• PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com
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    9 months ago

    Yeah, I don’t see a credible need requirement either, according to that website. So, we’ll go with proof of expertise instead.

    Even so, your site mentions that publicly carrying firearms is generally prohibited and concealed carry is generally reserved for specific professions.

    So, if the Kansas City shooter acquired the gun by stealing them, then it’s going to matter where they were stolen from.

    If they were stolen from John Smith in public, then again, German gun control laws are far more likely to have stopped the Kansas City shooting because the legally acquired gun wouldn’t have been in the public in the first place.

    If they were stolen from John Smith at home, then, the website you linked has safe storage requirements that suggest it would take a lot for the shooter to find and combine everything before going on the rampage. Again, German gun control laws would have likely stopped the shooting.

    And while this is a fun exercise in the logical application of law, it’s all for nothing because German gun laws are largely unconstitutional. For Americans, guns are an individual right, not a privilege. In law, rights require duties from others. If someone has a right to something, then others have the duty of respecting that right. A right to guns is the duty to endure a higher probability of being murdered in a firearm related incident than other developed nations.

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      9 months ago

      So, we’ll go with proof of expertise instead.

      I will say I have no qualms about this for concealed carry. I have training through law enforcement, military and professional training I have paid for.

      It makes me uncomfortable that someone with zero experience can buy a gun, walk out of the store, load it and put in their purse or pocket.

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      9 months ago

      A right to guns is the duty to endure a higher probability of being murdered in a firearm related incident than other developed nations.

      Switzerland has a high rate of firearm ownership. Their firearm deaths are still low.