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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Can child safety measures on guns be compared to seat-belt legislation? Making it a law that people must use safety measures that will likely prevent accidental deaths?
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No they can't. Seat belts don't inhibit the owners ability to drive. Forcing someone to install an integral lock on a weapon does. I don't have children and have no need to secure all my weapons. If I had them, I would choose what level of security is appropriate for my family and I. I would weigh the odds of a home invasion where I live against the risk to my children if they find a weapon and act appropriately.
Oh, and DKsuddeth, there is absolutely no way on this earth I would walk around DC with an empty holster. It just isn't going to happen. I have never understood how that sort of protest does anything other than make the protesters look like a bunch of idiots.
If you want to change a law then lobby, it is the only really effective way in most circumstances.
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