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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to see gun ownership go in the same direction as owning and operating a vehicle. Require licensing, registration and insurance. Put a minimum age on ownership and usage. Set standards for which ownership can be taken away, including special requirements for households with children.

That's not taking away anyone's right to own a gun - or 50 guns if they're that crazy about it. But it would make it easier to know who IS crazy, punish those who abuse their "right", make guns and their owners traceable, and probably reduce ownership significantly enough that mass shootings become something we only talk about in history books, not the daily news. [/quote]

Thanks already done.  Most states require registration.  Permits for if you have kids?  Sorry, don't want more federal intrusion into my home[/quote]

Sorry, if you have a gun, I want your kids protected, even if you don't think you need it.  See you at the ballot box.[/quote]

Unlike you, I'm a good parent and my children fully understand the dangers of firearms and that they're not toys.

Sorry if my kids are smarter and I'm a better parent.[/quote]

Yep, I also refuse to answer the doctor’s question... Do you own a handgun?  Really?  This is now part of a physical exam. 
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Yes, if it has to do with the impact of your lifestyle on your health, doctors should ask.  Your answer is up to you.  I don't answer all of my doctor's questions either.[/quote]

So does driving s car, yet they don't ask that[/quote]

There are lots of requirements to ensure that you're a responsible driver.  Sure some people aren't, but those requirements make it a lot less likely you're going to be run down by a person who decides it's his constitutional right to start driving on sidewalks.

The high rate of gun deaths is a public health crisis - that's something that doctors are supposed to help fix.

Again, I'm wanting to know why it's so intolerable to let people know you're a gun owner.  [/quote]

I don’t have any problem letting people know I am a gun owner.  However, I do not wish to be included in some government database.  [/quote]

You should be.  If it's required for cars, it should be for guns too.  Nothing in the constitution prohibits it.[/quote]

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It does you have a reasonable expectation of privacy [/quote]

Which part dictates privacy for gun ownership?
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Gun ownership is in the bill of rights and a right bestowed upon you for merely existing, it isn't grant by the government.  It's a constitutional right, as is the expatation of privacy.  Cars are not, and are run and regulated by the state[/quote]

Right to privacy and right to gun ownership are two totally separate rights, and neither is unlimited.  Also the right 2nd amendment says a "WELL-REGULATED militia," so the government has the right and obligation to regulate guns.  Guns were in fact tightly regulated in early America, including the creation of gun owner lists.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-gun-control/2012/12/21/6ffe0ae8-49fd-11e2-820e-17eefac2f939_story.html[/quote]

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