It is time that governors, legislators, Senators, House members and the President to stand up to the National Rifle Association and their lobbyists to enact a ban on assault weapons, stricter gun laws to prevent the flow of weapons to the Mexican drug cartels, sold by gun dealers along the Southwestern border and requirements to 'Open Carry' gun laws to equal the requirements of Conceal Weapons laws.
Michigan - Royal Oak, will host an Art Eats and Beats Festival, next week end, and the City has been forced by 'Open Carry' gun nuts to accept them at the Festival.
There maybe 500,000 people there and 'Open Carry' gun nuts who don't have to know how to handle, load or shoot their weapons - let alone, the ramifications of pulling or using their weapons will be roaming the streets with people who have been drinking and the heat of the day and alcohol may not mix.
'Open Carry' laws in 42 states must be amended to equal the training that those who have a concealed weapon are required to have. The 2nd Amendment was adopted in 1791 -
over 219 years ago - long before police departments and national guards - farmers had to protect themselves - it is no longer necessary for the public to openly carry guns in public. We massacred the Native Americans - we don't need more public massacres
I spent 12 weeks learning to use the weapon that the Detroit Police Department entrusted me with to protect and serve the public. It is only right that the public
be trained to use the weapons that they are allowed to carry in public.
ps: Retired law enforcement officers should be allowed to carry their weapons in all 50 states and territories, with a state - concealed weapons license.
2 comments:
I'm not sure how I feel about open carry, but I have read that lawfully armed private citizens shoot far fewer innocent people than cops do (one of the Gary Kleck studies).
And what is this assault weapons nonsense you refer to? Can you even define an "assault weapon"? Don't confuse machine guns with semi-automatic rifles, guns that can only fire one bullet at a time but have a military-style appearance. Hands off my AR-15, daddy-o. It's no threat to you or anyone else.
Guns that are found in the hands of Mexican drug cartels are usually military or police issue, and not so many civilian guns. don't try to claim they buy rusty .45s and police .38s, full-auto AKs and rocket launchers on the US market, because they don't.
One thing I am in favor of is stricter background checks at point of sale. I think we can all agree with preventing weapons from ending up in the wrong hands.
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