Sean GelishFeb 23, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

I'm a responsible driver. I support legislation to help prevent irresponsible people from getting behind the wheel. This means preventing DUIs, reckless driving, or unsafe cars. What's my point?

This: Responsible gun ownership requires supporting legislation to help prevent irresponsible people from having easy access to firearms. If you're not willing to ensure that happens, you're not a responsible gun owner, & you are part of the problem of epidemic gun violence in America.

Feb 3, 2023 at 11:07pmWeb
Show threadAngry CentristFeb 3, 2023
@QasimRashid You didn't finish the first part of your 2nd paragraph. Responsible gun ownership requires HOLDING GUN OWNERS RESPONSIBLE. When their minor children get Daddy's Glock from the nightstand or Mommy's Bushmaster from the closet and "accidentally" kill their best friend or intentionally shoot up their school, the parents need to be prosecuted. Every time. And it never, ever happens.
Show threadAngry CentristFeb 3, 2023
@QasimRashid I get that you can relate that to preventing irresponsible ppl from getting the firearms, but I think it's a distinct problem that is the least likely to be addressed... even if we get reasonable laws on sales, no one's going after parents for basically handing Little Johnny the murder weapon.
Show threadAngry CentristFeb 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Recent case in point is the 1st-grader in VA who shot his teacher with one of his parents' guns. I think the parent responsible for that gun should be tried as an accessory to the attempted murder.
Show threadKatragsFeb 4, 2023
@dkbgeek @QasimRashid
The mom KNEW there were issues with her son, bought a gun anyway and left in a place a 6 year old could access it, loaded. Throw the book at her and the teacher should sue the family into the poor house.
Show threadWesDymFeb 4, 2023

@dkbgeek An excellent and very relevant point. I've been saying for years that we need such laws, and the penalties need to be substantial.

Theft is big one. Nearly all criminal arms are stolen from lawful owners, but that's treated as a property crime.

Show threadSharon Gibson MorganFeb 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Your support of good sense gun control legislation hits a snag with right-wing nuts when you compare it to rules concerning cars. They will tell you that driving is a privilege while the right to bear arms is a right enshrined in the Constitution.
Show threadTom_StLšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦Feb 3, 2023
@SharonGibson3 @QasimRashid It is a shame that many hang onto the Second Amendment like it is the ā€œsecond coming.ā€ That one can carry anything that can shoot and kill. Pure idiocy. Devoid of thought about the damage caused by indifference, fear, rage, mental defect, hatred, racism, homophobia, and the fact that any knucklehead can by a gun because it is their right and fun.
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.Feb 4, 2023
@SharonGibson3 a right to access something doesnā€™t confer an unlimited right of access without consequence. We have a right to free speech but you canā€™t tell fire in a crowded theater or verbally threaten to kill someone.
Show threadMattFeb 7, 2023
@QasimRashid @SharonGibson3 I agree with you about guns but the fire in theater example doesnā€™t work
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/its-time-to-stop-using-the-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-quote/264449/
Itā€™s Time to Stop Using the ā€˜Fire in a Crowded Theaterā€™ Quote

Oliver Wendell Holmes made the analogy during a controversial Supreme Court case that was overturned more than 40 years ago.

The Atlantic
Show threadninavizzFeb 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Gun owners aren't the problem. The millions in lobbying from the firearms industry pushing firearms as an identity politic, is the problem. No reasonable gun owner I know, disagrees with licensing marksmanship as driving is regulated by training, proving skills, and licensure. Want an AR? No prob, take these +100hrs of classwork, first.
Show threadTruth Or Consequences āœ… šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡¦Feb 3, 2023
@QasimRashid We also need to reduce hate in America. Hate is the drug that impairs people's thinking as much as alcohol does for drivers. Putin and the wealthy promote hate because it makes people manageable. We won't see legislation to promote responsible gun ownership for two reasons. First, there are too many people who hate that will oppose meaningful legislation. Second, legislation can't get through the Republican house and if it did the conservative Supreme Court will strike it down.
Show threadAgoraFeb 4, 2023

@QasimRashid the man who annihilated his family in #utah was a responsible gun owner with no criminal record either.

He killed all those people without breaking a sweat, there was probably no blood on him if he was at a fair distance, he didnā€™t even look at the victims in the eye.

Show threadAmyberg3Feb 4, 2023
@QasimRashid OMG I have been saying this forever! Moreover, if they canā€™t be part of a solution, seems they should even have access to guns at all, every
Show threadWesDymFeb 4, 2023
@QasimRashid The go-to reponce for 'guns rights defenders' would be 2A. But no right can be absolute, and public health and safety does indeed trump any and all constitutional liberties, including that one. This is what many courts (and nearly all gun-nuts) keep getting wrong about 2A: In the case of a credible threat to public safety, it can be lawfully limited or suspended.
Show threadmichiFeb 4, 2023
@QasimRashid Agreed. But right now, people are more afraid of knowledge and books.
Show threadLonewolfFeb 4, 2023
@QasimRashid first step
If you gonna drive a giant truck stop driving like you are the only person on the road
They should have to take a more strict driving test to drive trucks
Show threadhuman4humanityFeb 5, 2023
@QasimRashid Unless we have national gun laws, the states with weak laws will continue to make enforcement more difficult in states which have strong laws. Gun laws don't work by themselves - they need to be enforced. But, just as we still have drunk drivers and people who take dangerous actions on our roads, there are many fewer than if we had no laws at all. Fewer reckless folks driving or owning guns, fewer injuries and deaths. I'll take it.
Show threadMelinda browneFeb 5, 2023
@QasimRashid exactly!
Show threadTom in AustinFeb 7, 2023
@QasimRashid Abso-curse word of choice-lutely.