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A precedent has been set; although, a slightly dangerous one.
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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 503971" data-attributes="member: 9240"><p>My point (almost) exactly. I know enough not to get into a debate about guns, let alone cause one, which is why I said my piece and left it lay. But the contrast here between what is seen as something dangerous that requires licensing and registration and what is dismissed is glaring, as is the public outrage about doing something to make us safer from everything that could hurt us except one particular thing. The religious viewpoints of zealots have made it impossible to even broach a subject that needs addressing, both in public and in the halls of government and justice, and that's an honest-to-god tragedy. But just so I state it clearly, <em><strong>asshats like this guy</strong></em>, with a shoot first and ask questions later mantra, are more and more determined that because they've got a gun and they're gonna use it because it's "their right" to do so, and they've made this country one of, if not THE most dangerous first-world nation to live in. I state that emphatically and with my Firearms ID card in my wallet. So when I see idiots like this getting off scot-free while putting the lives of innocents at risk whose only crime is being in the way of stray buck shot, while the guy with the drone is seen as a bad guy whose evidence will not even be considered (regardless of his intent), I'd say we've got one bass-ackwards set of priorities in this country. </p><p></p><p>Every other danger in this country is legislated to protect the 95% of us who can do whatever it is that we're legislating against from the 5% who seem incapable of behaving in a reasonable manner with it. From drinking while out on the town to deciding whether or not to answer a phone while driving to crossing a street without looking both ways first, laws are designed to protect us from idiots who cannot handle what should be, and constitutionally is, every one else's right to do with no interference. <em>Except in one case.</em></p><p></p><p>Now as I said, if you want to, have at it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 503971, member: 9240"] My point (almost) exactly. I know enough not to get into a debate about guns, let alone cause one, which is why I said my piece and left it lay. But the contrast here between what is seen as something dangerous that requires licensing and registration and what is dismissed is glaring, as is the public outrage about doing something to make us safer from everything that could hurt us except one particular thing. The religious viewpoints of zealots have made it impossible to even broach a subject that needs addressing, both in public and in the halls of government and justice, and that's an honest-to-god tragedy. But just so I state it clearly, [I][B]asshats like this guy[/B][/I], with a shoot first and ask questions later mantra, are more and more determined that because they've got a gun and they're gonna use it because it's "their right" to do so, and they've made this country one of, if not THE most dangerous first-world nation to live in. I state that emphatically and with my Firearms ID card in my wallet. So when I see idiots like this getting off scot-free while putting the lives of innocents at risk whose only crime is being in the way of stray buck shot, while the guy with the drone is seen as a bad guy whose evidence will not even be considered (regardless of his intent), I'd say we've got one bass-ackwards set of priorities in this country. Every other danger in this country is legislated to protect the 95% of us who can do whatever it is that we're legislating against from the 5% who seem incapable of behaving in a reasonable manner with it. From drinking while out on the town to deciding whether or not to answer a phone while driving to crossing a street without looking both ways first, laws are designed to protect us from idiots who cannot handle what should be, and constitutionally is, every one else's right to do with no interference. [I]Except in one case.[/I] Now as I said, if you want to, have at it. [/QUOTE]
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