Character
Rules
Events
Map
RP Points
Proplimits
Statistics
Steam Group
Members
Hall of Fame
Team
Bans
Blacklists
Warnings
Changelog
Content
05-28-2020, 04:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:08 AM by Fearless Community.
Edit Reason: Fixed Encoding
)
(05-28-2020, 04:41 PM)Conn Wrote:(05-28-2020, 04:22 PM)Venom Wrote: A lot of Europeans are ignorant to the fact that a blanket ban would not be able to work in the US, nor is it really possible. As some others have stated, it isn't as simple as just passing a law and there you go. The right to bear arms is a right in our constitution, something that isn't changed easily. Never mind the fact that the majority of Americans wouldn't support it.
Sure you can have some restrictions on firearms, but that is mainly up to the state. My state for example is one of the more restrictive in the US simply because it is 1 of 3 states that actually require a license for one. I had to send in paperwork, wait 30 days for a background check to be done and other checks, before I was given my license. To get a conceal carry license after that, it's typically a 90 day wait currently. I'm not against restrictions by any means, as long as they're sensible and not just out of emotion. I feel like more states should require licensing and such.
The complete removal of firearms from American society will simply never happen though. There are way too many in circulation, too many criminals with them on their hands, and if you remove them from the law abiding citizens it only opens them up to be extorted by the gun wielding criminals.
It’s simply nigh on impossible for any state to ban the possession of firearms because of the flawed constitution. The only way to combat it is progressive change, however that’s limited again by the bounds of the constitution. I don’t think social change will ever happen if the events that have already happened haven’t spurred it on much already.
Yup, I agree with you here.
Nothing will change because of the constitution and the majority of the public support the right to bear arms. Even little restrictions are extremely ridiculed. I support the right to own a firearm, but I of course support restrictions as well. Many people however are either completely left or right on the topic and can't find a middle ground.