The problem is the progressives in Congress want to suspend due process.That is your perspective. Since due process is a constitutionally protected right in and of itself, I still see hypocrisy, just like the hypocrisy of railing against judges who expand other constitutional rights as activist, but are all for expanding the Second Amendment beyond that which is needed for a “well regulated militia.”
That’s a curious POV considering that Detroit didn’t start its decline while Republicans were in city government. New York did much better under Guliani than under extremists like the mayor there now.I think the reason you see democratic administrations in cities is because the Republican ethos of “minimal government” only works super-well in rural environments. It breaks down when exposed to urban centers that requires more rules to govern closer and more frequent human interactions.
Absolute nonsense. Here is just one difference.Can’t remember where I heard this line but I love it: ‘Planned Parenthood is the NRA of the left.’ (and vice versa I guess)
The NRA stated that it is not opposed to greater sanctions on bump stocks.I should add that I get why conservatives are scared of a slippery slope here. Abortion restrictions are also a slippery slope. I personally don’t have a problem regulating guns more than we do right now. Ditto abortions. And I am talking about these insanely powerful machine guns, rifles, etc., not basic firearms and rifles. I don’t mind increased pressure on the NRA right now.
No. That’s a felony.So you go to those other states and bring them to California or speak to one of those reputable dealers that facilitate guns with a wink and a nod!
Is there something wrong with shooting animals for food? Even today there are famies who live off the food they hunt.Put it this way: Guns are used to kill, be it animals or humans. Killing is their job.
What weapons? Those the popular media condemn?Both Planned Parenthood and the NRA resist restrictions to the death (no pun intended). It is about ‘my body’ or ‘my gun.’ It never takes into account the common good. Libertarianism - the left and the right meet. I would respect the NRA a lot more if they spoke out against some of these weapons, helped get them off the market and off our streets. I am ok with self-defense.
Guns are tools…Guns are not tools, they are weapons whose purpose is to kill. This is just in regard to the “X” kills people too, be it food, cars, tools, etc…argument.
They did. But more importantly, they speak out against killing all of the time. Planned Parenthood celebrates killingBoth Planned Parenthood and the NRA resist restrictions to the death (no pun intended). It is about ‘my body’ or ‘my gun.’ It never takes into account the common good. Libertarianism - the left and the right meet. I would respect the NRA a lot more if they spoke out against some of these weapons, helped get them off the market and off our streets. I am ok with self-defense.
What does that mean exactly?these insanely powerful machine guns, rifles, etc., not basic firearms and rifles
When are going to back this up with proof?So you go to those other states and bring them to California or speak to one of those reputable dealers that facilitate guns with a wink and a nod!
Maran atha!
Angel
Hunting is not the only reason to own firearms.Nothing wrong with hunting… just, why do you have to have access to guns that can put upwards of ten rounds in bamby before you feast on it?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) issued a comprehensive report in 2000 detailing firearms trafficking investigations involving more than 84,000 diverted firearms, finding that federally licensed firearms dealers were associated with the largest number of trafficked guns – over 40,000 – and concluded that the dealers’ “access to large numbers of firearms makes them a particular threat to public safety when they fail to comply with the law.”3
According to ATF, one percent of federally licensed firearms dealers are responsible for selling almost 60 percent of the guns that are found at crime scenes and traced to dealers.
ATF’s limited compliance inspections between 2008 and 2010 found that over 62,000 firearms were missing from licensees’ inventories with no record of sale.6 The Bureau also identified over 16,000 firearms that had disappeared from gun manufacturers’ inventories without explanation between 2009 and the middle of 2011
…of course the ATF may be lying!So all the illegal guns come from Mexico and Algiers?:
According to ATF, one percent of federally licensed firearms dealers are responsible for selling almost 60 percent of the guns that are found at crime scenes and traced to dealers. (Statistics | Giffords)
…did I make that up?
I couldn’t find a better link–but do the math, the muskets would take longer than the hand-guns (or whatever they’re called); yet, consider that people would be lined up (3 thick) to be somewhat effective… so you want to compare today’s weapon’s destructive power to them yonder chunks?**What I gave above are LOADING times. This is different from firing separations. Because muskets are horrendously inaccurate, volley lines were a must. So firing separations (typically 20 seconds) also include firing commands being issued. Also, the times (and those for other answers) are based on troops equipped with load pouches. You had a small cloth bag with a premeasured amount of gun power. You would dump the contents of the bag into the musket then use the bag itself as the wadding. Especially in the 17th century, use of power horns and separate wadding was standard which significantly increased time to load. (https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080103065021AASkPpj)