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Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
I am a member of the militia, and there is no &^%$&^% way anyone is going to condition my right to defend myself against an oppressive regime on any type of competency or other requirements, particularly if administered by the same regime I may need to overthrow.
I must say that I am shocked to see TR taking such liberal positions on this issue.
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Hey, I am not going to let you own anything that you are not qualified to operate and some lawyer might sue me into bankruptcy for selling to you. Liability?
Standardized classes will be taught, a written and practical safety and operating test administered, and qualification fire conducted.
You and two buddies want to form up a .50 M-2 MG crew, or an 81mm mortar team, you have to show me you can safely store, maintain, and operate it. That means that if you live in Rhode Island, you probably shouldn't own anything that could shoot outside the state, so you would pretty much be limited to rimfires there, as the locals seem to prefer.
Military provides training and testing, and perhaps some subsidy of weapons, ammo, safe storage, and ranges. A graduated license would be issued, a Kalifornia lawyer would probably be on a Restricted "E License", permitted only to own Red Ryder BB guns, and an SF Weapons Daddy like LR1947 could have an "A License" to acquire whatever he could afford to buy and feed.
TR