You may bury your head in a sand like ostrich and deny inevitable, but Captain laid out the reasons why the change will take place. What exact form or shape who knows. And people will not be shooting their elected representatives, many might gnash their teeth and loose sleep over lost toys but that's will be it. Btw, one of the changes that I listed was no gun sales without background checks. Why are you against it?
The vast majority of firearms used to commit crimes are stolen. 1)Are you suggesting gun thieves should be required to submit to a background check prior to the the theft? (serious question) 2)What would you do about private sales? You mind if I ask why and or what you think this would accomplish? While you're at it do you plan to confiscate all the existing semi auto rifles - worldwide? Are you using a study/facts or statistics to come up with the number 10? And again, could you be specific as to what you think such a limit would accomplish? Why do you think there should be such an arbitrary limit? While I think I know what you're trying to say here. Doesn't the mass murder make them a criminal, technically? Do you want a worldwide ban AND world wide confiscation of existing assault weapons? Or did you plan to completely close our borders to prevent smuggling? Could you be more specific as to what makes you think so? I mean a bullet fired from a 10 round magazine does exactly the same damage as one fired from a 100 round drum. Have you ever fired an AR15/M16? How long do you think it takes to reload a fresh magazine?
Current law is that private sellers can sell without background checks, although the buyers have to satisfy applicable requirements, such as state residency for handguns, etc. Firearms dealers currently are required to run checks at guns shows. Sounds reasonable to me and I have not seen any evidence it is causing problems. If you sell many guns this way, the ATF will be on your case claiming you are a dealer.
If I am in compliance with the law, why is it any of the government's business if I buy a legal firearm from a private seller? There is no data that I'm aware of that the so-called gun show loophole has created any problems. Similarly, there is no need for registration of long gun sales. The only time we have had problems was when the government was running the idiotic Fast and Furious scheme to try to gin up support for more restrictions. We all know that registration is a prelude to confiscation. Have a tidy list of all firearms owners. How convenient.
Unbelievable, brother AAA. Unbelievable. In spite of your unbelievable view in this matter, I still respect most of what you post around here, for whatever it's worth. I'm telling you as a long time ET brother, I believe that you have some very wrong ideas about the gun control issue in the USA. Of course, I'm just expressing my opinion, and in the most respectful way that I can. I hope that you might reconsider the state of our nation and add, at least, some moderation to your views in this subject matter. I know it's hard for somebody to say they are wrong. Sure, it's hard for me, or you, or anybody. But, your judgment on this subject is simply inconsistent with many of your other postings, imo.
Not DISGUISED. It is a civilian model made by various manufacturers since the M-16 patent expired. It does not come in a selectable Full Auto version. We don't need an argument for it. You need a VALID argument against it that would supersede the Constitution. So far I haven't heard any.
I don't disagree all that much, but the fact is the country has taken a left turn and I fully expect the Obama administration to step on the pedal. Republicans would do the same. Elections matter. To the victor go the spoils. If not, why have elections at all? 21-20 or 21-0, a win is a win. It's just how it works. There are consequences to running candidates that can't really articulate their position. There are consequences to a party that can't control it's head cases. Case in point, Sen. Akins crazy ass statements. Team Romney should have grabbed that dumb bastard by the throat and told him he's resigning right now today, or an accident is in his future. That one incident shifted the campaign from the economy to social issues. I believe between that, and Romneys refusal to make a case over Benghazi cost him the election. At the end of the day the republicans are in a really tough position, and trying to sell merits and values to a nation that has grown decidedly weak in both...a very tough road to hoe.
The consequences are that the party that won just has more votes to try and do what it wants. It doesn't mean the other party stops doing what it wants including being obstructionist if it feels that is the best course of action for the party. The Republicans retained the House. That means they won that election out of all the House seats. There's no reason to back down. There's no reason to bend to Obama's will. Let them try to get their agenda passed if they think they can. They won't have the votes. It's two years until another election. Actions the next 12 months aren't going to matter much in that election. Posturing can begin in 2014. If we survive that long. At the very least we will probably be in the Great Obama Recession by the end of 2013.