>>>Again, you haven't met the burden of proof.
>>>There is absolutely no reason for civilian citizens to possess weapons.
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>>In less than a minute I was able to easily find 10 verifiable instances where licensed gun owners saved the lives of their families
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>In less than one second you can find just as many (actually jore) examples of where a licensed gun owner lost a family member because they had a gun in the house. There is even a member here which this sadly happened too.
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I agree with you 100% on that one. And I've spoken out before that the NRA doesn't do as much as they should in promoting gun safety

It infuriates me when I hear about idiots who leave guns under a bed, where a five year old can find it.

About 2 months ago at a client dinner, I broke with my normal rule about not debating these topics with clients. I got in a LOUD argument at a restaurant with someone on the dangers of leaving guns out in the open where kids can get to them.

I believe that law-abiding citizens who understand the responsibility of weapons should be able to own them for defense, for sport, or hunting. I also have no problem with an updated national registration database, except for the fact that I don't really trust our administration to use that information to violate security rights or for political purposes.