how many of you think that every single american should be allowed to walk around with a gun in their pocket?

edit - spelling of bear . thanks geckgo

well it sure would control the population.!!!

It would make the majority a lot more polite.

But we might have to shoot a few of the obnoxious ones before the rest got the message.

I thought we did.

What is the other extreme side of this coin, no guns anywhere at all?

Ask Plaxico Burress what happens when you carry a gun in your pocket. I hope his foot feels better.

I'm fine with concealed carry laws as long as a thorough psychological evaluation is part of the licensing requirement for each weapon.

if guns should be issued only upon a license... why is it written into the constitustion as a "right" ?

(forgive my ignorance, i'm not american and that part of your constitution genuinely baffles me)

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well said my friend.!!

regulated militia... this I can accept... Licensing meets that critiera.

an excellent point. I think the right is typically interpreted as the right to have weapons, but laws have been made in municipalities since the 1800's saying that you cannot carry them in towns. The right to bear arms (deviating into my own take on the matter so nothing past here is necessarily fact, just my opinion) was probably drawn up for the case where if the US was invaded, every citizen would have the right and the means to defend their country against the invaders. Not so that vigilantes could go around shooting eachother when they think someone is in the wrong. But those were different times.

hmmm... i guess i could see that kind of reasoning as sensible...

You're gonna agree with something I said??? You're crazy!!!!



I just wanted to pop in for a moment and make note (since no-one else has yet) that I joined this thread because of the spelling of "bare" in the title. Thought maybe there'd be some T and A you know?

I think if you are of right mind, and want/need to carry one...then so be it.

I carry one at all times, for protection, and the fact that I wear diamond rings on my fingers at all times as well.

With time getting the way they are...I just want to wear and protect my investment.

JMO

I think that I'm too trigger happy to carry a gun around. I'd get a little drunk and start blasing the bejesus out of beer cans.

Americans don't go by our Constitution anymore Jasmine. We just SAY we do.The law pretty much does what it wantsAnd it mostly wants $$$$$

What Americans SAY,and what Americans DO, are two different things Jasmine.

even if you don't anymore... it'd still be nice to know what your forefathers were thinking