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Responsible Gun Protection Regulation
Jun 3, 2022
Responsible people can handle dangerous things — it’s the irresponsible ones we need to regulate.
We need responsible gun protection regulation, which is right there in the constitution. An extreme in either direction is irresponsible, and protects no one. Unfettered gun access is an intentional misread of the constitution, it’s dangerous and completely irresponsible. Totalitarian “gun control” is also an intentional misread of the constitution, and is also irresponsible. Both fail to protect both school children and the cause of freedom itself.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What we need is responsible gun protection regulation, to keep the guns out of the hands of lunatics and criminals, and to protect the right of American citizens to own and operate dangerous things — of many kinds. We can do both, responsibly, if we start talking about these issues responsibly, with the aim of protecting our people and our rights. We CAN do both. The public already supports just about every measure we already have on the table that can be described as “responsible protections” — universal background checks— at a rate of about 90%.
We don’t have to accept that our public spaces and school campuses are dangerous, as conservatives want us to do. We don’t have to accept absolute government “control” as Democrats want us to do. How we talk about this issue (or any issue) matters. I really wish Democrats in particular, as both the more compassionate party, and the more reasonable party, would finally understand how this works…
The gun issue is about protection, responsibility and accountability, and the constitution provides for that. Make it about responsible protection measures and we’ll solve this problem with surprising speed, because the right wing cannot respond righteously to these better values. But if Democrats keep reacting to and repeating right wing talking points, like “gun control” (just an other way to say “oppression”) we’ll continue to get nothing done.
How we talk about things matters.
Responsible gun protection regulation is how we prevent gun violence, not control, not bans. Responsible gun regulation.