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Old 28th December 2012, 12:19 PM   #41
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First, I really appreciate what I think is your honest consideration of additional measures to help this problem. Clearly I don't think they go far enough but I think the two approaches are basis for a healthy debate.

Second, I really wish you and others would stop attributing my and others interest in stronger regulations then you suggest, to emotions. You really have no clue what drives others opinions. Suggesting it's an emotional response seems to me to be an intellectually dishonest way of hand waving away something you don't want to address.
Thank you for that. I'm approaching it with an underlying question: how can future shootings like this be prevented while preserving my ability to purchase and responsibly enjoy an AR-15 (not my first choice, but I'll use it as an example since it's common enough).

Regarding emotion, I just call it as I see it - before Dec. 14th was out people were already calling for bans on "assault weapons" (at a point when it was being reported that Lanza had used handguns), saying that people who owned them had blood on their hands, etc. If that's not emotion, I don't know what is. The barrage of "why do you need that"s and general tone of "I would never even touch those so anybody who wants one is a lunatic so they should be banned" made me cringe. For what it's worth, the opposite side makes me cringe as well with some things.

From what I've seen in the multiple threads after Sandy Hook, nobody on my side says there should be nothing done. I think there is room for compromise. But I do think it's accurate that when proposals are made by gun supporters and met by responses that basically say, "no, not good enough, you need to get rid of them", that it's emotion speaking.

ETA: I am addressing it, even though I consider the responses I'm facing to be emotional. I don't think the emotion is unwarranted either. I should mention that personally, I don't think there should be any gun control. Zero. But that's in a perfect world, in which monsters don't shoot up school rooms. I'm just trying to find the best possible solution.
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Old 28th December 2012, 12:36 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Unabogie View Post
Will it result in at least one less gun out there? Will it result in guns that shoot fewer bullets before needing to be reloaded? What, specifically, do you think is wrong with the law that makes it ineffective, and how would you word a better law that reduces the obscene number of guns and reduces the firepower of them?
I think perhaps Polaris' 'useless' comment might have been in reference to the fact that Canada had enacted similar laws with no reduction with respect to the criminal use of firearms. Firearm registration, prohibitions based on cosmetics and magazine capacity limits had zero practical impact because those with criminal intent simply opted not to comply.

However, if the reason for these controls and prohibitions was to induce a false sense of increased public security in the ill-informed or willfully ignorant by placing restrictions on those without criminal intent then we must concede that these laws were indeed most certainly effective...
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Old 28th December 2012, 12:48 PM   #43
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Thank you for that. I'm approaching it with an underlying question: how can future shootings like this be prevented while preserving my ability to purchase and responsibly enjoy an AR-15 (not my first choice, but I'll use it as an example since it's common enough).

Regarding emotion, I just call it as I see it - before Dec. 14th was out people were already calling for bans on "assault weapons" (at a point when it was being reported that Lanza had used handguns), saying that people who owned them had blood on their hands, etc. If that's not emotion, I don't know what is. The barrage of "why do you need that"s and general tone of "I would never even touch those so anybody who wants one is a lunatic so they should be banned" made me cringe. For what it's worth, the opposite side makes me cringe as well with some things.

From what I've seen in the multiple threads after Sandy Hook, nobody on my side says there should be nothing done. I think there is room for compromise. But I do think it's accurate that when proposals are made by gun supporters and met by responses that basically say, "no, not good enough, you need to get rid of them", that it's emotion speaking.

