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Good points, knox. I don't know the procedures for legally obtaining a firearm in the US, but I'm pretty sure you need a permit, and that usually requires some sort of test being passed. Maybe gun ownership should be looked at as a privilege instead of a right, which better fits the wording of my "revised" 2nd Amendment on the previous page. The problem is that by now everyone being able to get a gun if they want being an inalienable right of every human being is rather than a privilege reserved for those who can be smart and responsible about it is so ingrained into American culture that if anyone tried to change that, it would seem to some like they're fucking with Mom (as if non-Americans hatch from eggs or something), the flag, and apple pie.
I'm actually surprised at how mixed some of the responses have been in this thread. Being a board for a band that's shown mainly pacifist viewpoints, I figured I'd get a whole bunch of flaming and negative rep for supporting firearm ownership--then again, there are as many authority-hating nuts on the left (no offense Rob) as there are God-fearing rednecks on the right sometimes...
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