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Originally Posted by nezmot
I would be happy to allow people to carry guns, as long as they were concealed,
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now this is a tricky subject for alot of people. some states don't allow concealed but DO have open carry (wisconsin) and although open carry being legal, police still get calls from people not knowing the law and freaking out with 'man with a gun'. Personally, I say allow open carry, only criminals will bother concealing them for surprise.
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Originally Posted by nezmot
and if they were held legally responsible for how they are used, <b>whoever</b> uses them. If someone breaks into a house, or car, steals a gun and subsequently uses it, the original owner should bear responsibility for any crime committed with that weapon.
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I tend to agree with this for the most part. I think that if you are going to have more than one weapon, you should have a gun safe. not a cabinet with glass panels to make it look all pretty, but a hernia inducing metal safe with a double combination lock. THEN if you get robbed and the safe is missing or cut open, I could say you're not liable.
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Originally Posted by nezmot
I don't know what laws exist regarding the transfer of ownership of weapons - I assume private sales are illegal, and that you have to trade your weapon in at the gun-store if you want to relieve yourself of a weapon, or trade up to a new one.
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Depends on the state. In some states, whether you sell or give the weapon to someone, there has to be a form filled out. In others, theres only the fed form for initial buy. I don't think having to take your gun back to a dealer for a new one should happen. Just fill out a form that both of you sign so it shows you no longer own that firearm.
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Originally Posted by nezmot
No, the best argument an anti gun person can come up with is to point out that increasing the general availability of weapons increases the chances that those weapons will fall into the hands of the criminal or psychotically minded.
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With the current procedures we have, the main ways a single criminal gets a gun is to have friend/wife/girlfriend buy it for them. That only produces about 0.7% of the guns used in crimes though. Theft out of homes is the usual way a criminal gets a gun.