Comments by "Ray Purchase" (@raypurchase801) on "Biden Calls for Unconstitutional Anti-Gun Extremism" video.

I'm NOT a democrat or a f*ckwit, but here's an idea. I seek your responses to tell me whether it's a good idea or a stinker. Gun ownership should remain "as is", but you shouldn't get a licence until after you've had training. Attending classes about safety and target shooting will make for responsible ownership. This would weed out the nut cases, suicidal and criminal element. You couldn't become 18 on a Monday, buy an assault rifle and 200 rounds on a Tuesday and go on a shooting rampage on a Wednesday. You wouldn't allow somebody to fly a helicopter or drive a 16-wheeler without safety training.
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Yours is a damned good comment. Please repeat widely. More people need to see it.
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@TorchyThePyro I respect all of the arguments here which oppose my idea. Nice to have a discussion without the usual YouTube abuse.
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@banditkeith6479 Thanks, that's the kind of response which is useful. I respect comments which oppose mine without being abusive.
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@TorchyThePyro I respect comments like yours which are clear and not abusive. Thanks, good buddy. However, it does appear the second amendment is being taken too literally. Does EVERY state require a licence before a person can buy a gun? I don't know, I'm asking Requiring a licence before you can buy a handgun is in itself an infringement. Perhaps requiring licenced persons to complete 10 hours of training will reduce the death toll by half.
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@randaldavis8976 I respect good comments like yours. A discussion without abuse is very un-YouTube these days.
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@auto1nfanticid3 You're correct, and I've Liked your comment. Thankyou for a sensible reply which didn't devolve into the usual YouTube abuse. I'm British, I've never served in the military and I don't know the difference between a matchlock and a flintlock. (That's a joke, I have actually done a fair bit of shooting as a teenager.) Many of us Brits regard the US and the UK as sharing the same family. I believe taking the 2nd Amendment too literally about "shall not be infringed" is where you're running into trouble. Back in the 1990s, there was a point where I might have been living and working in the US. If I'd become a naturalised US citizen, I definitely would've bought SEVERAL hand guns, but I would've paid for some training first.
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@JohnnyKaw11B True.
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@banditkeith6479 The black guy in Waukesha, who murdered white grandmothers and children by driving his car into a Christmas parade, was presumably both licensed and trained. I accept that training people in the use of guns or cars can't protect good people from bad drivers or shooters.
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@biohazard_613 Thanks. Being British, I know f*ck all about these details. But we share the same culture and I grieve at your tragedies. You wouldn't believe how sick I felt when Creepy Joe won the election. But actually, you already know it. You felt the same but a hundred times worse.
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@justinmccray5014 Nah, don't be upset. CNN claims he became First via white privilege.
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