ETA: I am addressing it, even though I consider the responses I'm facing to be emotional. I don't think the emotion is unwarranted either. I should mention that personally, I don't think there should be any gun control. Zero. But that's in a perfect world, in which monsters don't shoot up school rooms. I'm just trying to find the best possible solution.
As far as emotions, I'll end my part of this discussion with this comment. I consider your emotional "enjoyment" of an AR-15 less compelling then my emotional response to the murder of dozens of innocent people with that or similar guns.
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Old 28th December 2012, 12:53 PM   #44
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As far as emotions, I'll end my part of this discussion with this comment. I consider your emotional "enjoyment" of an AR-15 less compelling then my emotional response to the murder of dozens of innocent people with that or similar guns.
What an unfortunate way to prove my point. I don't see the need for scare quotes either.
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Old 28th December 2012, 01:11 PM   #45
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We noticed you didn't address the fact Adam was a gun thief, why's that? Tell us how these laws would have stopped this?
Who is "we" and when did they authorize you to speak for them? I didn't address this point because it sounds ridiculous to me. I bet he also sped on his way from the murder of his mother. Why are all the anti-gun people ignoring the SPEEDING???

The fact is that the guns were at his disposal legally. Nancy Lanza did not break any laws, and until he went on his murder spree, neither had Adam. That she placed such deadly tools in the close proximity of Adam Lanza is a mistake that cost her and dozens of others their lives. Had she not been a paranoid "gun enthusiast" she'd be alive right now. If more people made the decision not to become "gun enthusiasts" then the opportunity to go on murder sprees would diminish. This seems irrefutable to me. In Japan, where guns are banned, they have some years with just TWO gun homicides. In the U.S., 587 people are killed every year just from accidental gun discharges. So obviously, banning guns works in other places. The question is how we best get to a place where we can boast of such low numbers as well. And the answer is not more guns, that's for sure.
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Old 28th December 2012, 01:20 PM   #46
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Who is "we" and when did they authorize you to speak for them? I didn't address this point because it sounds ridiculous to me. I bet he also sped on his way from the murder of his mother. Why are all the anti-gun people ignoring the SPEEDING???

The fact is that the guns were at his disposal legally. Nancy Lanza did not break any laws, and until he went on his murder spree, neither had Adam. That she placed such deadly tools in the close proximity of Adam Lanza is a mistake that cost her and dozens of others their lives. Had she not been a paranoid "gun enthusiast" she'd be alive right now. If more people made the decision not to become "gun enthusiasts" then the opportunity to go on murder sprees would diminish. This seems irrefutable to me. In Japan, where guns are banned, they have some years with just TWO gun homicides. In the U.S., 587 people are killed every year just from accidental gun discharges. So obviously, banning guns works in other places. The question is how we best get to a place where we can boast of such low numbers as well. And the answer is not more guns, that's for sure.
Education, storage, registration, background checks, buybacks, social reform (meaning ending the War On Drugs and dealing with poverty/economic inequality).
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Old 28th December 2012, 01:40 PM   #47
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Education, storage, registration, background checks, buybacks, social reform (meaning ending the War On Drugs and dealing with poverty/economic inequality).
I think I agree with all of that. It may not be enough, but it's certainly a move in the right direction.

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I think I agree with all of that. It may not be enough, but it's certainly a move in the right direction.

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For now, yes. I'm pretty spent on the subject even though it directly affects me (I've had a TEC-22 since before the 1994 AWB), so I'm bowing out to lurk for now. I'm sure it will be bumped anyway.
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Old 28th December 2012, 02:22 PM   #50
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It is a waste of time effort and money to punish law abiding owners instead of improving the way we could keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and criminals.

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We can hope the chance of passage in the senate is slim, and in the house, none.
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Had she not been a paranoid "gun enthusiast" she'd be alive right now.
Speculation.

Her son had mental issues. Had he gone off the rails with no gun handy, he could have dispatched her with a knife or a bat.

And had she been diagnosed as clinically paranoid, or is that just a handy term to smear her posthumously. If the latter, pretty shameful of you.
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Old 28th December 2012, 03:02 PM   #52
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Speculation.

Her son had mental issues. Had he gone off the rails with no gun handy, he could have dispatched her with a knife or a bat.

