In order to do that in a civilized society, "we maybe have to give up a little bit of our privacy"

[tenderfoot]

Does allowing guns to be so freely available provide a great excuse for the government to further erode what's left of our privacy?

'We maybe have to give up a little bit of our privacy,' says ex-NYC police head after Vegas shooting

• "I believe the No. 1 civil right is to be free from harm," Howard Safir says.
• In order to do that in a civilized society, "we maybe have to give up a little bit of our privacy," he says.
• The Las Vegas concert massacre is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Americans may need to give up some of their freedoms to protect against attacks such as Sunday night's Las Vegas concert massacre, said Howard Safir, former New York City police commissioner.

"Let me preface what I'm about to say, so the civil libertarians understand what I'm saying, I believe the No. 1 civil right is to be free from harm. And in order to do that in a civilized society ... we maybe have to give up a little bit of our privacy," Safir told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Monday.

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"We need to make people responsible for the guns they own. I'm not saying that we should do away with Second Amendment rights," he said. "What I'm saying is, for instance, we should have a required safety check every year of somebody who purchases a gun. Bring in your weapon."

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/02/howard-safir-on-las-vegas-shooting-americans-may-need-to-give-up-privacy.html

[onecaliberal]

1. We need to get rid of the fucking guns

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. Well, the RW is perfectly happy for us to give up our privacy to corporations can rake in

more profits, or so people who protest against Trump can be ID'ed. They are OK with certain restrictions relating to every other part of the Constitution. The very idea the 2A is sacrosanct is radically unreasonable.

[WinkyDink]

3. Totalitarians use any excuse to spy on, track, and control. See: the "Bourne" movies.