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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
So you feel that having a law that does not improve safety, but sounds good, is a good idea?
Licensing improves safety. A background check or license check at purchase improves safety. A required safe handling course improves safety.
Requiring standard magazines to be pinned at 1/6 capacity does not improve safety. Prohibiting a piece of safety equipment such as a suppressor does not improve safety.
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Please explain how a silencer is a piece of safety equipment.
This is just my personal feeling, and I'm aware this is not held by a great many people. But I can't think of a single non-hunting situation where a civilian needs to be in possession of a firearm.
I cannot imagine a higher stress situation than being in the middle of a mass shooting. And I would guess the guy walking out of the Gap with a glock under his jacket is as poorly equipped to act as a first responder in that situation as I am.
Trained individuals who deal with high stress situations on a daily basis can have guns in public. Nobody else.
'But then only the criminals will have them'. No. Criminals will have them, and the police will have them. The gun is a uniform - I see you with a gun and without a badge, I know you're the enemy.