Getting Older and Changing Attitudes

[shiftyer1]

My opinions have changed alot also as I have matured (<kinda) or maybe I just got older. At one point I was convinced i'd buy a full auto rifle. Then I realized how much they cost AND what it would cost to feed it!

Rules and Laws like padlocks are there to keep honest people honest. A bank robber doesn't stop at the bank doors to put his gun back in the car because it's illegal!

I don't have a problem with background checks but I can't figure out why I can buy a firearm but I need a special permit to carry it.

 

[Neverwinter]

A psychiatrist friend of mine told me that if I had a clue how many people who I pass on the street in a given day who are on the edge of unbridled violence...I'd stay home. He wernt on to say that fully 25% of such people are completely off the radar, and have zero documentation of their conditions.

Of those who break and descend into violence, how many are going to be treated for their conditions after they've gotten into the system? How many of the drug offenders discussed in this thread are being rehabilitated through addiction treatment? Each of the drug offenders in the prisons take up one more spot that could be filled by a repeat violent offender.

The rules on automatic firearms and drugs are a twisted perversion of the "Possession is 9/10ths of the law" concept; the mere possession is sufficient to incarcerate despite any harm done.

 

[NMGonzo]

I care less about rules and more about getting along with everybody.