Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
How come all these mental defectives (derogatory term used to illustrate a point) aren't capable to possess a firearm yet nothing else is off limits to include their 1st amendment right (comparing it to rights), their ability to procreate, their ability to vote (and other things that should require demonstrated sound mind) and even legally operating a motor vehicle on public roadways? Seems to me with all this crazy going around we're going to have to start to restrict most freedoms to keep us all 'safe'. Or, and I know this is a foreign idea to most these days, what if we just not focus so much on how to protect everyone from themselves and everyone else and focus on doing what is necessary and legal to protect ourselves from these people who would do us harm, either intentionally or otherwise? When I drive I always watch everyone around me and assume everyone is drunk, sleeping, texting, making an omlette or whatever. This has kept me accident-free even though I exercise civil disobedience to traffic laws I feel are silly on a daily basis. I just don't subscribe to the idea that more restrictions and complications make the world a safer place for all those inhabiting it. If a family is dumb enough to leave guns out around children, those untrained or those otherwise incapable of understanding then they will be visited by the tragedy fairy and their genes will be kept from further contaminating the gene pool. Being alive is dangerous. Smart people tend to do everything within their power to minimize those dangers. Stupid people expect others to do it for them.
Common sense isn't very common anymore, but it's okay because Government will tell us all what to think, say, and do.