Bipartisan Senate group proposes ‘no fly, no buy’ gun measure

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(04-24-2018, 02:07 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(04-24-2018, 08:43 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: It is rational, when potentially confronted with a situation, to be trained, equipped and mentally ready for that situation.  The founding fathers lived in a world where those situations were common enough to protect that right.  It is rational to believe that a bad guy confronted with such a hostile and active population would feel free to avoid drawing the attention of an armed, trained and ready population.

It does not hurt to write laws that supposedly prohibit bad guys (felons, the insane, etc...) from owning or carrying arms.  That fine if you think prohibition will work, but irrational if you do not.  Police can spend their time and effort trying to make prohibition work.  Just make sure due process and rule of law aren't thrown away in a vain hope for backwards safety.

Apply this to the case of Travis Reinking, who got treated with full respect, then his father gave him back his guns.  He was disarmed by an unarmed patron of the Waffle House, not by a friendly shooter.  

The system is broken and the idea of an armed citizenry to protect us all is simply not viable ... or wise, in my opinion.

I'm an armed citizen who lives to far away from you to be any help to you during a crisis.