[thefactor]

oooh, voting felons. get ready for president hillary!

really though, what i meant was that illegal guns as in guns in the hands of convicted felons. those are the guns committing most of the crime. guns that shoot people in the commission of a crime aren't bought at bob's gun store. they are bought from friends/family, traded for drugs, stolen, etc... so simply possessing them is a crime.

i support a short waiting period for handguns for a quick background check. but i do not care for restrictions on specific types of weapons. or, for that matter, restrictions on concealed carry permits for law-abiding citizens. interestingly, the cities with the strictest gun control laws also have the highest rate of gun crime. keeping guns out of decent citizens' hands is the wrong position.

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They should have the right to vote whether you like it or not. Personally, I don't see many ex-cons standing in line to vote. But they should have that right restored to them nonetheless.

interestingly, the cities with the strictest gun control laws also have the highest rate of gun crime. keeping guns out of decent citizens' hands is the wrong position.

I second that.

[robertpaulsen]

"i support a short waiting period for handguns for a quick background check."

A God-given, inalienable right ... with restrictions.

[tpaine]

i support a short waiting period for handguns for a quick background check.

You support an inalienable right ... with restrictions?

Well, you are not alone here. -- Fiat prohibitions/restrictions on 'dangerous' items and behaviors are supported by many FReepers, -- under the theory that 'majority will' can be used to trump our rights to life, liberty, or property, -- due process be hanged.

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i support a short waiting period for handguns for a quick background check.

"Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step."

-- Janet Reno