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Why are gun owners afraid to admit they own guns?

ONE LOVE said:
No, not if your life is at risk. I'm talking about committing a crime. Having the gun you shot with traced back to you is pretty incriminating, no?
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Nobody that uses a gun in the commission of a crime is gonna use one they bought and registered. There's a black market for that. There's a black market for damn near everything, so long as there's a demand. And frankly, moves to disarm(through regulation) will likely increase that demand.
 
As far as doctors asking if there is a gun in the house... My question would be how that information would affect any treatment the doctor would perform.

Ya know, I've never had a doctor ask if I change the batteries in my smoke detectors, or have a gate around my in-ground pool or anything like that. I imagine it's because it is outside the scope of their care, just like me owning a gun would be.
 
RJF said:
Nobody that uses a gun in the commission of a crime is gonna use one they bought and registered. There's a black market for that. There's a black market for damn near everything, so long as there's a demand. And frankly, moves to disarm(through regulation) will likely increase that demand.
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Excactly.
 
ONE LOVE said:
No, not if your life is at risk. I'm talking about committing a crime. Having the gun you shot with traced back to you is pretty incriminating, no?
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If a gun was sold legally it's usually traceable. Gun manufacturers and retailers are required to keep records of the sales. The federal government doesn't have a centralized registry. They can call the manufacturer and then the gun store to find out who bought it.

Still most people don't plan out murder very well. They act on impulse and getting caught isn't a huge detterent. If they did and there were a perfect registry than the murderer who actually worried about it would just file off the serial number.
 
♪alt13 said:
If a gun was sold legally it's usually traceable. Gun manufacturers and retailers are required to keep records of the sales. The federal government doesn't have a centralized registry. They can call the manufacturer and then the gun store to find out who bought it.

Still most people don't plan out murder very well. They act on impulse and getting caught isn't a huge detterent. If they did and there were a perfect registry than the murderer who actually worried about it would just file off the serial number.
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Yup, agreed.
 
At some point a couple years ago, this issue came up because the American Academy of Pediatrics wanted to advocate for gun safety education measures as a means of combating the risk of accidental injury or death of children

but since gun owners are all responsible people and they all take the utmost care to store their guns safely, and out of the reach of children, there's absolutely nothing to worry about

I mean, you hear about kids finding a gun in the house and accidentally shooting a sibling or a friend, but has anyone ever actually known anyone that's had that happen to them?
 
moevillini said:
At some point a couple years ago, this issue came up because the American Academy of Pediatrics wanted to advocate for gun safety education measures as a means of combating the risk of accidental injury or death of children

but since gun owners are all responsible people and they all take the utmost care to store their guns safely, and out of the reach of children, there's absolutely nothing to worry about

I mean, you hear about kids finding a gun in the house and accidentally shooting a sibling or a friend, but has anyone ever actually known anyone that's had that happen to them?
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Maybe people who don't lock up their guns would if their doctor told them to but I kinda doubt it.
 
Anyone else think people should be tested psychiatrically before being allowed to own a gun?



On that basis, if a doctor is seeing a patient and he notices that he has a mental issue or whatnot, would it not be prudent for him to ask if he or she owns a gun?
 
moevillini said:
At some point a couple years ago, this issue came up because the American Academy of Pediatrics wanted to advocate for gun safety education measures as a means of combating the risk of accidental injury or death of children

but since gun owners are all responsible people and they all take the utmost care to store their guns safely, and out of the reach of children, there's absolutely nothing to worry about

I mean, you hear about kids finding a gun in the house and accidentally shooting a sibling or a friend, but has anyone ever actually known anyone that's had that happen to them?
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I know a guy whose gun went off accidentally and killed his 8-year-old son.

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ONE LOVE said:
Ok so maybe not the illegally obtained ones, but the legally obtained ones might see a reduction? i.e., people are more hesitant to kill/injure someone if they know their gun is registered in their name?
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"Wait, I'm not really going to shoot this guy raping my daughter because this gun was legally bought and is registered in the federal registry."

Sometimes I wonder if you truly think things all the way through.


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bigb said:
"Wait, I'm not really going to shoot this guy raping my daughter because this gun was legally bought and is registered in the federal registry."

Sometimes I wonder if you truly think things all the way through.


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I was talking about people committing a crime, not in self defense. You have to read my previous posts to understand what I was getting at.
 
Green lights the fuse, sets up a few cans of gasoline along the way, and disappears. Masterful troll-job.
 
JustTheTip said:
Guns don't go off accidentally.
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1000% this

They don't. They just don't.

You can be negligent with a gun and it can discharge when you didn't intend to because you pulled the trigger when you shouldn't have, but guns DO NOT just "go off."
 
Surely "guns can go off accidentally" can be reasonably understood to mean "guns can be fired on accident"?
 
Siro said:
Surely "guns can go off accidentally" can be reasonably understood to mean "guns can be fired on accident"?
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This. Obviously
 
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