And had she been diagnosed as clinically paranoid, or is that just a handy term to smear her posthumously. If the latter, pretty shameful of you.
Yeah, but if he'd killed her with a bat, what would have happened to the school kids? And as for her paranoia, she was a "doomsday prepper" who was hoarding food and weapons for the coming societal collapse. Excuse me for prying, but is that not paranoid thinking where you come from?
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The fact is that the guns were at his disposal legally. Nancy Lanza did not break any laws.
Well we know from the media reports that Nancy Lanza did have some sort of firearms storage cabinet or safe. We also know that Adam Lanza attempted to purchase a firearm of his own prior to the murders. Additionally, it was reported that Nancy Lanza had become increasingly concerned reference Adam Lanza's apparently deteriorating mental condition.

Taking these points into consideration, including the fact that Nancy Lanza was murdered by being shot in the face while she slept, I don't think that it's unreasonable to suggest that the firearms used might have been securely stored and that Adam Lanza may have successfully defeated any security safeguards in that respect.

What I don't understand is why there hasn't been any police comments regarding how Adam Lanza physically acquired the guns. I would have thought that that would have been one of the first determinations made during the initial investigation.

Has anyone else heard anything about how and if the guns were stored???
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Really?

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The Bushmaster would have been legal at 20, would it not? Besides, Nancy was the legal owner, and she let her kids shoot her guns (legally). Then he used it to shoot her and the school. Up until that moment, no laws were broken, were they?
Well, a few things.

1- We don't know how Adam got the guns. If he held his mother a knife point, or threatened her in some way to compel her to give him the guns, then no, he did not legally get them. You and I don't know how he got the guns. To assume she let her kids have open access to the guns, is wrong.

2- If she did in fact allow Adam access to the guns, and he in fact did have mental health issues that were known to her, she violated the law.

3- He committed no less than 5 different firearm laws before even arriving at the school.

So, no your entire premise is wrong. So sit there in your wrongness and be wrong.
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Well, a few things.

1- We don't know how Adam got the guns. If he held his mother a knife point, or threatened her in some way to compel her to give him the guns, then no, he did not legally get them. You and I don't know how he got the guns. To assume she let her kids have open access to the guns, is wrong.
She took the kids shooting, so yes, she gave Adam access to the guns prior to the murders. I'm not saying she gave him the guns that day. I'm saying she taught him how to shoot them.

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2- If she did in fact allow Adam access to the guns, and he in fact did have mental health issues that were known to her, she violated the law.
Oh? What law is that?

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3- He committed no less than 5 different firearm laws before even arriving at the school.
Well, duh. He was on a murder spree. I'm sure he didn't do much of anything legal that day. I'm talking about everything he and his crazy mom did prior to that.

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So, no your entire premise is wrong. So sit there in your wrongness and be wrong.
Your opinion is not evidence. You provided no links or citations to anything. But you're way more emotional than me on this. Only I'm emotional about a bunch of dead kids, and you're emotional about your toys. It's bizarre, frankly.
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Your opinion is not evidence. You provided no links or citations to anything. But you're way more emotional than me on this. Only I'm emotional about a bunch of dead kids, and you're emotional about your toys. It's bizarre, frankly.
Some people consider guns to be their babies.
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Yeah, but if he'd killed her with a bat, what would have happened to the school kids?
I was only responding to your assertion she would be alive today but for the guns. Not necessarily the case.

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And as for her paranoia, she was a "doomsday prepper" who was hoarding food and weapons for the coming societal collapse. Excuse me for prying, but is that not paranoid thinking where you come from?
I have no knowledge of what she was or wasn't preparing for. Folks 'round these here parts DO try to be prepared in a general sort of way. If various disasters either natural or economic do occur, most are in a decent position to survive for a while "off the grid", as are we. Karen and I are also member of our local Community Emergency Response Team, so we're involved in "prepping" for our neighbors as well as ourselves.

Paranoid has a specific meaning, and I can't say whether she was or wasn't. It's just that it seems a bit too easy to label a dead victim with a derogatory label.

