That should be part of the licensing are registration, and if we required insurance as well the insurance companies would insist on mental health evaluation to keep their payouts lower.
I'm gonna state my position and reason very simply.Disagreed since many of them would be loyal to the Constitution and not the Orange Satan or an autocratic state. Even if it's only a few, they would pass information to American partisans.
According many on this thread, the French should have just given up when the Germans invaded because they can't beat a superior military force. I disagree.
Guerrilla warfare requires the support of the population. Not everyone has to be a fighter, but most have to be willing to oppose those who seek to oppress them. Having the weapons to fight key to effective resistance. No doubt some people would just bend over and take it up the ass.
All that said, the first line of defense is not actually shooting the oppressors but presenting a credible force of resistance so strong that the oppressors don't even attempt to act. Disarming the public leaving only the authoritarians with arms is the opposite of that philosophy.
A partisan is a member of a domestic irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation through some form of insurgent activity.
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During World War II, Jewish partisans fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators from the forests of Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Belarus.
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If we're going to require mental exams to exercise enumerated Constitutional rights, do you agree we should do the same for unenumerated rights like voting, driving a car or any occupation that could endanger others?
Don't we already? You have to pass a competency exam to drive a car or be a plumber. If you are abviously mentally incompetent they will not let you do either.
Examining the causes of those civil wars is a strong interest of mine as part of my studies in history, especially military history. Studying history tells us how we got from there to here and, possibly, where we are going.
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That's not a mental health exam. Additionally, do you support one-time mental health checks of gun owners, voters, whatever or annual checks? If we decide to go that route, I favor annual exams just like physicals.
Hence why the Democratic agenda remains focused upon banning our way to freedom just like the Republicans.
An oppressive society is not a free society. Is it really any wonder why most Americans don't trust either party?
What's irrational about an armed citizenry? It's what the Founders intended.
It's always been about the idea of taking on the government. It's foolishness to think your guns are what keep us free and the government in line. I'm fine with civilian arms, but we don't need military-styled arms for any sane reason.
Classifying a semi-automatic rifle as a WMD is why I’ll never be a democrat.
Not true, your fantasies about Democrats are unhealthy. Tell me how banning AR's and other high-velocity military-style arms touches any civilian arms or the majority of guns, for that matter. No slippery slope arguments will be accepted.These are actual military arms which you seek to ban:
If money interests as the NRA existed in older times, you can bet that when they wanted to do away with lead paint, they'd say the government is coming for all the paint.
Are you denying those are weapons of war, Jade? Didn't you and Obama claim a desire to ban "weapons of war"?
If Obama's 2013 gun control bill had passed, would you be satisfied with the level of gun control in the US or would you see it as a "good start"?
AR's are weapons modeled after weapons of war that never should have been made as a civilian option. You don't need that much firepower outside a warzone. Those modeled for warzone combat are the only ones we seek to do away with. They are useless in civilian areas, and only open the gates for massacre after massacre. Suppose they were to be kept. You would need licensing and training. In addition, they must be kept in a gun safe and cannot be carried in public areas.
26 States have no gun safe requirements. In addition there are 26 states you can open carry an AR without a permit. Educate yourself. And ah, AR's can come quite in handy in the right civilian area situation.
