Nad R wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote:
> > sf wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:10:22 -0500, "Pete C." >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Then why do those on the left constantly try to attack the
> >>> constitutional rights of others?
> >>
> >> I suppose you're talking about gun nuts "rights".
> >
> > No, I'm talking about gun owners constitutional rights as well as the
> > inaliable human right of self defense. The only nuts are in the
> > paranoid, irrational and unethical anti-gun camp.
>
> I have no problem with those that have a gun for self defense. Do they need
> to carry one in the open? No.

Not many of us do carry guns in the open, other than during hunting
seasons. We have *concealed handgun licenses* and that is how we carry.

> Do they need semi automatic weapons with
> those extra large clips? No.

Absolutely we do. The second amendment was written in reference to arms
that were then state of the art, and it is our constitutional right to
state of the art arms.

>
> People should not be able to own an full automatic

Yes, they should, and the few people who do own them are well qualified
and background checked.

> or a semi automatic
> weapon.

Absolutely they should. The second amendment in now way put any limits
on the type of arms that a citizen had a right to.

> I am also for gun registration

Which would accomplish what exactly, other than harass those exercising
their constitutional rights? Criminals aren't allowed to have guns. How
about we make you register your speech with authorities before you are
allowed to express it? All public speeches have to be pre registered
with authorities, if you want to change your speech you have to register
it or you get arrested.

> and to pass an exam on the use of
> the guns.

Pretty much everyone with a CHL has passed a background check and a
proficiency exam at a range. In some states you have to re-test and
requalify periodically just like a LEO.

> Took keep the guns out of those that have committed a crime and

Laws have long existed for this, nothing new is required. Check the
stats with most any state, plenty of criminals are rejected from gun
purchases. Perhaps we should be arresting the criminals in the ATF who
have been running guns into Mexico.

> to those that have mentally problems.

Laws currently exist for that, but your beloved ACLU and the like think
they somehow infringe on the rights of the mentally ill and routinely
attack such laws. Lax reporting by mental health facilities and those
who come in contact with the mentally ill (like Jared Longher) are the
problem, not guns. If mr Longher couldn't get a gun you can be pretty
certain he would have used a different weapon, perhaps just stealing a
larger truck and plowing it into the crowd.