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I was only responding to your assertion she would be alive today but for the guns. Not necessarily the case.



I have no knowledge of what she was or wasn't preparing for. Folks 'round these here parts DO try to be prepared in a general sort of way. If various disasters either natural or economic do occur, most are in a decent position to survive for a while "off the grid", as are we. Karen and I are also member of our local Community Emergency Response Team, so we're involved in "prepping" for our neighbors as well as ourselves.

Paranoid has a specific meaning, and I can't say whether she was or wasn't. It's just that it seems a bit too easy to label a dead victim with a derogatory label.
She was a doomsday prepper, who told her family to hoard food and guns because the economy was about to collapse. I'm pretty darned comfortable with my characterization of that fact.
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The NRA is claiming that the semi-auto firearms registered as NFA weapons will be non-transferable, but the NFA of 1934 allows the transfer of these firearms. We will not know until January when the actual bill is released.

If Feinstein wants to make semi-auto's transfer like machine guns, then her bill should allow transfer at any time with BATFE approval. Destroying these firearms upon the owners death is a definite infringement on the right to keep and bear arms.

I wonder what provisions the bill will contain to allow a person to keep their firearms pending registration? It currently takes at least six months for the BATFE to register a firearm. The bill also says we would have to submit the usual fingerprints and mugshots with the ATF form 4, what about firearms owned by trusts?

Will we have to obtain the local sheriff's signatures on the ATF form 4 to register the firearm? Unless the bill requires that the sheriff sign the application, the local sheriffs could prevent registration of any firearm they see fit and for any reason. They are not required to tell a person why the signature is withheld, so it could be for race or creed as far as we know. As far as I know only Tennessee requires that sheriffs sign the applications for those who are allowed to own guns.

Will the $200 tax have to be paid for each gun registered? I hope not. This would be a minimum of $4000 for me to pay. I have spent years educating people on safe and legal gun ownership and now Feinstein wants to increase my tax burden as thanks.

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Don't panic - this is blueskying at it's best.

Even if the bill passed in the senate, there's little chance of it surviving congress intact.

My best swag would be that if the portion of the bill requiring NFA registration were to stand, it would have to include an amnesty period for registration similar to '68 or the (iirc) ten year or so amnesty to register USAS-12's and street sweepers as DD's

You are correct about CLEO sign-offs, it's a major problem in some areas.

The sign-off is only intended to be a local ID verification that isn't really as important in today's world as it was from 1934 - pretty easy to determine ID now through NICS.
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Not panicking but venting instead.

I have heard that people who legally owned guns that were put into the NFA registry were allowed to register them on the ATF form 4 without paying the $200 tax; the street sweepers were given as an example. Not sure if it is true though.

I remember back in 1994 I was underway on my submarine the USS Cavalla. We got news bulletins posted in the passageway every few days that updated the current events including passage of the AWB. It sucked that bills were being passed and I could not communicate with my representatives while under the sea.

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As far as emotions, I'll end my part of this discussion with this comment. I consider your emotional "enjoyment" of an AR-15 less compelling then my emotional response to the murder of dozens of innocent people with that or similar guns.
Way to ignore the point.

Making laws that have an affect on everyone that owns guns, based on EMOTIONS, which may be against the law, and possibly useless, then it becomes a useless conclusion.

But, you're welcome to show me a law, that has been enacted based on emotions, that is a successful law. Here in the US of course.
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Who is "we" and when did they authorize you to speak for them?
We is me too. DGM is welcome to speak for me WRT: guns at any time.

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I didn't address this point because it sounds ridiculous to me. I bet he also sped on his way from the murder of his mother. Why are all the anti-gun people ignoring the SPEEDING???
Why is it ridiculous? Because it sounds like it?

A thief steals a gun. What is to prevent him from firing that gun? Laws? Oh, right, he's already committed a felony (armed burglary is, in most places, punishable by life in prison), so what's going to stop him?


