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Regulating Guns
Townhall.com ^ | August 9, 2017 | John Stossel

Posted on 08/09/2017 9:30:30 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: SkyDancer

Exactly, because they don’t care. Gun-laws are obviously not for them.


21 posted on 08/09/2017 10:07:39 AM PDT by Kaslin (Civilibus nati sunt; sunt excernitur - Politicians are not born; they are excreted. (Cicero)
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To: Kaslin

I feel sorry for someone from GA that goes to NYC. Why put yourself through that pain?

NYC holds no allure for me. My “I don’t like NYC because...” list is long.

I much prefer living here in SC where everybody and his brother has a gun(s). Lots of folks have concealed carry licenses also.

You’ve heard that saying, “A gun behind every blade of grass.” In SC, it’s “At least one gun behind every blade of grass.” :)


22 posted on 08/09/2017 10:09:22 AM PDT by upchuck (Turn signals and brake lights... instant messaging before there was instant messaging.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

One woman had the outline of a gun on her purse, I’m not sure if embossed or a metal outline of one. Guess what?


23 posted on 08/09/2017 10:09:28 AM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: Zarro

No - she researched how to properly transport a gun on a plane NOT the (pretty well known) New York anti-gun laws. That’s why she got nailed on her way back home when she tried to check in the guns in NY. And I agree the NY laws are wrong and unconstitutional but I’m not dumb enough to risk going to jail before the courts straighten things out. You are welcome to though.


24 posted on 08/09/2017 10:09:30 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: TexasGator

The bag was pulled from bag check? If you declare what you have should not have been a problem. I have a metal box in my checked baggage with my personal weapon (unloaded) and ammunition in a separate locked metal box. It’s declared on check-in and I’ve never had a problem.


25 posted on 08/09/2017 10:15:26 AM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: Zarro

I agree with you and moreover, the guarantee of a republican form of government should in and of itself be enough to make the US Constitution a MINIMUM standard of recognition for God-given liberties. That’s not enough for your average attorney, for whom the US Constitution was never intended to be understood or interpreted by a layman. We need the SCOTUS to somehow define our liberties for us?? This is why Congress needs to pass universal reciprocity, with federal remedies for violations by public officials. I would love to see NYC forced to recognize Constitutional carry by a citizen of Arizona.


26 posted on 08/09/2017 10:15:58 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: SkyDancer
In Virginia, do not drive past this sign....



You will be in Maryland.
27 posted on 08/09/2017 10:18:07 AM PDT by fredhead (Duty, Honor, Country.....Honor, Courage, Commitment)
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To: SkyDancer

Hard to believe that my older Brother was in his School’s Gun Club and used to carry his .22 Rifle to School when we lived on Long Island back in the late 50’s. Nobody batted an eye.

Even harder to believe that I used to drive around Southern CA in my 4x4 Ford Pickup with my two Rifles in the Gun Rack.
Again, nobody batted an eye.

The America I grew up in long gone. Hopefully I’ll be six feet under before the Republic goes belly up, which it will sooner or later.

A Republic if you can keep it. Well...


28 posted on 08/09/2017 10:18:17 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: SecAmndmt

>>>I would love to see NYC forced to recognize Constitutional carry by a citizen of Arizona<<<

States that allow reciprocity only do so if you have a Conceal Carry License in your Home State. They do not recognize Constitutional Carry Laws in other States.


29 posted on 08/09/2017 10:22:58 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Kaslin

Why would anybody want to visit the chithole known as NY?


30 posted on 08/09/2017 10:23:06 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: fredhead

Have a smaller one? Only half the sign is showing.


31 posted on 08/09/2017 10:23:10 AM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: circlecity
And I agree the NY laws are wrong and unconstitutional but I’m not dumb enough to risk going to jail before the courts straighten things out. You are welcome to though.

The NRA, GOA, etc. collect a lot of member money. I would expect to see them in the forefront of challenges to such abuses. Where are they?

32 posted on 08/09/2017 10:28:41 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW!“At 9 a.m. this morning a shipbo Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH)
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To: Kickass Conservative
States that allow reciprocity only do so if you have a Conceal Carry License in your Home State.

ANY licensing or permit law is an infringement in itself.

33 posted on 08/09/2017 10:31:42 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW!“At 9 a.m. this morning a shipbo Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH)
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To: Kaslin

NYC has always had strict gun laws.

Gun Permits issued by the state are not valid in NYC, even back in the 1960s that was true.

B-B air guns are illegal in NYC, same for decades.

It was always that way.

Congress could pass a law....no, never mind.


34 posted on 08/09/2017 10:33:27 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Message to Trump : I am not tired of winning yet. Please more winning ! Get your crap together fast!)
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To: JimRed

>>>ANY licensing or permit law is an infringement in itself.<<<

Don’t disagree, HOWEVER....

I was responding the OP’s statement.

Go back and read his Post.


35 posted on 08/09/2017 10:34:50 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Did you ever hear about the TSA dudes flipping out about Joe Foss' Medal of Honor?

They thought the metal arms of the star were "dangerous", and could be used as a "weapon".

This is from CNN, before it was VFNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/02/27/war.hero.cnna/

36 posted on 08/09/2017 10:36:46 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Seruzawa

Asst DA Jack Ryan is a worthless Nazi bastard. But what can we do about it?


37 posted on 08/09/2017 10:36:58 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: kiryandil

We live in insane times.


38 posted on 08/09/2017 10:40:42 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: circlecity

Yeah, well, I don’t care to go to NY, much less run afoul of their stupid laws. It’s a shame it cost her $15k to do it. I hope she can sue them and get most of it back.

Yet I am glad there are those like her out there that will push back on the stupidity and drag them into the light of day for all to see.

I also detest their double standard. Wasn’t it David Gregory who waved the “high capacity magazine” around on a TV set? Illegal to possess there, but he skated, didn’t he, despite rather compelling proof of his “crime”?


39 posted on 08/09/2017 10:51:02 AM PDT by Zarro (Oh, we don't call them the "MSM" any longer; they are now the "Basket of Detestables")
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To: circlecity
Agreed. You never carry a gun out of state until you research the local and state laws where you are going with regard to gun permit reciprocity.

And there's the trouble with attending any event in DC. Who knows how many jurisdictions I'd have to pass through, besides DC itself, who would want to arrest me. And I ain't leaving it home.

40 posted on 08/09/2017 10:54:28 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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