# Stupid Gun news of the day (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 29, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729 "2013-01-29T19:01:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-gun-news-of-the-day-part-1/648729/5978 "2015-10-05T14:42:21Z")

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> [@Common sense gun legislation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sense-gun-legislation/733300/74):
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> I’ll trade you.
> 
> I’ll go along with that, if you’ll go along with my addendum:
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> 1. Everybody who can pass a background check is **REQUIRED** to own a gun.
> 2. Any such person who cannot afford a gun will be provided one free of charge by the government.
> 3. Gun ownership is a requirement for any elected office.
> 4. Giving away, destroying, mutilating, or anything else that renders a gun unusable by the original owner shall be punished by a mandatory 15-year prison term.
> 5. Any person who cannot pass the handgun aptitude test shall be given free remedial lessons for at least 3 months.
> 6. There shall be no restriction on any form of carry of any type of weapon in any place whatsoever.
> 7. Anybody who calls the police at the sight of somebody calmly open carrying shall be given a 6-month prison sentence for misuse of emergency services.

> [@septimus](#):
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> Anyone who thinks I’m exaggerating about the utter freakiness of gun freaks missed a recent post in another thread:
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> I didn’t click “Find recent posts by Flyer.” Apologies for Flyer if this was parody. Pity for Flyer if it wasn’t.

I guess if it was required by law, I’d own one. However, he doesn’t say anything about having to own ammunition, and I’d probably keep it in a safe deposit box, since I have no real use for it and it’s a potential hazard to keep it around the house.

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