It is easier to buy a gun, then to buy a puppy: CNN

[Stuart G]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/16/health/getting-gun-ease-trnd/index.html


(CNN) — The way our laws are written, guns are easy to get in this land of the free.
Buying from a gun store? Background checks and waiting periods might slow you down -- but only a little.
Buying from a private seller? In all but a handful of states, there's really no hoops to jump through at all.
In fact, it's easier to get a gun than ...

A Drivers License :

License: Submit proof of your identity. Pass vision and written tests. Drive around a couple of weeks on your learner's permit. Then pass the driving test. Depending on the state, it takes completing all that to get your first ever driver's license. Also, some states, like Maryland, put you under a probationary status for a few months when you get your driver's license.

Gun: You don't need a knowledge or proficiency test. You usually don't need a license or permit to buy a gun, unless you live in one of 13 states (and D.C.) that force you to get one. And there's no probationary period after you get a gun

A passport

Passport: You have to prove you're a citizen, submit paperwork and a photo and usually wait about six weeks to get your hands on your first U.S. passport.

Gun: A gun store runs your name through the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System; you put your money on the counter and the gun is yours. Takes just a few minutes. If you're buying from a private seller, you don't even have to go through a background check in most states.

(rest of article at link)

[underpants]

1. But puppies aren't in the Bill of Rights

[Stuart G]

2. Yes, not in Bill of Rights, but..most puppies

are cute, loveable, and do not kill. Can't say that about guns. But guns, firearms, are in the Bill of Rights. Although the founding fathers could not have imagined a AK 47..j(or whatever they call it)used to kill many children and adults in a church. ????

[underpants]

4. I've promoted this book here several times.

It puts the whole thing into context of what the Founders really thought and what militias/standing armies were at the time.

The Second Amendment, A Biography
https://www.amazon.com/Second-Amendment-Biography-Michael-Waldman/dp/147674744X

[Orrex]

5. I hate to point this out, but...

[div class+"excerpt"]most puppies are cute, loveable, and do not kill.Most guns do not kill, either.

[Orrex]

3. It's easier to buy a gun than to renew your driver's license

It is easier to buy a gun than to petition for redress of grievances.

And the list goes on...