The school murderer in Florida had committed at least three offenses, possibly four, that I know of, that, had he been charged with them, EACH ONE would have been disabling with regards to his purchasing firearms, or even possessing them. Violent physical assault upon his Mother, violent assaults against to other people, both involving weapons, and caught at that school wtih a knife "dangerous weapon" a felony violation of the GFSZ act. Had Broward County Sheriffs' DONE THEIR JOBS< he'd never have been able to purchase ANY of his collection because all four of these incidents are disabling.... can't buy or possess ANY guns.
Further, on wht rational basis do you maintain, as it appears you do, that professional mandated training is the ONLY way one can acquire the safety habits and skills needed for proper handling of arms? Dad, Grandpa, cousins, school buddies, boyfirends, big brothers, big brothers of friends, a local gun club, volunteer programmes, even books and videos... only a lazy person cannot properly learn how to handle firearms. WHY is the standard assumption always a government fix? Or a government approved fix?
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This may be an overly cynical view but I suspect Dick's has been getting their lunch handed to them by better competitors in the retail market for firearms. Walmart commands the low-price end of the spectrum and actual outdoorsman stores like Gander Mountain, Cabela's, etc do a much better job at the high end. I think Dick's was losing money and this tragedy gave them a face-saving excuse to start easing out of the market without alienating all the coaches and other sports directors who are their real bread-and-butter.
As an FFL & gun shop owner, I can say that when the ATF issues your license, they tell you that you have the absolute power to discriminate who you sell to. As a moral issue we turn down buyers we are not comfortable selling guns to at least nice a week. Moreover, as a proprietor of my goods, I should have the right to refuse service to anyone I choose.
To the "if even one life is saved" argument, I would counter that it's possible that many more will be harmed. Estimates of annual defensive uses of firearms range from 100,000 to 2,000,000, depending on source. Say we no longer allow 18-20 year old people to have firearms. This means that such a defense is no longer available to them. We can estimate that this age group makes up about 5% of the population currently qualified to buy guns (3 year age group divided by ~60 year age group of all people older than 18). We can then estimate that this group would have used firearms defensively 5,000 to 100,000 times in any given year, but are no longer able to given the new 21 year age restriction. How would these 5,000 to 100,000 encounters end, now that the defenders are unarmed?
The Age of Legal Majority is 18. Which now means there are businesses that are perfectly fine with sending these 18y/o's to defend everyone's freedoms we all enjoy, but those same 18-20y/o's can't come home from leave during hunting season and purchase a hunting firearm and participate in something they've possibly done since they were 10 the great outdoors. I say we advocate in favor of our 18-20y/o to not be permitted entry into the armed forces (the irony) until they reach the age of 21.
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