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Renegade wrote:

nitrogen wrote:In a perfect world licensing would help, yes.

Well in a perfect world, there is no need for gun control of any kind.

Last time I time I checked, a motorist could buy all the cars they wanted without any kind of license or written exam. The license in only needed to take the car onto public roads and property, and the license is also good for all 50 states and many foreign countries. Is that the kind of license Rudy is proposing?

If so, I might almost sorta consider it.
Lawdog made a great post on the subject:
http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2007 ... kyack.html
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In a perfect world licensing would help, yes.

The problem is, it makes it easy for an anti-gun licensing body (like in New Jersey) to arbitrarily keep people from getting guns. The NJ State Police has a history of this, for instance.

My standard response to anyone stating this is replacing 2nd amendment with first amendment.

"I do not think the government should cut off the right freedom of religion. My position for many years has been that just as a motorist must have a license, a preacher should be required to have one as well. Anyone wanting to preach should have to pass a written exam that shows that they are moral, , that they’re intelligent enough and responsible enough to preach."

That's scary, isn't it? IT's just as scary to those of us that take our 2a rights serously.