily regulated, by the way, but I know that hurts the narrative) Did you know that cars can be used to kill people, kill many people each year, are often misused, require licensing and registering, but can be bought and sold without a background check? Because the cars are private property and we can sell them as we like.
Okay, so some people are killing others. Let's take a look at who those people are:
-Military killing people, won't be affected by those regulations
-Police killing people and their dogs, again not affected
-Gang members who buy their guns on the black market, also not affected
-Criminals who steal their guns or get them on the black market, still not affected
-Law abiding citizens defending themselves, the one group affected by the restrictions.
We have record numbers of murders in Chicago because of gangs. New York City, District of Columbia, and other metropolitan areas all have similar problems. Instead of passing new regulations that won't affect them but will hurt others, why not focus on punishing the criminals? I read all the time about how many of these kids get slaps on the wrist, meaning that they are not only free to commit the crime again but are effectively taught that their actions hold no serious consequences. (See also: bailing out Wall Street, auto companies, and others)
Our government shows its incompetence on a regular basis, not even including all the various scandals, so what makes you think that they could help with this? Haven't we given them enough power and haven't they abused enough? Just search online and you'll find plenty of stories of government agencies losing guns. And these are NFA items, so instead of simple guns they're select-fire and full-automatic weapons. Oh, and we had the ATF breaking the law and literally telling gun shop owners to sell guns to bad people so that they could be sent down to Mexican drug lords. So, how would government do anything but screw this up and why would you trust them?
Killing is the only purpose of a gun? Man, all of mine must be defective! I've also owned for years and they've never heard anyone except for some recoil-bruising in the shoulder. I guess all that fun target shooting meant nothing, and all those precision competitions I took part in were only about killing people and not about friendly sport. The primary purpose of most of my guns is for fun and competition, but I do have a few devoted to defending my family and myself. Guns are tools just like a car, a hammer, a chainsaw, or a welding torch. Each can be used for a variety of things including hurting people.
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