re: #295 Daniel Ballard

Allegro-
I can easily imagine a similar argument being made about the 1st amendment. Hate speech, propaganda, all the hateful ways speech can inciter violence. Also written on animal skim with iron filings for ink.

The writer sets aside the fact the these amendments are part of the Bill Of Rights. The inviolable set of amendments that were in fact intended to be permanent. But lets move past the amendments.

I have a question for anyone who would ban possession of firearms.

What would you leave available for vulnerable innocent people to turn to in the event of assault, rape, or robbery? Those single women living alone? People who must make cash deposits from their small business? My wife has arthritis since childhood. No way can she defend herself even if she had training. (Which her joints would not withstand anyway)

What standing does self defense really have? To me it’s as basic as air and water.

I don’t see any calls for banning firearms. I’m certainly not making one. I have a rifle and a handgun myself and use the former in my profession, the second for self defense as a woman who lives alone. I have a license for CCW.

What the author of that article, and many others (like me) are arguing for is sane gun control. I would have no problem at all registering my guns like I do my truck and motorhome. I would have no problem with a database of large ammo purchases, for instance, red flags that might be best to question. Other countries do it - let’s seriously look at how for once and stop with the whining about how it can’t be done cuz Guns.