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The fact is that the guns were at his disposal legally.
Proof?

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Nancy Lanza did not break any laws,
Actually, if she gave access to her mentally ill son, it's quite possible she did.

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and until he went on his murder spree, neither had Adam.
Actually, many laws were broken before he fired the first round. But, of course, you've been told this quite a few times, and you ignore it.

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That she placed such deadly tools in the close proximity of Adam Lanza is a mistake that cost her and dozens of others their lives. Had she not been a paranoid "gun enthusiast" she'd be alive right now.
Proof of this hilited claim?

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If more people made the decision not to become "gun enthusiasts" then the opportunity to go on murder sprees would diminish.
This seems irrefutable to me.
And you've got proof of this? I mean, empirical data showing this?

I bet you don't.


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In Japan, where guns are banned, they have some years with just TWO gun homicides.
And how many others? How many suicides? How many other acts of violence?

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In the U.S., 587 people are killed every year just from accidental gun discharges. So obviously, banning guns works in other places. The question is how we best get to a place where we can boast of such low numbers as well. And the answer is not more guns, that's for sure.
But yet, there are plenty of ways to get to that goal, without infringing on my rights, or at the very least, a reasonable amount.
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Is Feinstein the one who thinks a barrel shroud is "the shoulder thing that goes up"?
No, that was Rep. McCarthy from NY.

Here's the video BTW. HILARIOUS!!

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Old 28th December 2012, 08:40 PM   #65
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Thank you for that. I'm approaching it with an underlying question: how can future shootings like this be prevented while preserving my ability to purchase and responsibly enjoy an AR-15 (not my first choice, but I'll use it as an example since it's common enough).

Regarding emotion, I just call it as I see it - before Dec. 14th was out people were already calling for bans on "assault weapons" (at a point when it was being reported that Lanza had used handguns), saying that people who owned them had blood on their hands, etc. If that's not emotion, I don't know what is. The barrage of "why do you need that"s and general tone of "I would never even touch those so anybody who wants one is a lunatic so they should be banned" made me cringe. For what it's worth, the opposite side makes me cringe as well with some things.

From what I've seen in the multiple threads after Sandy Hook, nobody on my side says there should be nothing done. I think there is room for compromise. But I do think it's accurate that when proposals are made by gun supporters and met by responses that basically say, "no, not good enough, you need to get rid of them", that it's emotion speaking.

ETA: I am addressing it, even though I consider the responses I'm facing to be emotional. I don't think the emotion is unwarranted either. I should mention that personally, I don't think there should be any gun control. Zero. But that's in a perfect world, in which monsters don't shoot up school rooms. I'm just trying to find the best possible solution.
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Education, storage, registration, background checks, buybacks, social reform (meaning ending the War On Drugs and dealing with poverty/economic inequality).
Good posts on a thoroughly difficult topic.
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Old 28th December 2012, 08:42 PM   #66
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She took the kids shooting, so yes, she gave Adam access to the guns prior to the murders. I'm not saying she gave him the guns that day. I'm saying she taught him how to shoot them.
Ok, fair enough.

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Oh? What law is that?
18 U.S.C. § 922

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Well, duh. He was on a murder spree. I'm sure he didn't do much of anything legal that day. I'm talking about everything he and his crazy mom did prior to that.
Wow, talk about being disrespectful. Not surprised though.

Here's your claim.

"Up until that moment, no laws were broken, were they?"

To which I answered, yes. Of course. Do I need to explain that murder, is illegal? If the guns were secured in some way (I don't know, but I am betting yes) and he took them, that's grand theft of a firearm, not just a state crime, but a federal crime.

Once he killed his mother, he's shown he has no disregard for any law. He violated so many state and federal laws after that moment, it's hard to start to count them.

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Your opinion is not evidence. You provided no links or citations to anything.
Do you really need a link to a law about not stealing things?

