(05-23-2022, 05:56 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Isn't there a broad spectrum between

a) No one should ever be allowed to own a firearm, and
b) Absolutely anyone should be allowed to own any sort of weapon and carry it anywhere. 

Don't we need to draw a line somewhere?

There is a broad spectrum, but people think with their gut on this stuff.
I do too.
The idea that some people I work and shop with might have loaded guns in their pockets and purses, doesn't bother me at all.
But the idea that these private citizens might be walking around with weapons in their hands, or openly in their belts, that bothers me.  I think only uniformed police and security should be walking around like that.  I don't have a great reason to feel that way, but that's how my gut feels.  
I don't think anyone here can change my gut feelings. And I doubt I could change anyone else's.
I do think we need to be more careful when we talk about guns and the mentally ill.  Most mentally ill people are not sadistic or violent and there's no extra danger to the public associated with them having guns.  Mentally ill people are already some of the most disadvantaged in society.  Instead we should focus on people who make violent or sadistic statements or actions.  These are the people that the red flag laws should focus on.  And they usually aren't mentally ill.  They're just evil.

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