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Non-religious Republicans of Lemmy, how do you reconcile your non-religious convictions with a party that bases a lot of its policies on religion? (lemm.ee)

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[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Mental health is the issue. Just like anyone who would drive a car through a school yard mowing down kids, that person has mental issues. The vehicles driver should be licensed and the owner should be registered. I am a gun toting liberal in a state with essential zero gun laws. I believe in the second ammendment, but not absolute. You should be able to have a gun, but you should be licensed (psyc eval, background check, gun safety classes requirement) and your guns should be registered. If a gun you own ever kills someone, you are responsible. Your gun is your responsibility to keep locked up and if it's stolen you should have reported it.

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Just like anyone who would drive a car through a school yard mowing down kids, that person has mental issues.

No, mental health issues are specific and do not encompass simply “being fucked up.” You can be plenty fucked up and not be mentally ill, and most of the people who get violent in the way you’re describing are simply extremists, not people suffering from a psychological disorder.

[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 months ago

You should be able to have a gun, but you should be licensed

The issue here is that gun ownership is a right, while driving is a privilege. Privileges can require licenses, but if you require a license to exercise a right then it's no longer a right.

Requiring every gun owner to have a license would have to be done as a constitutional amendment, and invalidating part of the Bill of Rights is unprecedented

[-] Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Then owning a gun in a civilized country with no legitimate threat from outside forces to it's individual civilians and a military that has higher funding than the next 10 countries combined should not be a right in the 21st century. It should however be a privilege that you have the most basic of accountability for.

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