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But you're way more emotional than me on this. Only I'm emotional about a bunch of dead kids, and you're emotional about your toys. It's bizarre, frankly.
I'm not going to respond to this, for risk of violating the MA. However, I will say that I am certainly disturbed by some wacko killing 20 innocent kids, and 6 innocent adults, and certainly shed quite a few tears over it.

So, your assumption is wrong.
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Old 28th December 2012, 11:01 PM   #67
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Psycho that wants to shoot up a school would have the gumption to jump through these legal hoops, especially if they have no prior history. Someone wanting to collect guns for recreational purposes is going to be less likely to.

Brilliant piece of legislation, It comes down to what most anti weapon legislation does. Punishing collectors for the crimes of psychopaths because the collectors are the easier targets, and an easier political billboard. A stream of folks complaining about how they can't get a certain gun is going to give the anti weapon crowd the warm fuzzies, even if these people who want to hurt folks will just jump through the hoops, or acquire the weapons illegally.

The anti gun, hell, the anti weapon crowd, needs to stop punishing collectors for the crimes of maniacs, and stop feeling so self congratulatory whenever they manage to crap on the parade of the collectors. Collectors are the folks you turn to , to pay for the misuse of weapons, because when you have to think that there is no real face of spree killings, no group to watch out for and regulate , you realize that is a rather scary alternative to the safe fantasy that by making it a hassle to own weapons, you can stop their being used for crimes.
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Will it result in at least one less gun out there? Will it result in guns that shoot fewer bullets before needing to be reloaded? What, specifically, do you think is wrong with the law that makes it ineffective, and how would you word a better law that reduces the obscene number of guns and reduces the firepower of them?
It will result in a lot of abuses because some beaurocrat misinterprets it. It serves no other purpose than to harrass people who want to posess more than a wall-hanger or sporting piece.

Feinstein should concentrate on the social welfare and ecconomic issues she understands and let people who know something about arms and their uses handle this.
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Old 29th December 2012, 05:21 AM   #69
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She was a doomsday prepper, who told her family to hoard food and guns because the economy was about to collapse. I'm pretty darned comfortable with my characterization of that fact.
Nobody is arguing that bat **** crazy people should not be allowed to have guns. I just don't see anything in any of the proposed laws that would make it easier to weed those people out. Banning rifles with a thumb hole in the stock or a bayonet lug will sure help you identifying a drooling paranoid, won't it?
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Originally Posted by Unabogie View Post
Who is "we" and when did they authorize you to speak for them?
I would be one, so I suppose I authorized it. You missed Ranb's post #15, I'm sure he also noticed. Two, would be "we".

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I didn't address this point because it sounds ridiculous to me. I bet he also sped on his way from the murder of his mother. Why are all the anti-gun people ignoring the SPEEDING???
Back to the dodging I see. Do you agree or disagree that these law would have not prevented this tragedy?

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The fact is that the guns were at his disposal legally. Nancy Lanza did not break any laws, and until he went on his murder spree, neither had Adam. That she placed such deadly tools in the close proximity of Adam Lanza is a mistake that cost her and dozens of others their lives. Had she not been a paranoid "gun enthusiast" she'd be alive right now. If more people made the decision not to become "gun enthusiasts" then the opportunity to go on murder sprees would diminish. This seems irrefutable to me. In Japan, where guns are banned, they have some years with just TWO gun homicides. In the U.S., 587 people are killed every year just from accidental gun discharges. So obviously, banning guns works in other places. The question is how we best get to a place where we can boast of such low numbers as well. And the answer is not more guns, that's for sure.
So, your plan is to make them magically disappear with these new laws? I'm reasonable sure that's what the government is hoping you'll believe.
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Banning rifles with a thumb hole in the stock or a bayonet lug will sure help you identifying a drooling paranoid, won't it?
Actually, a ban on bayonet lug does make sense. It might help to put a stop to all of those drive-by bayonetings that nobody seems to be talking about...
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Psycho that wants to shoot up a school would have the gumption to jump through these legal hoops, especially if they have no prior history. Someone wanting to collect guns for recreational purposes is going to be less likely to.

