Why? Right now with destructive device licensing you can own tanks, mortars, grenades, rocket launchers, all kinds of things.
It's even easier to own things like quad .50 machine guns. > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 7:05 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Obama coming after the guns > > I think that a little common sense needs to be applied. > Obvously, I woudl say we could draw the line qite a bit > before nuclear weapons and most likely before rocket launchers. > > Bottom line, even if we banned all guns, all it would do is > stop the legal purchase of guns. They would still be > available throiugh illegal channels, and in which case, we are fucked. > > And, even if we could find a way to get rid of all firearms, > humans would find other ways to kill each other. > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Judah McAuley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Scott Stroz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It could be argued that the 'arms' would encompass the > firearm and > > > the ammunition. > > > > Out of curiosity, what are people's opinions about the > limitations of > > the 2nd Amendment? Few, if any, people seem to have problems with > > hunting rifles. Hand guns for personal defense seem to be pretty > > middle-of-the-road. > > > > But what about those that take a more absolutist > standpoint? Where do > > we draw the line in terms of firepower? Assault rifles, > hand grenades, > > rocket launchers, nuclear weapons? At the end points it > seems absurd, > > but I'm not really sure that there is an obvious line to > draw and I'm > > curious about where people would draw the line and why. > > > > And what about the issues surrounding it, like background checks, > > trigger locks, types of ammunition, mandatory firearms education > > classes, etc? > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279778 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
