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**tinetttstation** · 01-07-2012, 03:16 PM

I really have no problem with 1st time gun buyers... but the people who have full arsenal's of weapons. You are deranged and have serious problems. Most of the guns bought were by people who already had multiple firearms.

Got to disagree too.

There are proper enthusiasts who consider each firearm on it's merit - for example, one may represent the first he'd owned, another may have an unusual mechanism, a third may be a very rare model, etc. There are many people who'd collect them just on that basis.
Then there are people who have a variety of firearms because each does a different job, perhaps a few shotguns for different hunting or sporting regulations and game types; a few different pistols for hunting, hunting backup, target shooting, etc; a few different rifles for different sorts of game or sports/competition shooting.
Lots of reasons for an enthusiast to own many firearms.

An owner can take all sorts of precautions but, when it comes down to it, a lock will only keep an honest man out!
Rather than penalising the legal firearm owners, IMO, there should be more control of unsecured firearms, illegally owned firearms and greater penalties for firearm use in crime - and have these penalties well advertised!

01-07-2012, 03:16 PM	#14
tinetttstation Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	I really have no problem with 1st time gun buyers... but the people who have full arsenal's of weapons. You are deranged and have serious problems. Most of the guns bought were by people who already had multiple firearms. Got to disagree too. There are proper enthusiasts who consider each firearm on it's merit - for example, one may represent the first he'd owned, another may have an unusual mechanism, a third may be a very rare model, etc. There are many people who'd collect them just on that basis. Then there are people who have a variety of firearms because each does a different job, perhaps a few shotguns for different hunting or sporting regulations and game types; a few different pistols for hunting, hunting backup, target shooting, etc; a few different rifles for different sorts of game or sports/competition shooting. Lots of reasons for an enthusiast to own many firearms. An owner can take all sorts of precautions but, when it comes down to it, a lock will only keep an honest man out! Rather than penalising the legal firearm owners, IMO, there should be more control of unsecured firearms, illegally owned firearms and greater penalties for firearm use in crime - and have these penalties well advertised!
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