Should owning a gun be as easy as getting a drivers license?

Seems to me you have a low threshold for crazy.

Everyone in the US does have the right to own a gun - it's in the Constitution. This gal wants gun control, that is, gun registration. Is that why you think she's crazy?

Time was if you didn't have a gun you risked being killed by a bandit, a bear or an Indian. (Sorry, native American.) Or you might be needing dinner, and there was no KFC.

Not today. We have cops, we have killed most of the bears, and the Indians only scalp you at casinos. (That's a joke, for them that can't tell.) And nobody shoots their own supper.

So, if I need a license for a car, a ham radio, a dog, even a cat, why not for a gun?

And if not for guns, how about bullets?

In most places it is much easier to get a gun than a drivers license. I bought a handgun when I was 21 because I could, then went out and shot cans and bottles without the vaguest idea of what I was doing. But I learned how to use a weapon properly at FLETC and in an overseas job I had, and I think everyone should have some sort of training. The NRA offers courses which are required in some places, so why not require it everywhere. You really need to know the 'rules of the road' to be a responsible gun owner. (In some countries, you also need a doctor's exam to verify you aren't insane).

On the contrary, I think the process of getting a driver's license should be more like getting a gun. Some of the people who get driver's licenses cannot drive worth a hill of beans, and are just as dangerous on the road as a person with a gun.

The girl you met feels that "everyone" has a right to own a gun? Is she aware that if you have too many traffic violations, you cannot keep a driver's license? By the same token, if you have a history of robbing convenience stores, should you be allowed to keep your gun permit?

I agree that some people should not be able to own guns. My brother, a member of the NRA, went to a gun shop, and they were really nervous about selling him a gun since he's 23. Yet when Sueng-Hui Cho, the VT shooter, went to the same shop, he managed to get a gun just fine, and he's also 23 and had a brief stay in a mental health facility.

I think she's crazy too.

Since it is your God-given right to defend yourself (every living creature has this right!), and it is affirmed by the second amendment to the Constitution that you have the right to keep and bear arms, I think it should be even easier to obtain and own a gun than getting a driver's license.

Some people might think that's a problem. They're called politicians, criminals, elitists, communists, socialists, tyrants and dictators. Fortunately, they're all wrong, and history has shown it.

Fellows like Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George Washington, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock and many more too numerous to name believed as I do, and because of it, we still have that right enumerated in our Bill of Rights.

They believed that men should rule their own lives, and not be ruled by tyrants. They believed that freedom was worth dying for, and that too much government intrusion was worth fighting against.

I only wish that more Americans believed it too, instead of willingly handing away their rights and freedoms in the failed attempt to gain security.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

I am a gun owner,hunter and supporter of our 2 nd ammendment rights.that being said I support background checks,it is a pretty effective way of screening purchases,while no system is perfect,it's the best we got for now.as far as the ownership part goes she's right.felons are already banned from purchases(legal)i have posted a couple of my favorite sights for you to browse.I enjoy shooting my firearms,most of them are WW2 military collectibles,all rifles,and a couple shotguns,one for home defense if they get past my big dog.although I currently own no handguns,just haven't found one I need to have,but maybe someday,or maaybe not

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EDIT I live in a very rural area,the closest police is 25 miles away,that 20 minutes at 75 mph or so,I am not going to put mine or my familys life at risk to wait that long,on the same token I hope I never have to,

I think it should be easier for the general, law-abiding public to be able to carry a gun. Then again, I happen to think it should be harder to drive a car than it is. I don't know the numbers, but I have a feeling teenagers that can't drive are responsible for more deaths than registered gun owners...

There is no reason to own a gun in any urban area in the US. Statistics prove the the mere presence of a gun in a household is many times more dangerous to the owner than not owning one. 29,569 firearms deaths in 2004 according to the CDC.

Motor vehicle deaths are 45,113, for 2004, or 53% higher.

BUT the difference is guns are not needed on a daily basis, but motor vehicles are. Please someone argue that a gun is somehow more important to me than a motor vehicle.

I think it should be at least as hard as getting a drivers license. In many states it is much easier to own a gun than it is to get a drivers license.

It's a difficult question to ask because people dont know how to control themselves. One reason i think it should be easy is because its part of our Second Amendment but people just abuse that by shooting each other. Especally in the ghetto.