• Kalash
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    31 year ago

    Yes, I alluded to that in the previous comment. But is that really a good argument for everyone to have a firearm? You can make exceptions for specific places. Like, all firearms have to be registered and licenced but in rural areas you can get the required training for free.

    • @Mamertine
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      41 year ago

      The ultimate issue is the American constitution says Americans get to own guns. In order to change that requires 2/3rds of the states to want to change that.

      As in California with their 39.5 million citizens has the same power to change it as Alaska with their 600,000 citizens.

      The supreme Court of the USA has said the constitutional rights are fairly broad for gun ownership. In theory that’s mostly settled case law so that won’t change short of a miracle.

      We can debate if it’s prudent or not, but it’s unlikely to change here.

      Fwiw, I’m in favor of some reasonable reforms. There’s just no point in pursuing them since it’s in the constitution here.