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Half-Century Man

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55. I believe that changing control of a firearm should require a background check

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 04:08 PM

Sep 2013

with a medical endorsement. I think we should be including purchase, gifts, and inheritances. Failure to comply with background regulations should result in both party's households losing their 2nd amendment rights for 50 years. They may not live where firearms are stored.
I also think we need a standard background check. One for the United States.

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Do you know one or more people you don't think should be trusted with a gun? [View all] IdaBriggs Sep 2013 OP

More. Scuba Sep 2013 #1

There are people I wouldn't trust with anything more complicated than a spoon and a fork. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #2

Mother in Law recently slipped a gear and started walking around with a butcher knife. Loudly Sep 2013 #3

Holy Shit Aerows Sep 2013 #18

We had a hell of a laugh. Loudly Sep 2013 #66

I'm glad she is getting some help Aerows Sep 2013 #68

Thanks. Everyone she and we have gone through does not prevent her from getting a gun. Loudly Sep 2013 #70

I disagree Aerows Sep 2013 #71

To be honest, some of the attitudes towards guns and their use expressed or hlthe2b Sep 2013 #4

I'm not sure anyone should be trusted with a gun. ananda Sep 2013 #5

Our neighbor brought his hunting rifles and shotguns to our house because he has appleannie1 Sep 2013 #6

I was a social worker for awhile and met several folks who had no business having a gun yet had them gopiscrap Sep 2013 #7

Ban steak knives. FarCenter Sep 2013 #8

Got that right seabeckind Sep 2013 #9

Yup ismnotwasm Sep 2013 #10

Too general a question Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #11

The question is specific. Do YOU know someone YOU wouldn't trust with a gun? IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #17

Yes, I know a few Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #23

The question is really about where to start the discussion. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #30

I believe that changing control of a firearm should require a background check Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #55

You refer to a logical fallacy known as the Complex Question. The OP did not illustrate that. LanternWaste Sep 2013 #50

It was a question phrased in such a way as to only get a "yes" answer. Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #52

Right now, the NRA believes "darned near everyone SHOULD have a gun." IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #67

The NRA is wrong, simply mistaken. Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #69

Where is the NO option? ileus Sep 2013 #12

Option 1. It starts with "Certainly not!" IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #14

Come on. Be honest. You spend a lot of time at gun ranges, gun shows, gun stores, etc. Hoyt Sep 2013 #56

Not that I've ever known... ileus Sep 2013 #72

"Trust" is not my default position. Orsino Sep 2013 #13

No (nt) bigwillq Sep 2013 #15

No...n/t ileus Sep 2013 #16

Of course I know several madokie Sep 2013 #19

I am totally one of them. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #21

that's the part the NRA never pays attention to... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #27

Agreed. I am a law-abiding citizen, happily married, mother of two. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #34

I can understand 100% madokie Sep 2013 #38

Any of you going for a "NO" option lead very sheltered lives. Paladin Sep 2013 #20

I am thinking agoraphobic perhaps... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #36

You're staying tactful, as I am. Well said. (nt) Paladin Sep 2013 #39

Even if I were agorophobic, I'd still know myself and I should never have a gun mythology Sep 2013 #63

No that was meant for people who said NO they don't know any that should not... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #64

I know a lot more people I don't trust driving a car .... oldhippie Sep 2013 #22

Damn near everyone I know. Iggo Sep 2013 #24

Sure do. Myself. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #25

Same here. Myrina Sep 2013 #45

Interestingly, out of all the people I know, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #26

Luckily those who should not have guns sarisataka Sep 2013 #28

I attended one funeral of a person who opted not to undergo cancer treatment. IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #43

My boss is blind KamaAina Sep 2013 #29

About half the cops in the country? Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #31

In all cases, they have an extreme fascination with weaponry of all types. alarimer Sep 2013 #32

A whole bunch of cops. n/t tazkcmo Sep 2013 #33

You know them *personally* -- ??? IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #35

Other: The Police. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #37

See post #35 - do *YOU* know them *PERSONALLY* - IdaBriggs Sep 2013 #41

Yes. i think we should do a trial of beat cops with no guns and see how it works out. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #47

Have you ever met some you trusted with a gun? Johonny Sep 2013 #40

Some law enforcement officers (all?). closeupready Sep 2013 #42

If my grandma had gone for her guns when the police and paramedics came to remove her... hunter Sep 2013 #44

Yeah, I know someone. rrneck Sep 2013 #46

A Facebook friend of mine, an old friend from high school. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #48

Very good question marions ghost Sep 2013 #49

I know a few. All of them own guns already. MineralMan Sep 2013 #51

i had to vote other. Sissyk Sep 2013 #53

My son is a gun collector and I have been asking him to give me one. RebelOne Sep 2013 #54

I wouldn't trust myself with a gun! Initech Sep 2013 #57

under a lot of circumstances i dont trust anyone with a gun La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #58

I don't trust anyone with a gun, including cops. bluedigger Sep 2013 #59

My ex- husband Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #60

I wish I could vote for more than one option. n/t gollygee Sep 2013 #61

I have a few friends who love to go shooting at the range, but ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #62

I have an uncle everyone's been more or less afraid of treestar Sep 2013 #65