May-issue is one of the biggest travesties against Second Amendment rights currently around, and the liberal in me says we're giving police way too much power, especially to deny civil rights to others. But also, I am in generally a supporter of castle laws, and that a person has no obligation to retreat when a credible threat to life, limb, or major property occurs on their property (you can't shoot someone for TP'ing your yard), or in preventing or interrupting a violent felony in progress.
I don't think of having to qualify on a given type of firearm to be onerous - you can go to almost any range and rent a gun in any given category, and demonstrate to an instructor that you can use it. Ten minutes and a few bucks (most of it in ammo) and you're on your way. It's far more cumbersome to get a CDL or taxicab license.
The problem with restrictions on accessories such as flash suppressors and silencers is that a competent gunsmith can manufacture them completely off the radar. Same goes with things such as subsonic ammo - odds are good that they're handloads. If someone has a nefarious use in mind for them they're not going to bother going to a shop and picking them up off the shelf.
FWIW, there are a number of people who own P-51's (with the weapons systems removed), and even a few MiG-29's in private ownership. The armaments are highly illegal for private ownership and sale, but the planes themselves I'm sure are a lot of fun, and horrendously expensive to operate and maintain.
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Date: 2010-03-16 02:58 am (UTC)I don't think of having to qualify on a given type of firearm to be onerous - you can go to almost any range and rent a gun in any given category, and demonstrate to an instructor that you can use it. Ten minutes and a few bucks (most of it in ammo) and you're on your way. It's far more cumbersome to get a CDL or taxicab license.
The problem with restrictions on accessories such as flash suppressors and silencers is that a competent gunsmith can manufacture them completely off the radar. Same goes with things such as subsonic ammo - odds are good that they're handloads. If someone has a nefarious use in mind for them they're not going to bother going to a shop and picking them up off the shelf.
FWIW, there are a number of people who own P-51's (with the weapons systems removed), and even a few MiG-29's in private ownership. The armaments are highly illegal for private ownership and sale, but the planes themselves I'm sure are a lot of fun, and horrendously expensive to operate and maintain.