08-29-2012, 03:06 AM
Mac-A-Matic wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
what about locking them up when not in use? It seems like a reasonable thing to do.
Nobody said anything about police visiting homes to check for unlocked weapons. that bit is imagined.
Securing weapons when not in use is a reasonable thing to do. Agreed. However, to pass a law as Gutenberg posited implies that there must be some measure of checking (and prosecuting) those who do not "lock up" their weapons. The only way to "check" that kind of measure is to intrude into the privacy of the citizen.
Wrong, Mac. If a kid goes and shoots up the school and with guns he picked up off the coffee table at home, Dad and Mom can pack a little light reading and a toothbrush and present themselves at MCI Hagerstown along with Junior. I never said I wanted the cops to bust into people's homes looking for guns.