Sunday February 18th (aka Why Am I Awake?)

[ArtWilliams]

Like Ramster said said, in Canada I wouldn't know how to get a gun. Some people, especially in rural areas, own shotguns and rifles but there is a long drawn out process to own one. It's rare that you hear that someone owns a [legal] handgun. Mass shooting almost never happen. There seems to be a large part of America that is completely out of step with the rest of the western world with respect to public safety. It saddens me.

[Ramster]

Originally Posted by artwilliams

Like Ramster said said, in Canada I wouldn't know how to get a gun. Some people, especially in rural areas, own shotguns and rifles but there is a long drawn out process to own one. It's rare that you hear that someone owns a [legal] handgun. Mass shooting almost never happen. There seems to be a large part of America that is completely out of step with the rest of the western world with respect to public safety. It saddens me.

Yes, they are still in 1776

God forbid you suggest to a gun owner in the US that in order to get a gun you have to wait a week to pick it up while security and other checks are done. No ban. No 2nd amendment rights violated. Just common sense. That's a possible solution rather than allowing some 19 year old to go to Walmart and walk out with a gun the same day.

You need to pass a test to get a drivers license, why not a gun? It's idiotic.

[Greenguy]

Just saw this Bernie Sanders Tweet from yesterday:

I'm kinda in the middle about guns (even though I've never even held one, let alone shoot one - and they do honestly give me the willies) but I've never thought about these guns like that.