RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
February 7, 2017 at 3:11 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2017 at 3:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't, we've been using the term as a pregame legal defense for too long. We refuse to call them criminals...even law enforcement routinely fails to categorize their actions as such, preferring..instead, the softer term -irresponsible. We do not prosecute them to the the fullest extent of the law, and there's a sense..especially when the dead kids are their own, that they've already been "punished enough". All of this directly enables the behavior in the first place.
Most people, and dangerously..gun owners, are completely unaware of such laws...considering the manner in which they store their firearms to be one of "personal responsibility" rather than legality. A metric which each and every one of these guys inevitably considers themselves an exemplar of.
For plenty of them, putting a loaded pistol under their mattress and telling their kids not to go into mommy and daddys room satisfies the "personal responsibility" portion of the perceived arrangement.
Most people, and dangerously..gun owners, are completely unaware of such laws...considering the manner in which they store their firearms to be one of "personal responsibility" rather than legality. A metric which each and every one of these guys inevitably considers themselves an exemplar of.
For plenty of them, putting a loaded pistol under their mattress and telling their kids not to go into mommy and daddys room satisfies the "personal responsibility" portion of the perceived arrangement.
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