[marktwain]

The concept that the government could or should only “allow” certain people to buy guns stands the very concept of American jurisprudence on its head. It presumes that the government knows all, controls all, and should be doing so. It is wrong and ineffective. It is the opposite of preventing criminals from possessing guns.

It is crazy to set up a huge expensive bureaucratic system, require everyone to jump though hoops and prove that they are *not* criminals in order to try, ineffectively, to prevent the few individuals who are not responsible, from having legal access to guns. This is a failed paradigm, and it should be abandoned. To accept the idea that the all gun sales should be monitored by the government, and only allowed to those it deems satisfactory is fundamentally wrong.

The entire idea of the enterprise has always been the death of a thousand cuts, where the restrictions on who can buy, and where, and how and what are continually increased until the number of gun owners is reduced to political insignificance.

[Americanexpat]

I always felt that the selling of guns by the Fed Govt in Mexico was a plot to do away with 2nd Amendment. They had been saying for months that the Mexican government was concerned because the cartels were buying guns in the states. Remember Hillery and Obama both blamed the violence in mexico on gun runners fro the states. When it was our own government doing the selling. I believe they wanted to cause an anti gun outrage where the American people would let them abolish guns. Obama and Holder both ought to go to prison over that crap.

[Joe Brower]

This sort of bureaucratic, legalistic chicanery is all the proof one needs to see how our own federal government has become as overbearing and lawless as that monarchy from which we separated so long ago.

[varmintman]

I’ve never understood the idea of Mexicans wanting to buy guns in the U.S. Wouldn’t buying weapons from Imbel or some other South American company be simpler and less expensive??

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***...if the rifles are larger than .22 caliber and use detachable magazines. ***

Interesting that California is on this list as they ban the sale of these type of rifles.

[MestaMachine]

Of interest.

[grumpygresh]

Not suprised that Tester is doing this. A commie Dim in a red state needs to be re-elected as a ‘conservative’ Dim. No doubt, NRA will endorse Tester in his re-election bid which could cost the GOP the Senate. I wonder if the NRA will be happy with Dim committee chairmen from states like NY and NJ that have oversight on gun legislation? I wonder if Tester would oppose SC nominees that oppose gun rights?
Sometimes you have to wonder whether the NRA really wants to win the war for gun rights or do they merely want an endless battle?

[Carry_Okie]

Devised by Attorney General Eric Holder’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the plan requires all of the 8,700 firearm dealers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to report all sales of two or more semi-automatic rifles within five consecutive business days, if the rifles are larger than .22 caliber and use detachable magazines in order that the citizens of those States can be disarmed in time to facilitate the planned Mexican reconquista.

There, fixed it.

[TigersEye]

bttt

[wastedyears]

Surplus WWI and WWII rifles minus the BAR. Easily defeated.

These liberals are so stupid they often make me ashamed to be the same species.

[Paladin2]

So one buys 3 or 5 semi auto tube mag 12 ga.'s for the wife to reload while dealing with the local SWAT Team?

Winning The Future?

[CedarDave]

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