okay Michelle well since i started off i uh since i called in i guess i'll state my opinion first
okay
and uh i i guess i'd fall in the same category that i don't think there should be any restrictions i think that if unless a weapon is self-propelled or has to be towed Americans should be able to own it
okay
um i really don't know exactly where i stand just to be honest i have mixed feelings about it and i've thought about both positions i would like to have the freedom
to own a firearm um i am currently married and that makes me feel more secure but if i were single i would definitely want to have a firearm
uh-huh
um-hum
uh of course i think it should be locked up you know so that children can not
absolutely
get
their hands on it
i agree i think parents should be held responsible if their child gets a hold of one or either injures injures another person or or themselves
um-hum definitely definitely
i also am in favor of a check i i think the criminal record system in the country should be brought up to snuff so that they can run a computer check as easy as they do when you run a credit card through so they can see if a person insane or is a felon
yeah
right now i've heard a lot of people say that that wouldn't do any good but i really think that it makes a lot of sense
i don't
it wouldn't do any good right now because the criminal record systems are a mess you know i mean there really isn't any any system as such but if there were and if the government were to invest in that then there wouldn't be any problem they'd
uh-huh
they'd be able to identify those that shouldn't have
what do you mean the criminal records are a mess
well there isn't any computerized system that can tell you you know
by the push of a button
yeah i mean in Virginia has done it by the way reason i i'm a life member of the Gun Owners and i am sure no longer member of the NRA so i i'm kind of into this but Virginia Virginia does have an instance check uh system
uh-huh uh-huh
they do have their records within a state computerized and it seems to be working well
and if it could be done on a federal basis
hm
are they the only state
the only state that i'm aware of
gosh
that's done that
so what has to take place them to to make this happen to other states
well uh
that makes a lot of sense
yeah it really you know it's it should be done on a national basis because on the statewide basis you just get those that have violated state laws but
you're right right
yeah and some there are federal you know violators too
uh-huh uh-huh
so it would require an investment on the part of the government to to bring their records up to shape but i think it's uh probably a good investment anyway uh
um-hum so you're from New Hampshire
yes um-hum
i'm not even i hate to admit uh that familiar with what the laws are here in Texas regarding purchasing a firearm um
uh-huh
uh-huh
i guess you heard about the
the massacre in that's only about an hour in fact that's where all my cousins live i used to go down there every summer
oh yes
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so that was a real shocker
you know uh in that case uh in particular that fellow that did that had owned those guns a long time
yeah that's true
so i mean it's not like he went in and picked them up and uh then went off on a shooting spree
um-hum
um-hum um-hum yeah so it um it couldn't have been avoided by you know any type of law being
and
uh set
that's right
but
unfortunately whenever something like happens that happens uh people tend to blame the gun and not the person it is it's it is the person
yeah this is true
yeah oh i tend to agree with you in in that i believe that
that that
like you're saying the majority i believe would be responsible with with the weapon and Lord knows with the crime rate the way it is
um-hum
we need to have something to protect ourselves
yeah i feel that you should be you know you uh if you were single should be allowed to have a weapon to yourself
uh-huh uh-huh
but if it
yeah i know how to use it
um-hum but if there were a total ban you know who'd have the guns
oh yeah oh sure
it wouldn't be it wouldn't be the people who'd go to buy them honestly
uh-huh
yeah it would be the people that you know could
get in touch with the underground or something and i mean they have ways
right
that's right and gun control laws don't stem them because uh they don't they don't most of the criminals don't go buy their guns uh from a gun store anyway
yeah
they get them through the through the black market
yeah yeah you're right that's what i was thinking
well
well it's uh it's certainly a a lengthy subject and there's a lot of
it is it's very complex
there's a lot of uh discussion about it and what and now and then it becomes a heated argument in both sides but
um-hum um-hum um-hum
but i i've i just feel that the founders of our country the constitution people that wrote the constitution didn't intend for us to not have a means to protect ourselves either either from without the country or from within the country
yeah
yeah do you do a lot of hunting
no i don't i used to i i used to now i'm just a target shooter yeah i used to go uh
with your guns
are you
so do you
