Thread:MaxGoji 2.0/@comment-29421682-20180221184722/@comment-5041674-20180222002935

I believe citizens should be allowed to carry firearms. It's not that I advocate all this violence, I really don't, but I don't like the idea of only government officials being allowed to carry firearms. In fact, the idea downright terrifies me. Citizens in a republic must check their government, and that means being able to control it.

I propose instead that there should limits to how many firearms you should be allowed to carry. Have stricter background checks. Make people take intelligence tests and mental tests, check their background. You should be required to have a stricter liscence to have a firearm, that way no random joe can just buy one easily.

This wouldn't end all gun violence, yes, but I believe it would reduce it. In the end, you can't always stop people from trying to commit malevolent acts. The least you can do, however, is to make sure it is harder for them.