http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/12/17/loose-lips-daily-spoiling-for-another-gun-fight/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2008/12/17/loose-lips-daily-spoiling-for-another-gun-fight/comment-page-1/#comment-409758 c watson Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:28:49 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=12407#comment-409758 At the time the Supreme Court ruled there is a constitutional right to own guns (and that they could not be banned outright), there was a lot of supposition that much litigation would be required to define the limits of this right. Perhaps rather than requiring training for gun ownership, they should require licensing and fitness tests (similar to driver tests). After all, if someone suffers from dementia would you want them to still own a gun? And in the same vein, insurance should be required. At the time the Supreme Court ruled there is a constitutional right to own guns (and that they could not be banned outright), there was a lot of supposition that much litigation would be required to define the limits of this right. Perhaps rather than requiring training for gun ownership, they should require licensing and fitness tests (similar to driver tests). After all, if someone suffers from dementia would you want them to still own a gun? And in the same vein, insurance should be required.

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