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It is my business here on a public forum where we are discussing an issue that affects both Americans like you and Canadians like me. It's my business if my neighbour was a criminal or psycho and is still allowed to own guns. It's my business if the gun range down the street lets a skinny kid fire an automatic weapon.
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Sure, you can say what you like; if that's all you want then I don't care what dumb ideas you hold. But that's not the case. You want this to go beyond the forum. You want men with guns to lock your neighbor in a cage if he violates the arbitrary rules your group-think peers have concocted. Why should you care if a gun-range "down the street" lets a dumb kid fire a gun? How does that threaten your safety? It isn't your kid; it isn't your business. If your neighbor is a sketchy creep.. move! Or arm yourself; install video cameras and motion sensors. You aren't entitled to live in a world were these things aren't necessary. I know it's a stark contrast to the America-of-the-mind you wish existed but never has. The cold, hard reality has always been that nice things need protection, and only the owner of the thing can properly protect it. The state doesn't care about your stuff (except when it comes to confiscating it).
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I support background checks. Why should a criminal in your neighbourhood be allowed to own a gun? What if he's on meds to control his temper? What if his Bi-Polar? What if he forgets to take his meds and start shooting up your house?
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Why should he
not be allowed is the better question. I mean, allowed by whom? Who is going to enforce your ideas? What if your crazy neighbor doesn't comply? I'd much rather everyone have guns (including the few nut-jobs) than only the state having guns (or boot-lickers like you).
What if someone illegally gets a gun? I mean if we're gonna throw around scary what-ifs, surely you can't leave out this one. The rules you want to impose are impotent; criminals don't follow rules (be definition!). What is worse: your crazy neighbor openly caries guns (you know the risk level) -- or, your seemingly normal neighbor secretly has an illegal cache of weapons (an unknown risk). But you don't consider things like this; it's called critical thinking, and your degenerate mind can't do it anymore. I mean that literally; your mind is physically altered to the point where you cannot rationally consider options.