I have a disagreement with a guy on another board, and that has got me thinking about what gun laws I would keep if I were in charge...
If I were in charge, I would eliminate all the gun laws in this country. There would be restrictions on nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, but things like tanks, attack helicoptors, artillery, mortars, machine guns, explosives, and rocket launchers would be completely legal under federal law. Background checks would still be done, but not as they are today.
See, all the violent criminals would either be dead or locked up forever. Nonviolent ex felons who served their time and who had led law abiding lives would be granted all of their rights back after a specified time. Nonviolent repeat offenders would be exiled, probably into the Atlantic Ocean on a tire inner tube and banished from ever returning to US soil. If they make it to England, they live.
I would also add in mandatory militia service for every citizen (except active military and some LEO) within a certain age bracket. People with disabilities would still be required to attend if their disability wasn't too severe. For example, my brother wears hearing aids in both ears, but he can still use a rifle. He would be required to attend (although he would be there anyhow).
What would you do?
If I were in charge, I would eliminate all the gun laws in this country. There would be restrictions on nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, but things like tanks, attack helicoptors, artillery, mortars, machine guns, explosives, and rocket launchers would be completely legal under federal law. Background checks would still be done, but not as they are today.
See, all the violent criminals would either be dead or locked up forever. Nonviolent ex felons who served their time and who had led law abiding lives would be granted all of their rights back after a specified time. Nonviolent repeat offenders would be exiled, probably into the Atlantic Ocean on a tire inner tube and banished from ever returning to US soil. If they make it to England, they live.
I would also add in mandatory militia service for every citizen (except active military and some LEO) within a certain age bracket. People with disabilities would still be required to attend if their disability wasn't too severe. For example, my brother wears hearing aids in both ears, but he can still use a rifle. He would be required to attend (although he would be there anyhow).
What would you do?