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Post by Matt D. on Feb 4, 2014 23:19:00 GMT -5
I saw this earlier, here is a link to the Constitution Party website and their view on guns... www.constitutionparty.com/gun-control/I like the sound of that. I would really like to be able to buy a gun without being treated like a criminal. I would very much like to see the FFL system abolished. All it does is prohibits people from getting guns. And the age restrictions are unconstitutional. I can't go and buy a handgun. Why? Because I am not 21 yet. What difference does it make? If I get a handgun when I am 21, am I less likely to commit a crime than when I am 18? Or when I am 15? If I am willing to commit crimes when I am 18, there is a good chance I would still commit those crimes if I was 21. I find it disrespectful and angering that I should have to follow their guidelines to exercise MY right, Don't you? |
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Post by Rohn on Feb 5, 2014 7:59:07 GMT -5
I agree wholeheartedly with you Matt. At 18 years of age a young man can go and fight for the country but cannot buy a handgun while at home. Makes no sense.
I believe anyone except a confirmed criminal should be able to possess guns in the USA.
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Post by Matt D. on Feb 5, 2014 12:00:11 GMT -5
Honestly, I have come to the point that I think if the prison system does not punish them sufficiently so they can be a citizen again, then we need to make our prisons much harsher. Is the purpose of the prison system not to punish them and discourage them from committing another crime?
If you commit a crime, and you serve the entire length of your sentence, You should be able to buy a gun. That is just how I feel.
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Post by Rohn on Feb 5, 2014 12:21:29 GMT -5
Prison should be a horrible place. They should make them get out and work with no pay other than a place to stay and food. Picking up trash along the interstates with them all chained together or other community services would be good. Hard labor for the really bad ones. Then they wouldn't want to go back to prison.
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Post by Matt D. on Feb 5, 2014 22:42:53 GMT -5
I always wondered why they never made prisoners perform maintenance on government properties. People argue that it is "Cruel and unusual punishment". It may just be me, but if you find work "Cruel and unusual punishment", Then you should probably leave.
I think put them into repair, grounds-keeping, and other tasks that are heavy labor but do not require much skill. It would also eliminate costs associated with all the programs they do to keep these people busy. They try so hard to make these people "better" by catering to their every need.
Prisons should be a place where you work very hard, all day, until you realize that this place is going to break you, that you can never come back. I think the example of the soviet union's prisons shows one thing we must avoid though. If you have ever read the work One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich ( Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn) You will remember that the inmates experienced food shortages, and some were given special privileges, which all eventually led to extreme violence and poor construction. Our system is burdened with a unbelievable amount of inmates, which could cause a similar situation. So there is a balance, that must be kept for the quality of prison labor to be sufficient that it can be continued.
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