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Mar 24, 2021Liked by David Thornton

You're correct. Open carry is dangerous. Concealed carry is more likely to discourage bad behavior except in the case of severely deranged individuals.

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I'd personally like to see a licensing scheme where there are various classes, each requiring background checks, psych evaluations, and gun safety training. For example, the first class would be pump/break-action shotguns and bolt-action rifles. Additional classes for semi-automatic.rifles, handguns, etc..., with increasing levels of certification and perhaps even expiration involved. Let there be a transition period so law-abiding owners can get licensed for their currently-owned weapons: if they can't get a license, have a buy-back program so they can divest themselves of weapons they wouldn't be allowed to keep otherwise.

No matter what, we have to recognize that while we will never get to 100% we can still do a lot to prevent gun deaths.

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Mass shootings are good reminders that nobody really thinks life is all that precious and people won't go out of their way or inconvience themselves all that much to protect it. If there were no guns there would be no gun violence. Tens of thousands of lives saved every year. If life was truly precious wouldn't everyone sign up for that? People need their "modern sports rifle". Talk about a stupid phase.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against guns nor do I think they should be banned. I'm just tired of the fake outrage and compassion we have to witness everytime people are gunned down here. People on the life aren't really outraged, and people on the right don't really care.

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