Brilliant piece of legislation, It comes down to what most anti weapon legislation does. Punishing collectors for the crimes of psychopaths because the collectors are the easier targets, and an easier political billboard. A stream of folks complaining about how they can't get a certain gun is going to give the anti weapon crowd the warm fuzzies, even if these people who want to hurt folks will just jump through the hoops, or acquire the weapons illegally.

The anti gun, hell, the anti weapon crowd, needs to stop punishing collectors for the crimes of maniacs, and stop feeling so self congratulatory whenever they manage to crap on the parade of the collectors. Collectors are the folks you turn to , to pay for the misuse of weapons, because when you have to think that there is no real face of spree killings, no group to watch out for and regulate , you realize that is a rather scary alternative to the safe fantasy that by making it a hassle to own weapons, you can stop their being used for crimes.
I am trying to figure out why someone would "collect" weapons like the Bushmaster .223.

Are you planning a wall display in your man cave of weapons used by famous spree killers?
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I am trying to figure out why someone would "collect" weapons like the Bushmaster .223.

An AR-10, Good for target shooting or hunting large game like elk. I would have a 10 round mag in there, but they are all out of stock at the moment.


AR-15 in 458 socom. Also good for large game, makes less noise then the 308 above.


300 whisper. Like shooting a less noisy 30-30 and more accurate, good for shooting competitions and hunting game up to the size of deer


My national match AR for service rifle competitions.

I only speak for myself, but these are only like the Bushmaster in that they are DI operated and share the same lower receiver design.

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But you're way more emotional than me on this. Only I'm emotional about a bunch of dead kids, and you're emotional about your toys. It's bizarre, frankly.
Speaking for myself only; but this tragedy has affected me emotionally more than anything else since 9/11. How could 20 kids murdered not do that to anyone?

But now we have politicians exploiting this mess to promote a gun bill that would have probably done nothing to prevent the Sandy Hook shootings and will probably do little or nothing to prevent another one. This is what some people call dancing in the blood of victims.

Feinstein is not stupid, but she is behaving like Americans are. No doubt the legislative intent of her new AWB will say it is to prevent crime, just like the last one. But of course it will hardly affect crime at all. She will still expect us to lap it up like dogs.

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Actually, a ban on bayonet lug does make sense. It might help to put a stop to all of those drive-by bayonetings that nobody seems to be talking about...
Actually, if a looney-tune has a bayonette fixed when he runs out of ammo, it would seem to me that he might not even bother to re-load, just go on a stabbing rampage. As the homicidal rampages in China would indicate, this actually improves the chances that victims would survive.

It also increases the chances that some bad mofo will take that weapon away and make the thug eat it.
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My Governor waited for months after the Aurora shooting to start the discussion on gun control. An article about his speech was on the front page of the Denver Post the morning of the Sandy Hook shootings.

Reality is that these events will keep happening as long as society keeps pandering to the NRA and the so called "collectors".
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What does "collectors" mean as opposed to collectors?

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What does "collectors" mean as opposed to collectors?

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If you were collecting out of production rare and historic firearms, it wouldn't need the quotes.
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But what do the quotes actually mean? It means I am not actually a collector? The common definition of a collector is someone who collects something in particular.

So if my ar-15's were original 1950's era with the Bakelite furniture, A1 sights, no forward assist and the skimpy barrel I would be worthy in your eyes of calling myself a collector without the demeaning quotes?

Do you insult others who collect plebeian items or is it just guns?

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Originally Posted by Kestrel View Post
If you were collecting out of production rare and historic firearms, it wouldn't need the quotes.
So, I shouldn't be allowed to collect newer design weapons? This seems logical to you?

(Hint: It doesn't. It's pants on head kind of logic.
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