Hey, I'm a card-carrying (well not literally, I don't carry a card) Democrat, but I do think that guns are not evil and the right for most people to have them should not be infringed. However, I do agree with background checks, use and ownership classes, waiting periods, and licensing, including tough licensing for fully-automatic weapons. I am not personally a danger with firearms just because I'm mentally ill, but I understand that you can't send each prospective firearms owner to a psychiatrist to determine whether he should be allowed to own a firearm -- and mental illness can get worse and people can decide not to take their medication.
California government and the Brady Gun Ban people are one end of the pole, the NRA and those who believe in personal ownership of AAA in their back yards are the other -- both are extremists with regard to gun rights.
BTW, I think the 2nd Amendment is obsolete -- it describes primarily a concept of a militia that has been obsolete since the National Guard was formed in the early 1900s. It needs to be either discarded or amended into something that more accurately describes personal firearms ownership as it exists today.
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