
07-01-2008
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ROOKIE
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I have been in federal law enforcement for the majority of my adult life. So, I have never had to endure the process that a non-law enforcement person must in order to carry a gun. I grew up in NY, so I do understand it is not easy. Now, maybe I misunderstood the full intent of the message I was initially responding to, but I don't think that every law abiding citizen has the capacity to use a gun and therefore should not just own one because they can. My point is simply that, not everyone has the mental, physical, maturity-level, etc to own a gun. There needs to be a process to ensure proper training and care (locking them away from children) for those law-abiding citizens that do choose to own a gun. But the process and laws in general do nothing to stop people like the "gentleman" Swattie's Wife encountered.
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