# Resolved: Every adult will be required to carry a gun at all times in public **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216 "2024-08-25T22:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/104 "2024-09-09T02:27:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Of course, the supposed powerlessness of the NRA is a totally different story when you compare what they say to the left to what they say to their followers and those they try to scare. I have no idea of what you are trying to say here. The NRA is simple 100% against any sort of gun control, even the nifty bipartisan gun control bill Biden got passed- which incidentally did not restrict the rights of gun owners- basically Bidens bill tightened up background checks, and put the kibosh on straw man dealer- those crooks who buy like a dozen 9mm, then resell them to gangbangers. Illegally of course. When the nRA came out against that, it became clear that the NRA is no longer really sane. It also has been racked by corruption, scandals, lawsuits and membership loss. The old NRA is gone. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/105 "2024-09-09T03:55:12Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Lumpy](#): > > > > Gun Owners of America and the Second Amendment Foundation are big at the national level; > > “Big” is a relative term - they still don’t get into the top 100 lobbyist orgs in terms of spending. Which would seem to contradict the assertion that “common-sense gun laws” are stifled by the supremely powerful and corrupt influence of “the gun lobby”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/106 "2024-09-09T04:17:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The old NRA is gone. That makes me sad. /s ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/107 "2024-09-09T05:59:27Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Which would seem to contradict the assertion that “common-sense gun laws” are stifled by the supremely powerful and corrupt influence of “the gun lobby”. Well, Biden pushed a bipartisan common sense gun control law thru, so that is not true. I would like to see such a law- RECENTLY. ---
**Author:** ![Cmyers1980](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyers1980/32/11814_2.png) [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/108 "2024-09-12T17:51:45Z")
Is there a designated gun control debate thread? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/109 "2024-09-12T20:30:40Z")
The mods are generally not happy with them, but you can start one in GD if you like. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/110 "2024-09-12T20:41:04Z")
This is my announcement that no same person wants me to carry a gun. So, can I ditch the requirement with a doctor’s note? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216/111 "2024-09-13T01:55:29Z")
Since even drafts of the Second Amendment originally included an out for conscientious objectors, I presume they’d settle for your being willing to swear under oath before a notary that you were not going to possess a gun, and that if you ever changed your mind you would notify the appropriate authorities. The laws passed in small towns requiring residents to own a gun more or less do that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-every-adult-will-be-required-to-carry-a-gun-at-all-times-in-public/1006216.md?page=5)