Put Prospective Gun Owners Under The Microscope

Townhall.com ^ | December 19, 2012 | Rachel Marsden

[Kaslin]

Did you read the article?

[Kaslin]

Don’t be ridiculous

[Graybeard58]

The Second Amendment gives Americans the right to bear arms, but in other countries -- Canada, for example -- the right to own a gun is not a given.

I'll try to remember all that, if I ever move to Canada.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

The Second Amendment gives Americans the right to bear arms

Stopped reading right there.

[Graybeard58]

I would point out that the “right” to vote has been expanded to every nut job except felons (whom the left would indeed include).

Hate to break it to you but felons already can vote, in all 50 states. Most states have the restriction that they must have served their time and/or parole or probation. Some few are a little more restrictive but all allow it.

Maine and Vermont even allow incarcerated felons to vote.

[Graybeard58]

I don’t believe one should have to pass any “test” besides not being a felon, to have a firearm

What other God given right would you deny felons who have paid their debt to society?

[longtermmemmory]

confiscation by regulation.

Its the Automatic Media way.

[longtermmemmory]

It is the Automatic Media.

They only live in bloomberg’s NYC.

[moovova]

” Don’t be ridiculous”

Sorry...couldn’t help but make the “Paris” comment. The only good thing newsworthy to come out of France lately was Gerard Depardieu.

Thanks for the threads/articles you post.

(I did read the article...and it was as I expected...someone else trying to “surrender” my right to defend myself.)

[sauropod]

A question that has repeatedly come up since the Sandy Hook shootings is why America has so much more gun violence than other Western nations.

What kind of drivel is this, Rachel?

We have lots of people that die in automobile accidents every year.

You could have just as easily written:

A question that has repeatedly come up since the accident on I-95 is why America has so much more car violence than other Western nations.

Maybe we should outlaw gasoline. Or tires. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[MortMan]

The left believes that a fundamental RIGHT is no more than a privilege, subject to their acceptance of its exercise.

[freedommom]

Is this for real?

saw on you tube—may put a different light on the shooting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Ep2pG3qY6c

[DuncanWaring]

I don’t believe one should have to pass any “test” besides not being a felon, to have a firearm.

I don’t believe one should have to pass any “test” besides not being a felon, to have a baseball bat.

I don’t believe one should have to pass any “test” besides not being a felon, to have a knife.

I don’t believe one should have to pass any “test” besides not being a felon, to have a car.

I don’t believe one should have to pass any “test” besides not being a felon, to have a can of gasoline and a book of matches.

How many of those do you agree with?

[DuncanWaring]

The Second Amendment gives Americans the right to bear arms, ...

No it doesn't.

Repeal the Second Amendment, and Americans still have the right to bear arms.

The people coughing their lungs out in the "showers" of the Reich had the right to bear arms. They just didn't have the freedom/opportunity/foresight to bear arms.

[USS Alaska]

We used to fish in Northern Canada for over 25 years, but after 9/11/2001 the frenchies treated us so badly that we stopped going, and I'll never go back.

The fishing was terrific, walleyes for the best eating, Great Northern Pike for super fighting and trout, perch and bass just for the fun of it.

My then 12 year old nephew caught a 56" Great Northern with a mouth so wide that you could put both fists in it at the same time {after the fish was dead}.

Over the years the number of our people varied but we spent between $ 10-15 thousand per year, depending on the size of our group, and now every one fishes in the states.

I've got a couple of french words for the idiots in quebec, but if I use them I'd be banned from FR.