I did indeed read the thread... and saw all of your comments.
And you are trying, and succeeding to be a wise***
I responded to one of your posts with sarcasm. If that makes me a successful wise-ass, then I plead guilty.
but I said people are capable of understanding their situation accordingly.
Okay.
Are you a single parent with a handgun that you leave in a drawer? Is your toddler able to reach that drawer?
My child managed to survive my gun storage regimen and go on to have four Middle East deployments; he was at Ft. Hood when Nidal Malik Hasan took advantage of Uncle Sam's keeping my him - or any other soldier - from getting into his own drawer.
We have seen this a lot in recent years.
Toddlers being hurt by the ignorance and carelessness of adults is one thing, and having a 20 year old lunatic execute his mother and steal her pistols to commit a crime is quite another. I'll credit you in advance with understanding that nuance.
But I doubt you can grasp that nuance.
I guess I'm just a bit thick that way. In any event, only you know how far you are willing to be bullied or cajoled into compliance with whatever the government decides is best for you. If the actions of a psychotic killer are able to be so easily demagogued into making people voluntarily override the Bill of Rights, then the nation deserves what it gets.
Mr. niteowl77
There have been many urban drug addled parents who have let their 2, 3, 5 year old children have access to their guns,
Yes, in the news, they have shot themselves, their siblings or a friend.
I want all Americans to have the right to own guns. I own many. But can we damn a druggie not let one lie on the carpet for their little toddler shoot themselves?