Originally Posted by Stanton Hillis
Originally Posted by eeb
All this palaver would be unnecessary if we had proof laws in this country, like the Brits. Either the gun is safe, or it isn’t. Can you imagine the boondoggle that would be?


It seems to me that the Brits are a bit more accepting of government telling them what they can and cannot do than are we Americans. There are centuries of evidence to that.

Do you happen to recall why America came to be, in the first place? It can be spelled out easily, F-R-E-E-D-O-M ............ from excessive and burdensome laws and regulations.

That’s a bit of a stretch Stan. It has nothing to do with personal freedoms, it has to do with safety. And at the time the proof laws were developed the best way to determine whether a gun was safe, for either a Redcoat or private citizen, was to shoot the gun with an overload. Product liability was a thing in the 17th century and it still is today. Ed