I think we would have as much success fighting the illegal guns getting in as we have fighting illegal drugs getting in.
Other than increased security/searching of all shipments coming in and securing borders a bit more, I am not sure there is much more we can do. Though, as I pointed out in the original thread, Chris Rock's $5000 per bullet theory has some merit. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > no problem... but yeah the far left does seem to want to throw this > amendment under the bus, although I must say that the way it's written, > it's open to interpretation. > Personally I think it speaks more to authorizating a national militia > (National Guard?) then personal gun ownership, for self defense. But > it's not the way that those in power have interpreted it over the years, > so I'm going with the what's been interpreted. > > So going back to the question, what do you think can be done to stem > illegal firearms winding up in the wrong hands. > > Scott Stroz wrote: > > Wasn't so really directed at you personally and I apologize for making it > > seem so. Just something I have noticed. > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > > > >> I'm not sure what your getting at.. I certainly don't consider myself a > >> liberal, and I haven't implied that the 2nd Amendment interpretation > >> should be changed... > >> > >> Scott Stroz wrote: > >> > >>> I find it interesting that liberals will defend the 1st amendment until > >>> > >> they > >> > >>> are blue in the face, but are willing to throw the next one out the > >>> > >> window. > >> > >>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> It was well established in the gun control thread that the major > >>>> gun/crime issue is illegal handguns/illegal assault weapons (IMO). > What > >>>> are people's thoughts on stopping the trade in illegal firearms. I'm > not > >>>> sure I buy the argument to "just arm everyone else", while the > >>>> Constitution is interpreted to guarantee the right to legally own a > >>>> firearm, doesn't it also guarantee the right not to? > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Scott Stewart > >>>> ColdFusion Developer > >>>> > >>>> Office of Research Information Systems > >>>> Research & Economic Development > >>>> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > >>>> > >>>> Phone:(919)843-2408 > >>>> Fax: (919)962-3600 > >>>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:279990 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
