Reply #45: Using the term anti is pejorative, demeaning and dehumanizing. [View All]

I do not need to know details of every gun control law in the world to have an opinion, and am not an advocate of 'strict gun control'. I am an advocate for regulation, and part of regulation is following the law. I certainly do not advocate a flat out ban.

In my experience people who advocate flat out bans are fairly rare. They can be well informed of the laws, very ignorant of the laws, or somewhere in between. In any case the flat out ban position would be unworkable and ineffective. I object to your characterizing anyone who advocates for reform and regulation as an anti or as a supporter of the 'all out ban'.

By regulation and reform I mean keeping guns out of the hands of nut bags and criminals.

One simple example.

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I am not so sure what 'reduce the general availability of handguns' means. Where I live, the AG has a 'compliant' guns list. These are guns that are approved for sale in the state. I can cross over state lines and go to shops where these non-compliant guns are sold but I can't buy one and the dealers can't sell them to me. The dealers say 'go to gun shows'. I take that to mean that I could get one of these guns through a 'private sale' at a gun show.

Also, I know for a fact that non-compliant magazines and guns are sold at gun shows in my state, and I have no reason to believe that state laws are not being ignored in a similar manner across the country.

Anyway, this 'reduces the general availability' of certain guns, but it is not effective in keeping these guns out of the hands of criminals or nut bags. Why? Because otherwise law abiding citizens choose to ignore certain laws.

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So don't demonize people who obey the laws, don't own guns or handle guns, or don't like guns. They are not the ones making guns available to criminals and nut bags.

The people who choose exercise their responsibility and rights for gun ownership are responsible for keeping guns out the hands of criminals and nut bags.