(05-23-2022, 10:30 AM)mikesez Wrote: But as for this topic, a federal gun license, strikes me as a bad idea on multiple levels.  One, I don't think the federal government is really competent to manage such a thing across 330 million people, most of whom don't want to be managed.  Health care is one thing, people want others involved in their health care.  But guns are private.  Two, I think it's best if states and even cities and counties are free to decide what gun regulations work best for them.

The system of background checks we already have seems to work well.  That's not an opt-in license to own a weapon, it's just a list of people who shouldn't own them.  And everyone not on the list isn't affected.  That seems much better to me.

See, we can agree on things when you really try to be reasonable. Other than that health care stuff in there which amounts to "people want other people to pay for their healthcare" most of what you said is ok. Local control isn't realistic since the variation from county to county would be too much, but State law is fine with me, so long as there is an absolute ceiling to what they can enact and enforce. For instance, California could not enact a confiscation and prohibition law in that state as they have with "assault" weapons and high capacity magazines, nor would any State be able to enact a law against concealed carry. Infringement on the rights through regulation would not be permitted.

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