Say What?

Yesterday, I expressed my feelings on how I think people should be responsible with their guns.  I feel the incident in Connecticut was caused by a person that was allowed access to guns when his lack of stability should have kept them locked away.  On one side of the page, I was attacked by one person for wanting gun control and on the other I was accused of being a NRA dupe and totally opposed to any any Government actions.

I do not believe that the Government owes us or anyone a total system of laws to control any behavior.  In fact I think the Government does a pretty poor job of it.  Just because it happened doesn't mean I want the government to stop doing what it needs to do.

But with that said, there are laws about guns that I feel should be enforced.  A gun should have a serial number and should be visible. Any gun without a serial number needs to be disposed of.  Yes, there are probably some antique guns without them but most of them are in a safe place and not out on the street.  

Yes, if you use your gun illegally, you loose the right to have a gun.  Felons do not have the right to bear arms because they lost that right. People with DUI's have to earn their right to drive a car.  I think the current rules on buying firearms are fairly normal.  If you want to own a gun that the Government doesn't know about, go to the paper and buy one locally or at a gun show from a non firearms dealer. 

Guns should be locked up when not in use.  I cry inside every time I see a story about a child that is shot because someone left a loaded gun where it should not be and a child finds that gun.  Gun safes are a hell of a lot cheaper than the the guns and they need to be in a safe place.

Parents have the responsibility to teach their children how to act around guns. 

So, if this makes me a gun control nut or an NRA Dupe, so be it.    Most of us don't believe everything about anything and have mixed feelings about everything.  This morning, our local paper carried an article about two Topeka Policemen killed last night by an idiot with a handgun.  Makes it harder and harder to not think we might be in line for some changes.



MUD