Baronvonrort wrote on Jul 25
th, 2015 at 11:48am:
Brian Ross wrote on Jul 25
th, 2015 at 1:01am:
Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jul 24
th, 2015 at 11:21pm:
Mortdooley wrote on Jul 24
th, 2015 at 10:53pm:
Really, well here in Bizarro World the Law as well as Science seems to be whatever those in power say it is.
You really are batshit crazy
He is an American, being batshit crazy is part and parcel of his upbringing...
He is just a minority bwian,are you tarring all Americans with the same brush?
He may be a
'perceived' minority, but those just like him could very well be a
'silent' majority.
Similar to the actual number of firearms in America, & who owns them, it's only a
best guess estimate. In reality though, it's definitely closer to a total unknown because there isn't any Federal Registration Database in America, never has been.....it's illegal.
Even in American localities where some form of registration is
"mandatory", getting better than 15% -- 20% participation/compliance is a monumental challenge for government.
Recently, after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, Connecticut passed a knee-jerk firearm law that said, among many things, that all
'so called' scarey assault rifles, AR15s, must be registered, thousands upon thousands of AR15 owners (over 50,000 its estimated) refused to do so, & refuse to till this day even though it is punishable under Connecticut law.
Source: BEARING Arms
http://bit.ly/1KpHQhH Quote:Of the estimated 375,000-400,000 firearms deemed “assault weapons” by the state, more than 325,000 remain undocumented. Only about 50,000 were registered........
.......The requirement to register standard capacity magazines was laughed at even louder by the citizenry; just 38,000 (less than 2 percent) of an estimated 2 million standard capacity magazines holding greater than ten rounds of ammunition were registered with the state......
Effectively, this was the way Connecticut Gun Owning Citizens basically
Nullified that knee-jerk Law.
They openly dared the Government to
"Come 'n get 'em!".
Considering Connecticut is considered one of the last renaming
'true' Blue States -- firmly left of center, Democrat -- I guess it tells the true story of where Middle America actually stands on Gun Rights.
To date the government can't figure out what to do -- they're out matched (& out gunned) by a rock steady, organized citizenry. Many in Local Law Enforcement there say they will refuse to enforce that law in a show of solidarity with the citizenry.
For those that aren't familiar, this happens more often than you would think in the States.
Americans don't like government getting into their concerns -- toying with their rights, freedom, & liberty.
It's been that way for hundreds of years.
I strongly agree with the basic American attitude of openly distrusting government.
Government should never be trusted absolutely, nor should government have any uninvited right into any citizens personal, & private life. An officer needs evidence of criminality or dangerousness
before he may detain and disarm a law-abiding citizen openly carrying a firearm.
I also think I would tend to agree with Mort way, way more than I would disagree, & unlike many, I don't see Mort's views (that I know of) as being too,
far from center in America.