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Dan8267 says

If only people felt that way about human rights and all other civil rights including privacy.

The Constitution doesn't contain the word privacy. Nor abortion, nor a host of other things many consider civil rights now.

I get where you're going here. It's startling however to me, how RKBA advocates as I used to be, can be so stern in their warning about slippery slopes and and DETERMINED that any limits at all represents unacceptable abrogation of a civil right. 9 times out of 10 you ask them if a 7-day wait to buy a gun is a violation they'll say HELL YEAH. TOTALLY UNREASONABLE! You ask them if a 5-day wait and limited access and attempts to dissuade a woman from seeking abortion are "reasonable" and suddenly the answer may change.

Vicente says

9 times out of 10 you ask them if a 7-day wait to buy a gun is a violation they'll say HELL YEAH. TOTALLY UNREASONABLE! You ask them if a 5-day wait and limited access and attempts to dissuade a woman from seeking abortion are "reasonable" and suddenly the answer may change.

Crime doesn't wait 7 days to come and violate you.

FortWayne says

Crime doesn't wait 7 days to come and violate you.

If the need for a gun is so urgent that you can not wait 7 days, then it is more than likely a gun is not actually going to solve your problems.

Not to mention the fact that using a gun to solve a problem first requires some training, and that is going to take a couple of days at least. The last think I would want is someone who does not know how to use a gun trying to use a gun to solve a problem.

Criminal - I'm coming to kill you in 6 days.
FortWayne - Damn, I need an extra day.