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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
If the founders believed that soveriegn power of the nation belongs in the peoples hands, and the necessary force to maintain that power belongs in the peoples hands, why should the people allow government to restrict the types of weapons available to the people?
20 years for shooting yourself in the leg? pretty harsh, don't you think?
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20 years for putting hundreds of people at risk by illegally taking an illegal gun into a club where he got drunk off his ass. He could have easily hurt someone with his gun. He is clearly not a responsible gun owner.
Hell this guy got life in prison for giving a friend a phone number:
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And while were discussing Burress it is illegal to be over the legal limit and behind the wheel of a car. Should we make similar laws for being over the legal limit and carrying a gun? My problem with Burress is he was carrying a gun while drunk in a night club. It doesn't take a genius to realize how bad that could turn out.
Its good that everyone else there didn't have a gun or else other people might have thought someone was shooting a gun in the club and deciding to be a good citizen pulled out their gun to defend themselves. Of course they would probably be drunk also so who knows how good their judgment would be.