Re: "Assault" rifle prices since Newtown
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: redneckbmxer24</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
As I said I don't expect everybody to buy top of the line security but at least a half assed attempt would be a step in the right direction. I also don't support .gov coming into a home to check on firearm storage but I have nothing to hide so I wouldn't object if they requested. </div></div>
I'm not trying to be a jerk when I say this:
What <span style="text-decoration: underline">you</span> expect from the country's gun owners is of no consequence. Since <span style="text-decoration: underline">you</span> are not writing, negotiating or passing those laws, your opinion only matters on election day. Unfortunately, it may be too late for that. All I can hope for is gridlock until mid-term elections and the balance of power be changed in a "pro-firearm" manner.
Secondly, if you think the government will be happy with a 10-gauge metal locker with a desk drawer key lock on it, you're delusional. It will have to be something "theft proof", and as someone who has worked in the steel industry all my adult life, a simple 10-gauge metal locker can be defeated in minutes, not to mention picked up and carried out the door by two men.
I will say it once more: there is a problem in our country. It cannot be solved by gun bans, magazine bans or gun lockers in homes. Are gun safes/lockers good, ABSOLUTELY. Should they, or any other type of product you HAVE to buy be mandated by the government, NO.
I'm telling you, some gun owners are willing to take it up the pooper because LESS THAN HALF A DOZEN <span style="text-decoration: underline">board-certified lunatics</span> kill people every year. I cannot believe untold millions of people are willing to give up their rights over the actions of 4 or 5 people.....and yes, whether you think it is or not, being forced to buy a gun safe (or any other protective measure) is giving up your rights.....because your right is "<span style="text-decoration: underline">un-infringed</span> firearm ownership". Here's a CRAZY idea: how about we should somehow find a way to keep guns out of the hands of certified lunatics.
Novel idea, I know.
The problem here is good, honest, well-meaning people like you believe that our government is staffed and run by good, honest, well-meaning people. I hate to break it to you, but it is not. Are there good ones in Washington, sure there are. However, it unfortunately seems that the lunatics get the most air time and are given the most credence....and the "good ones" end up caving in to shut the lunatics up.