All 7 gun bills - updated w/amendments to study

[losttrail]

F that...Having to get a "permit" to exercise a right is idiotic. There is already too much red tape and costs associated with concealed carry, you're furthering their agenda by supporting the bill. Also, how is your county requiring an application, back ground check, fingerprints, mug shot and approval for a concealed carry permit not another step towards registration that you disagree with on the other bills?

Ok, I will agree that I, as a law abiding citizen, should be able to CC or OC anywhere in the U.S. But should there not be some 'minimum' standards that be met? Shouldn't there be a determination as to whether a person carrying is a violent felon? Shouldn't there be some proof of proficiency? Again, we are not the nation we were 50, 75, 100, 200 years ago where nearly every home had at least one firearm.

Take a 21 year old woman who was raised in a home that was anti-gun, never had guns in the home, but for whatever reasons, she now feels that she wants to buy a handgun for protection. Should she just be able to go buy a gun and that's it? On one hand I say 'yes', but then is that fair to her and those around her that she now has a handgun but no clue how to use it?

Do you hunt? Should we abolish the requirement for hunter safety and just let anyone that can hold a gun run around the wilderness wtihout training?

Trust me, I want the governmnet to do three things: Secure our borders, reduce its own size by 95% and leave me alone.

But I do think there need to be some minimums set to protect us from ourselves. It's a tough arguement with no easy answers other than what has been proposed is wrong.