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Sancho

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14. I don't think it matters what type of gun is licensed. The license is for the person.
Sat Nov 8, 2014, 07:19 AM
Nov 2014

The idea is to prevent unstable people and criminals from having easy access to weapons that kill. If you can buy black powder for muzzle loaders, then someone else could use it for a bomb. You could have as many hobby guns as you want. If you want ammo or powder or permission to enter a shooting range or civil war reenactment; you would show a license.

If you have a license, you show it, buy what you want and head out. Online you would have to enter a proof of a license. The person who is NOT SAFE to possess weapons would be turned away at the counter. No background check at the store is necessary if you have a license in your pocket.

I don't make a distinction about types of guns, or even if you "own" the gun. To participate in public shooting, to buy guns or ammo (including powder), or to transport a gun you simply show a license. That is not foolproof, but it makes it harder for people who are unstable, criminal, or untrained to possess and use guns.

It's one way to easily prevent some of the obvious shootings that we see every day.

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