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Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree
A Princeton study said a decade ago that democracy is dead, long live oligopoly... and I'm fairly certain we've strayed further from representation, not closer.
I'd be down for a mandatory waiting period on purchases by 18-20 year olds and would be willing to explore the idea of licensing for center-fire semi-auto rifles purchased by that same group. The licensing would have to be fair, inexpensive, and a low bar to cross.
Why am I alright with this? I'm not, but gun owners don't really have many choices. Pressure is mounting, so the smart thing to do is get ahead of requirements with our own input.
I think, though, that gun owners need to be willing to compromise on mental health (i.e. we're going to need to have some form of universal healthcare) and also need to compromise on the fact that there's some massive spending that needs to happen in areas where community advancement is low.
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We live in a world where a guy told NPR at the NRA Convention that a few dead children here and there were a necessary evil; basically the cost of doing business in order to keep the second amendment untouched. When the discourse is reduced to the murder of former fetuses (<-- see what I did there?), compromise is no more