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Originally posted by Bentley Little
I want to say I did read the original post and I don't want to sound like a jerk here, but with just text, things can be taken out of context....so, I did say in my post that the issue was the legality of carrying, so I thought I was pointing to that when I stated And I completely agree with quote:
"But when you're talking about Fairfax County, you have to look at what is reasonable."
Translation: You have to look at what I consider reasonable.
But I agree that your analogy, with explanation does make sense, but wasn't necessary, you could have just stated that in the first place. We have place laws so that when people break them, they will be punished. Hence gun laws. I could say to your point "saying they don't feel comfortable around a gun because of someone's "knowledge of use"" that I do not feel comfortable around trucks (drivers) on the highway at night because more than half of them have a severe lack of sleep and could very easily cause an accident. Or any other type of discomfort. The fact is that we as citizens under the constitution have a legal right to carry firearms, and no, not every person is mentally capable of using one properly, but so as with everything else, there will always be bad seeds.
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no worries
and what you or I consider reasonable my not meet eye to eye ever, so we try to put some stock in having a mediating reasonable person give us a reasonable answer to help dispel the greys and missing space.
it is odd now that I think about it that one has the constitutional right to bear arms, but not necessarily the right to propel themselves across the country by their own means. One is guaranteed the rights to freely move about the country without worry, but driving in all states is still a privilige and not a right.
I could live without a gun, but in most places in America one needs to be able to transport themselves self sufficiently and not have to wait for someone else or ineffective public transportation.