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NWPilgrim · November 3, 2013, 11:23 PM

Tom, I think you would have written a 100 times better article than Metcalf on this topic. He did a hatchet job and will likely reap his just desserts. He claims to be a constitutional scholar but obviously has no better understanding of it than our other scholar in the White House.

I think regulation is clearly acceptable when it comes to improper action that harms others. Their right to life and liberty is not less than ours. But, regulation of a right is very suspect when it restricts passive states if being such as "owning", and simple "bearing." Waving a gun around in public becomes reckless endangerment, whereas carry a handgun in a holster should not be regulated.

Possession should have wide latitude and the focus of regulation should be on BEHAVIOR that poses an actual danger to others.

November 3, 2013, 11:23 PM	#7
NWPilgrim Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,346	No discussion of Dick Metcalf's article on gun regulations? Tom, I think you would have written a 100 times better article than Metcalf on this topic. He did a hatchet job and will likely reap his just desserts. He claims to be a constitutional scholar but obviously has no better understanding of it than our other scholar in the White House. I think regulation is clearly acceptable when it comes to improper action that harms others. Their right to life and liberty is not less than ours. But, regulation of a right is very suspect when it restricts passive states if being such as "owning", and simple "bearing." Waving a gun around in public becomes reckless endangerment, whereas carry a handgun in a holster should not be regulated. Possession should have wide latitude and the focus of regulation should be on BEHAVIOR that poses an actual danger to others. Last edited by NWPilgrim; November 3, 2013 at 11:30 PM.