{"id":905,"date":"2013-04-09T18:28:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T22:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/?p=905"},"modified":"2014-07-31T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T19:31:22","slug":"my-take-on-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/905","title":{"rendered":"My take on gun control.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning everyone!\u00a0 My cat and I were in a deep discussion yesterday regarding all the ranting going on over gun control.<\/p>\n<p>It is my stance that there are already enough laws on the books regarding gun control, and that, prior to establishing new laws; it would be a good idea to enforce the laws we already have on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atf.gov\/content\/library\" target=\"_blank\">books<\/a>. A real good gouge and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao\/ut\/psn\/documents\/guncard.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">quick reference<\/a> of the federal laws.<\/p>\n<p>A neat read about the various gun laws can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, it is a state by state comparison; and pretty informative. Under the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_laws_in_Virginia\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia<\/a> section, it mentions &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/rkba.org\/ccw\/shall-issue.html\" target=\"_blank\">shall issue<\/a>.&#8221; From what I can tell, if a state is a shall issue state, if a person qualifies, they get the permit.<\/p>\n<p>So, to make a long story short; I think the best action is to enforce the laws that we already have on the books, we don&#8217;t need more laws at this point in time.<\/p>\n<p>Rebuttals, am I out to lunch?\u00a0 I look forward to the discussion.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Update: After some more discussion around the hacienda,\u00a0 the concern about gun shows came up, I think we have stumbled upon middle ground.\u00a0 My thinking on gun shows is this: most of the people selling at the gun show are <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/2013\/02\/08\/background-checks-and-the-so-called-gun-show-loophole\/\" target=\"_blank\">already FFLs<\/a>, so they have rules and regulations they have to follow.\u00a0 Most people that attend gun shows know pretty much in advance if they are planning on buying a gun, so why not enforce a measure that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People looking to buy a weapon could get pre-screened and receive an authentication code, that way a person&#8217;s private information wouldn&#8217;t be compromised.<\/li>\n<li>People looking to sell a weapon could pre-register\u00a0 and receive an authentication code as well, stating the weapon is clean and has a clean bill of health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The basic issue is not gun shows, nor the gifts of guns to one another; the basic issue is how do we keep weapons out of the hands of &#8220;crazy people&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning everyone!\u00a0 My cat and I were in a deep discussion yesterday regarding all the ranting going on over gun control. It is my stance that there are already enough laws on the books regarding gun control, and that, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/905\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[84,82],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-guns","tag-rights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":935,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/935","url_meta":{"origin":905,"position":0},"title":"American Gestapo","author":"DR D","date":"April 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"With the recent shootings, and the bombings in Boston, MA, there have been new calls for gun legislation, immigration reform and prosecuting the bombing suspects as terrorist.\u00a0 We (as a country) need to be very, very careful about the precedents we set.\u00a0 Look at what we got from our rush\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Rants &amp; Raves&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Rants &amp; Raves","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/category\/rants-raves"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":940,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/940","url_meta":{"origin":905,"position":1},"title":"What\u2019s a Poor Congressman To Do?","author":"John Sweeney","date":"April 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"My congressman sent out an e-mail in which he was inexplicably whining about some backlash he\u2019s gotten from his constituents over some recent political decisions.\u00a0 He appeared genuinely perplexed at why we would be upset, and went on to wonder if compromise and \u201cgetting along\u201d would ever be possible in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AoM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AoM","link":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/category\/rants-raves\/aom"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15061,"url":"https:\/\/dansdigitaldive.com\/web\/archives\/15061","url_meta":{"origin":905,"position":2},"title":"In-Decision 2024 \u2013 Presidential Election 2024","author":"DR D","date":"October 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, my cat was telling me to start writing again.\u00a0 So, to shut him up; I\u2019m stealing the name of a segment from the \u201cDaily Show,\u201d as I\u2019m sure you\u2019re aware, it sums up this year\u2019s election cycle quite nicely. 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