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| Mr Gray | Feb 16 2009, 09:29 PM Post #31 |
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the Constitutionality of legislation is meaningless to today's high level politicians, on both sides of the aisle. We the people have the power to take it back, but unfortunately the majority of "we" just yawn when their rights are taken. |
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| boilergrad01 | Feb 16 2009, 09:35 PM Post #32 |
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: $5,000 a gun that is not what a gun on the street goes for. |
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| troubleatiu | Feb 16 2009, 09:53 PM Post #33 |
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criminals will always find ways to try to beat it. theres 200 million guns in this country now, most not registered. (mines not, theres nothing that requires it.) a grinder to the serial number is all thats needed (mine has it in 2 places and i also own a grinder. you can get a cheap one for $20). voila, law circumvented. meanwhile, joe six-pack has to jump through hoops and wonder who gun control laws pertain to. weve had gun control discussions before and judging by your responses i dont think its a subject you pay alot of attention to. you told me earlier that theres no correlation between area of higher crime also being areas that have stronger gun laws. |
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| boilergrad01 | Feb 16 2009, 09:58 PM Post #34 |
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Trouble who r u talking to????? I am with you on this issue... |
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| troubleatiu | Feb 16 2009, 10:02 PM Post #35 |
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not you BG. that was directed at faithful. |
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| yawnzzz | Feb 16 2009, 10:59 PM Post #36 |
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Depends what you're talking about. These aren't the same as stolen guns. If I went and bought something nice like a Desert Eagle for a grand, I could easily get $5000 for it in New York if I found someone that wanted it. Granted, most want a cheaper gun to dispose of, but most are still sold for at least a grand. “A $200 to $300 weapon here is worth five times that in New York City or DC,” said Darren Gil of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Drug dealers use different people and send them to different dealers to not raise suspicions, he added. http://www.vermontguardian.com/local/122006/Guns.shtml |
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| yawnzzz | Feb 16 2009, 11:11 PM Post #37 |
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Listen, I studied Criminal Justice in college and discussed this topic ad nauseum. You haven't spit back one argument that I haven't heard a hundred times. I didn't argue against that areas that have Higher Crime have stronger gun laws. I pointed out that strong gun laws DO NOT work when you can drive across a state border to circumvent them. Trying to track back to who sold it is only part of the law. The part that will work is that with a national database, ATF can see that my home is in Indiana, yet I traveled to Alabama to purchase 50 guns from 25 different gun stores. That throws a pretty big red flag. The purpose of these laws aren't to stop criminals, but to stop the people who actually buy the guns who have very little other association with crime. |
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| troubleatiu | Feb 17 2009, 12:44 AM Post #38 |
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"The purpose of these laws aren't to stop criminals, but to stop the people who actually buy the guns who have very little other association with crime."-faithful :wtf: did you just say? the purpose of these laws arent to stop criminals? then what IS the point of making a law? i cant believe you wrote that. i have a hard time believing the intent of this bill is to stop some petty gun runner. i also told you there are approximately 200 million existing guns that could be used already in circulation, and not be subjected to these provisions. this bill is a clear violation of the 2nd and 4th amendments. this is how orwellian laws get made in the first place. people say, "well i agree with that in principle", or "yeah, that makes sense to me" regardless of the constitutional legality. im fairly certain it takes another constitutional amendment to override an existing one, not an act of congress; regardless of their supposed "good intentions." ill ask you this, do you feel the bill violates the constitution in any way? |
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| Old_School | Feb 17 2009, 01:34 AM Post #39 |
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:lipflap: I'll direct you toward BoilerUpAT's response as my vicarious response. |
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| Old_School | Feb 17 2009, 01:34 AM Post #40 |
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Some defender of civil liberties... |
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| sirbrianwilson | Feb 17 2009, 03:01 AM Post #41 |
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| yawnzzz | Feb 17 2009, 09:19 AM Post #42 |
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Trouble... man... you need to sober up. Very few laws are to stop criminals; they're to prevent people from becoming criminals in the first place. It's the same principle of why you lock the doors on your house or car. A burglar is going to just break a window and take what he wants. Locks only keep your average citizen honest. I've already told you several times that I'm against this bill. That doesn't mean it's a conspiracy to take away liberties. The Criminal Justice community has been pushing for this legislation for decades because it would without a doubt save police officers' lives. Whether that's worth taking away liberties is up to the individual; I'm sure if I was a police officer, my wife and family would be strongly pushing for this bill. |
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| troubleatiu | Feb 17 2009, 09:28 AM Post #43 |
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first of all, im stone cold sober. 2ndly, i am beside myself that you think, " Very few laws are to stop criminals; they're to prevent people from becoming criminals in the first place." that is totalitarian by its very nature. a law is made simply to classify a particular type of behavior as "criminal". i also personally believe this wouldnt save any lives. but thats my opinion. 3rd, do you feel this bill violates the constitution? specificly the 2nd and 4th amendments? if it does, i dont give a shit what law enforcement thinks, ITS NOT ALLOWED. |
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| troubleatiu | Feb 17 2009, 09:33 AM Post #44 |
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i also dont see how you classify my concerns as "a conspiracy to take away liberties" when so many of them already have been taken away. this is just another piece of the puzzle. |
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| yawnzzz | Feb 17 2009, 10:06 AM Post #45 |
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I've stated in every post that I'm AGAINST this bill because it takes away liberties. I don't know how to be any more clear. Laws have two purposes: a deterrent and retribution. It's pretty simple, you right now are not a criminal because the threat of jail time has deterred you from selling weapons to deviants. As soon as you step over that line and become a criminal, it's no longer a deterrent. Laws only purpose than becomes retribution. It's not my opinion; it's a fact. I haven't been arguing in favor of this bill; I've just been stating that it actually has a working purpose. Instead of shooting it dead, it would make a lot more sense to revise it within the confines of the Constitution. I don't see anything constitutionally wrong with having a federal database of gun owners. |
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