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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I've followed probably close to 100+ stories of accidental deaths, or injuries, suffered by innocent bystanders from the actions of police officers in the line of duty and I've been able to count on one hand, the number of prosecutions. The civil lawsuits get dismissed under the supremacy clause. You've seen my point out quite a few of them over the last year, so you should remember some of them.
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I've seen just as many where the cop at the very least gets fired or reassigned somewhere where he won't have the opportunity to do that again.
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I agree, people certainly should know how to use a gun. I just don't think it should be government regulated. If a person can't dedicate themselves to being familiar, comfortable, and competent in using a gun, they should not even bother.
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I completely agree- they shouldn't bother. Trouble is, they DO bother, they DO get guns and then run around thinking they're safe and can shoot the bad guy just like in the movies. The basic problem is that people are basically stupid, especially when it comes to stuff you see a lot of in movies, and frankly can't be trusted to make good decisions. Now, if we're talking about chewing tobacco that's one thing. If people want to be stupid with that, go for it, it won't hurt me. But when we're talking about a lethal object designed specifically to kill, then to not have any regulations making it much harder for the stupid to get their hands on it, that's insane.
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Idiots and anything don't mix well, but there is no law against being an idiot in this country, unfortunately.
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That's right, which means we need to protect society from the idiots.
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Admirable, that you've dedicated that much of your time to the discipline, and I agree about the training, with any weapon. I still feel that, as a constitutional right, it should not be government regulated. When it is, it isn't a right anymore, it becomes a priviledge....one that can be taken away with ease.
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Yeah, but then there's that whole sticky "well regulated militia" clause which clearly shows that the intent of the framers was to have an armed and. .well. . .well-regulated populace to keep the government in check. The intent was NOT to have a bunch of idiots running around shooting the wrong people.