[quote=squat300]I have an actual proposal for getting people serious about at least keeping the guns they have safe from others —
if you own a gun….
and you don’t take the required steps to secure it…
which involves say a locked safe that costs about 2 grand…
and that gun is used by any other person, even a thief, to commit a crime…
you share equally in the liability for whatever crime that gun was involved in.
I would consider that a step toward taking responsibility for your gun.[/quote]
We should have something similar for dogs and dog owners before we even consider something like this for guns.
We have serious problem in practically all hiking trails with dog owners who let their dogs run around off leash in spite of warnings not to do so posted all over.
We have had more dog attacks in carmel valley than shootings in the last 2 years.
The dog owners have an alternate reality and a total lack of consideration: Oh he is just a cute fella, referring to their dog bigger than my kid, barking and with all teeth showing.
Dogs don’t kill people, it is the dog owners that do.
Every dog owner is a potential Lanza as far as I am concerned. And since it takes 90 secs for cops to help out, I need guns to protect myself.
BTW if everybody obeyed laws, we would not have had a dog problem in San Diego. And we would not have had a gun violence problem either.
