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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:01 AM Original message |
Arizona Bill Seeks to Make Permits and Background Checks Optional |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. I don't think CCW permits are too restrictive. This is a toss-up for me. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Vermont has this too. nt |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not sure I agree with this. Background checks need to be kept, but thats it. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was not aware of the "God-given right to carry" |
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Glassunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It should be 1895 again. |
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MisterBill45 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Do you not realize.... |
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Salmonslayer (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well said. I appreciate straight forward insight |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Correction: |
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Salmonslayer (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. thx ... It was a typo on=not |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. My bad, I was seeing it as "only". |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Government is NOT the source of our rights. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I don't see the problem. |
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MisterBill45 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Fair questions, worth a fair answer |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. I don't feel the license proceedure is redundant. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It's an infringement in that you must still go through... |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. A shall issue, free validation card with NICS check offer no obstacles. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It is still "presumed guilty until proven innocent"... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Interesting points. I'll play devil's advocate: |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. A quibble.. |
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MisterBill45 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. forgot to add |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. Do you realize that this is not true? |
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pneutin (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Political party is not an indicator of a person's opinions on guns |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Personally I'd like to see that a person who wants to carry a |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-02-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I qualified for several years with local leos, talk about amazed |
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MisterBill45 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 02:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Theres a problem with that. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Right now the poor are disenfrancised by a number of gun laws |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. In the abstract, I agree, but in practice I have to agree with MrBill45 |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Good arguments but have you noticed that most of the states |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Do you agree with the Texas CHL system? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Hey they passed it - and Texas is a redder than red state |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Let me restate my question. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. I'm not in Texas and haven't taken their course |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Here in Texas we are trying for some other things first. On our wish list: |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I have no problem with any of those on the wish list |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Having driving tests does not seem to noticeably insure competence. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. But would you want the states to turn loose anyone who just wanted |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. When states have CCW testing and licensing offices all over with set hours |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And who in the state govt would you want to run? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. But thats the point. A drivers license is a privilege, granted by the government |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Until the SCOTUS rules or Congress passes a law |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I think the text of the 2nd Amendment itself makes it perfectly clear... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Go ahead - try it in a restrictive state/locality and get yourself busted |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. One step at a time. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. You missed my point. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Philosophy is nice but we have to deal with the reality |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Actually, philosophy and reality are not mutually exclusive. |
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TPaine7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 09:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Assuming the Court follows its own logic |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. 'long way from ruling on open and/or concealed'? ehn.. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. You could not be MORE wrong. SCOTUS has ALREADY ruled...the Heller case. Read up on it. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. What is on the constitution is NOT a privlege, its a right. It outline what GOVERNMENT cannot do. |
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MisterBill45 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. You don't have a human right to drive on a public way. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. If you are going to take your gun out in public, you should have training. |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-03-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. See my post #31. n/t |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
53. Just for the heck of it I did a quick and unscientific count |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. How many of those states allow Open Carry without a permit? n/t |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-05-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. At work right now - I may check that out over snowy weekend |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-04-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I did a similar count recently.. |
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