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03-21-2018, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by scottw
it does make sense...how do you enforce this?
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Both of these are after the fact, then laws are broken, arrests made, and charges filed.
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Originally Posted by zimmy
When a nine year old walks in the bedroom and grabs a handgun and shoots his 13 year old sister in the back of the head you arrest the owner for improper storage. Kind of like the death penalty is supposed to be a deterrent to murder, it might deter a person from leaving the handgun where a child can access it.
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Originally Posted by Nebe
The term is called “accessory to murder”
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The question is how do you enforce the requirement of someone having to lock up their weapons. Other than random spot-checks by the police (which will never happen), there really isn't a way.
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03-21-2018, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
The question is how do you enforce the requirement of someone having to lock up their weapons. Other than random spot-checks by the police (which will never happen), there really isn't a way.
If you want to fix the issue, find a way to fix stupidity and lack of common sense.
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No solution is 100% but if it's the law more people will comply simply because they don't want to be held liable. Plenty of options to protect weapons yet keep them available for home defense if needed. |
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03-21-2018, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by spence
No solution is 100% but if it's the law more people will comply simply because they don't want to be held liable.
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you'd think they'd comply because they don't want their kids shooting each other...liability?...good grief |
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03-21-2018, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by spence
No solution is 100% but if it's the law more people will comply simply because they don't want to be held liable. Plenty of options to protect weapons yet keep them available for home defense if needed.
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The question wasn't if it was a sound solution, I don't think anybody here is going to argue that it is smart to lock up guns when there are children around, the question was how do you enforce it? |
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03-22-2018, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
The question wasn't if it was a sound solution, I don't think anybody here is going to argue that it is smart to lock up guns when there are children around, the question was how do you enforce it?
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How do you enforce a requirement in a state that doesn't have any requirements to own a gun to start with ...
but Mississippi passes strictest abortion law! its madness |
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03-22-2018, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by wdmso
How do you enforce a requirement in a state that doesn't have any requirements to own a gun to start with ...
but Mississippi passes strictest abortion law! its madness
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Then it's not a requirement, is it?
Again, how do you enforce that requirement in a state that actually HAS that requirement?
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03-22-2018, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
Then it's not a requirement, is it?
Again, how do you enforce that requirement in a state that actually HAS that requirement?
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You can’t enforce it in every case, like most public safety laws, seat belts for instance, you do so to affect common behavior. More people wear seatbelts now than before there was a law requiring their use and most people no longer need a law to make them.
It has saved lives, now airbags......
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03-22-2018, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete F.
You can’t enforce it in every case, like most public safety laws, seat belts for instance, you do so to affect common behavior. More people wear seatbelts now than before there was a law requiring their use and most people no longer need a law to make them.
It has saved lives, now airbags......
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Go beyond this. The culture change with seat belts means that today most people couldn't imagine not wearing a seat belt today.
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