[AAABEST]

Question is, should ANYONE be restricted from owning a firearm?

Answer is yes. Those who've proven themselves dangerous to society such as verifiably (not subjective) mentally ill and violent (as opposed to non-violent) felons. I don't think any reasonable person would argue with that.

Where we're heading with idiot legislation such as the AWB is that anyone a politician or liberal believes to be dangerous can have their human right of self defense stripped from them, which eventually will be everyone except for criminals, the elite and police. This is the dream of the anit-Americanist and we're letting it happen.

[coloradan]

No, those people who have proved themselves to be dangers to others shoud be kept in jail or executed. They should not be allowed to live among us: 1. Look at how much crime is recidivist and how much the present crime rates would go down if those people were kept in jail. 2. Don't force me and everyone else to undergo privacy-invading "background checks" at every turn because you want to release dangerous people back into society even while admitting they are dangerous.

[shootist]

Well said!