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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:13 PM Original message |
Can anyone explain why some firearms are legal to possess, but others are illegal? |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Fuck man, I've been jonesing for a tank in my driveway |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. You can own a tank. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. You can't own an operating tank, drive it down the street, and use it as a weapon. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Use it as a weapon? No not real legally. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Where does the 2nd Amendment say anything about the caliber of the weapon? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The line is traditionally drawn between a man-portable weapon, and a crew served weapon. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. So it is totally arbitrary. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. IIRC, the NRA suggested and supported it. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yet you seem to place a lot of faith in their positions. And by "working" |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Yet you continue the sarcasm and derision. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. You should probably read the Supreme Court rulings to get an answer. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm munching on some popcorn myself |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Funny thing... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Interesting side note: |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. yep |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. In 1934, Congress made a decision to regulate certain kinds of weapons as war materials |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes.. and rocket launchers! surface to air missiles! grenades! |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Actually |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Well, gee... Let me check the budget..... |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Agreed |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Hope that you have a LARGE budget!!! |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. They sure have! And the sky should be the fuckin' limit! |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Have you read Miller or Heller? n/t |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. And since when is the constitution the guiding principle of |
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pegdraggin (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Are you kidding me? |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You are telling me the last..say..20 administrations have not |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Sorry, never mind, I guess you're talking about const. as in |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. the constitution is interpreted |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Pretty simple |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Just like the 1st ammendment only protects verbal (non electronic speech) and quills. (n/t) |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It would protect use of the printing press |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. But it is your belief that... |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. No I didn't say that |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Technological advances |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Machine guns were banned because of bank robbers in the 20s |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-07-09 02:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Not quibbling with the outcome but rather with the process |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Full auto is legal. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. I believe the argument stems from the idea of disproportionate risk. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. Some strangeness from Massachusetts |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. They aren't illegal. They are very highly regulated. |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Usurption of power by the govt. And one that seems would have been overturned |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. That was settled by compromise 75 years ago, when the National Firearms Act was enacted, IMO. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. Public safety |
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