Many Dreamer kids didn’t want to sign up for DACA without a guaranteed path to citizenship because they believed that once the government knew who and where they were, they would try to deport them to countries in which they hadn’t lived in years or sometimes decades, didn’t necessarily speak the language, and had…
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You might not, hell even I might not under the right conditions, but do you really think it would behoove anyone currently calling for this for it to be at a “reasonable” rate? They very clearly aren’t concerned with it actually paying out for damages, they simply want a financial barrier to entry when it comes to…
Actually, if you ever fill out a 4473 to buy a gun, it asks you if you use marijuana, so if you answer truthfully and say yes, that’s a disqualifier. If you answer no, you’re lying on a Federal form and have just committed a felony. I wish I was joking.
I mean, that was the entire point of the $250 tax stamp for NFA items. Back when it was enacted, that was a prohibitively large amount of money for basically anyone that wasn’t in the 1%. Having not been tied to the rate of inflation nowadays it’s not as cost prohibitive, but thanks to subsequent laws the majority of…
Many poor people simply drive in violation of the law because they are left with no choice. Any time you encounter someone driving on a suspended or revoked license, or someone driving without insurance, for example. I’m not sure that’s the direction you want to go with gun laws. They tried that with so-called…
How is that functionally different from a poll tax?
Here’s a neat little thought experiment I’ve been wanting to try out. Let’s replace the phrase “well regulated” with what you think it means, and with what I think it means, and see which makes the most sense in context:
And yet, how many times has that ever actually happened?
Which is why one of my biggest complaints is what seems to be a complete and utter lack of interest in busting the FFL’s doing these shady gun sales, prosecuting straw purchasers, and lying on the background check form.
Good, because again, let me reiterate: What the actual fuck. I’ve been to numerous gun shows over the years and that’s just nuts. About the worst thing you normally see is the guys who are just a little too into buying/selling Nazi memorabilia, unfortunately.
I mean, what other criteria would make you feel better about it? They still don’t do anything to discourage two of the biggest problems that are seldom prosecuted: Lying on a background check form and straw purchases.
I mean, as for your illegal arms dealer gun show guy, I hope you reported him to the ATF. Like, what the actual hell? But also, it isn’t exactly as if illegal full autos and reactivated grenades are a problem in this country either. I can’t remember the last time I heard of an illegally converted or proper full auto…
If you were selling commercially, you’re still legally required to perform a background check. The lady in the article didn’t even get that far because her address was wrong. If you were involved in private transactions, no there isn’t really much stopping you from selling to anyone. There still wouldn’t be even if we…
I suppose that all depends on how well you can control your unhinged behavior in public. I’m assuming you weren’t ranting and raving at the gun counter. Given the way many people around here post, I find it suspect that they can control themselves any better in their real lives. The thing is, for anyone that does have…
Gun shows are not the problem, hell private sales in and of themselves are not the problem. Even if you think they are, there’s an easy solution to that: Open NICS to the general public. It won’t eliminate people who are willing to sell to prohibited persons, because nothing short of confiscation and summary execution…
As I’ve posted before: https://splinternews.com/1837153047
Well this explains why AT&T has been doing a piss poor job of fixing their telcom problems over the past few weeks.
Because then at that point why even bother with the pretense of having rules at all?