Exactly. How much of the nanny state laws stem from having a special criminal class of people loose on the streets that are wards of the state?
Not to mention that at the time the Constitution was written, most of what comprises our criminal sentencing would have been considered cruel and unusual. Specifically locking someone up in terrible conditions for long periods of time.
Good.
A gun is a tool. period.
There should be no licenses.
There should be no waiting periods.
There should not be mandatory reported serial numbers.
There should not be rules about how, when or where a person can carry, posess one.
There should not rules about how to store them.
A person that misuses one, should be prosectued.
A person that stores a gun in such a way that a child or other can access should be prosecuted/ held liable.
It’s s a tool. Treat it like a hammer, knife, rock, weed whacker, etc.
“Specifically locking someone up in terrible conditions for long periods of time.”
So that leaves what punishments? Execution, flogging, branding?