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Gun-Crazy Right Wing Howls for Bob Costas to Be Fired

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EiMitch12/03/2012 6:23:09 pm PST

My general opinion of gun ownership and legal controls:

Should all gun sales require background checks? - I think so, on the caveat that we establish an infrastructure specializing in helping individuals when selling guns to one another. A network for police departments would suffice, since guns registrations and associated permits go through them anyways. And yes, gun and ammunition sales on the internet need to be checked out as well.

Should there be restrictions on what kinds of guns can be privately owned? - Yes. But thats already established. No changes needed in this regard.

Should there be a limit to the number of guns somebody owns? - Yes. I’d make exceptions for collectors, dealers, and shooting-range rentals.

Now when I say collectors, I mean to distinguish them from stockpilers. The difference being that collectors have all different kinds of guns, like they want their next of kin to open a museum or something. Whereas stockpilers seem to be preparing to equip a small army. And yes, of course more stringent permits and checks should exist in this regard to help distinguish between the two.