That makes sense, what I don't want to see is laws saying that you must own and carry. I believe there's a city in Texas or Alabama, where it's illegal *not* to own and carry a firearm.
Do you think that the second amendment protects the inverse? The right *not* to bear arms Loathe wrote: > Make it so they aren't illegal, make the actions committed with them > illegal. > > That is, in my opinion, the only way to constitutionally deal with it. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:27 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: questions from the gun control thread >> >> Back to the original question, how do we solve the problem of >> illegal firearms... >> >> Loathe wrote: >> >>> Assault weapons are used less than any other class of >>> >> firearms in crimes. >> >>> I don't think it was well established in that thread at al >>> >> that they >> >>> are part of the major gun crime issue at all. They are >>> >> scary looking >> >>> and people have banned them for that reason alone. >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:58 AM >>>> To: cf-community >>>> Subject: Re: questions from the gun control thread >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> 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? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> have chemical taggants in all ammunition. That way tracing becomes >>>> much easier. The last time this was proposed, the NRA was >>>> >> against it. >> >>>> Make ammunition much much more expensive. >>>> >>>> Make firearms much more difficult to transport. If the >>>> >> user does not >> >>>> have a transportation certificate its a 3 month jail term >>>> >> and $5000 >> >>>> fine if they cannot produce the certificate within 24 >>>> >> hours at their >> >>>> nearest police station. >>>> >>>> Reduce the penalties for drugs. >>>> >>>> Another problem and one I cannot see how to to deal with >>>> >> is that most >> >>>> firearm related crimes and suicides are impulsive. >>>> its very easy to pick up a pistol and blaze away, essentially an >>>> impulse. Its much more involved and deliberative to take a >>>> >> baseball >> >>>> bat and beat the crap out of someone else. It also gives >>>> >> that person >> >>>> a much better opportunity to beat the crap out of you. If >>>> >> you could >> >>>> really reduce the impulsive nature of firearms then that >>>> >> would go a >> >>>> long way to reduce firearm related incidents. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:280091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
