>>>>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
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>It infuriates me when I hear about idiots who leave guns under a bed, where a five year old can find it.
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>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.
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>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 agree with that too. Any law-abiding citizen who wants one should be allowed to have one. I also think they should be required to take some sort of class on how to use it and store it properly too. But...at the same time...I don't think that citizens need to own automatic guns or ones that hold a zillion rounds of ammo.

> 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.

That is actually my biggest gripe. I really really want such a database. All guns should AND their ballistics should be in a database. But yes there is a huge trust issue with the government having that data. Personally I think it's the lesser or two evils.