[American politics]Guns for lunatics

ardvark71 · 02-04-2017, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ntubski

But can you understand why we have similar restrictions on cars, even for people over 21?

Hi...

But driving a car is not a constitutionally protected right, it's a privilege granted by an individual state, that's the difference.

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ntubski · 02-04-2017, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ardvark71

But driving a car is not a constitutionally protected right, it's a privilege granted by an individual state, that's the difference.

Fair enough. I guess that's something non-Americans don't really understand.

ondoho · 02-05-2017, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Ru1138

guns should be allowed
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One reason is that those who live out in the countryside or in an unincorporated area depend on state police in case of emergency and it can take longer for them to reach a residency that called than it would local police departments.

other countries (without gun rights) also have sparsely populated areas, and i dare say that a good deal of them have less crime however densely populated, compared to USA.

that is the problem:
i only need a gun because i know that every thug out there has one, too.

maybe there's just generally too many guns around?

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I guess that's something non-Americans don't really understand.

DavidMcCann · 02-05-2017, 03:11 PM

The whole obsession with the constitution is something that we don't understand. Of course, the UK gets by without a constitution (we rely on common sense and decency) but other countries that have one don't obsess about it. Every few years, they'll update their constitutions: the US is the only country I can think of that tries to run a 21st century state with 18th century rules. And don't get me started about the US obsession with rights: what they need is to think more about duties.