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Re: Should Americans have to undergo marksmanship training to be able to own a firear
Your comparison is flawed. First off some of your rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Using your argument I could construct my own argument under the premise that what you do with your vote could gravely harm my liberty and my pursuit of happiness. Why do you think the founders originally wanted only property owners to vote? Because you'd have to have some skin in the game for the right to vote. Now we have people voting who don't own any property, and therefore their self interest is in taking from those who have, and giving it to themselves. They have nothing at all to lose. So now I'm going to require that they be trained in conservative thought, but make sure their vote doesn't harm me.
Being able to vote and being able to posses a deadly weapon are two different things. You can't end someone's life by voting for President.
I only believe you should go through marksmanship training before you're allowed to own a firearm, that's the only right I think you should have to 'prove' yourself for. If you're going to own a weapon, at least know how to use it.
Your comparison is flawed. First off some of your rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Using your argument I could construct my own argument under the premise that what you do with your vote could gravely harm my liberty and my pursuit of happiness. Why do you think the founders originally wanted only property owners to vote? Because you'd have to have some skin in the game for the right to vote. Now we have people voting who don't own any property, and therefore their self interest is in taking from those who have, and giving it to themselves. They have nothing at all to lose. So now I'm going to require that they be trained in conservative thought, but make sure their vote doesn't harm me.
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