FILE - A row of rifles for sale is on display at a gun shop in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. The mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., has prompted questions about the effectiveness of “red flag laws” passed in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Like many of my fellow southerners, I own a lot of guns.
Over the years I’ve felt that weight on many occasions and in many different situations from tracking the erratic flight of a blue-winged teal in the early morning light of a Louisiana marsh to breaking up a nasty assault outside my old French Quarter apartment late one night. The weight. The profound weight of a gun in your hand and what you could do with it.
Of course, cars kill lots of people every year too, mainly by accident, but they are dangerous when mishandled. In recognition of that fact, we’ve developed a detailed regulatory apparatus governing the ownership and operation of motor vehicles. A person must pass a test and obtain a license to lawfully operate a truck or automobile. You must register the vehicle and carry insurance in case it causes injury.
Yet when it comes to firearms these safety lessons don’t seem to translate. Some question whether devices designed to kill can be engineered or regulated to be safer without diminishing their utility. The answer is probably not. Whether you are talking about smart gun tech or a more robust licensing, registration and insurance regime, some of the clean, pure lethality of firearms would be diminished.
Nope
Hold parents accountable if kids have gun. Stricter law for criminals holding. The right to bare arms is in the constitution.
Wasn't this same article run back in 1994 when the news media was helping Dems pass the Assault Weapons Ban? Are we just going to reprint the same guns, abortion, climate, taxes, spending, immigration, and crime articles every time there's a Democrat in the White House?
Wrong on both counts.
It already does