“Gold-buying businesses required to photograph and fingerprint those bringing in gold to sell, photograph the items being sold and maintain an online database of the transactions.”
As much of an infringement of liberty this might sound like, I think it’s a good idea. Seems only those who are selling are being “registered” as a means for dealers to protect themselves should the gold/silver be stolen merchandise. Nothing points to this being a gateway to any kind of confisication, as opposed to registerinig BUYERS.
My parents were robbed of jewelry a few years ago and this system would have been good to have in place as SOME sort of means to either try to recover the pieces or apprehend the thief.
Sorry fellow FReeper, invasion of privacy is never a good idea. Registering private property is never for the intended "good will" purpose.
You easily fall pray to nice sounding rhetoric like: "Affordable HealthCare Act" (a.k.a. ObamaCare), "Common Sense Gun Control", "Marriage Equality", to name a few.
Maybe you should read a few more posts to get a conservative perspective on the RATS true intentions..
just wow. this is not about your gold necklace
this is about controlling your wealth.
as we go further, they will continue to dilute the dollar... and gold will continue to rise. as a safety harbor, people get out of the dilutable currency and into gold. but at some point they will want to use their wealth stored in the gold... and thats when the fedgov wants to take it.
for example, the day you buy your $1600 worth of gold, you can buy 1600 cheeseburgers. then you jump into gold which might have been 2 ounces of gold (ie: 2009). then in 2013 you decide to cash in those 2 ounces and get some cheeseburgers ... you get $3200 but the burgers cost $2 each (as burgers along with everything else doubled in price during those 4 years)... so you get your 1600 burgers. your buying power was preserved.
this was not an investment, just a way of preserving your buying power.
0bama and the progressives don’t like that... so what do they want?
the $1600 difference between 2009 and 2013 must be taxed... so they want their 30-40% to redistribute to their voters. so you end up with $3200 - 40% * $1600 or about $2880. you try to buy all the burgers you can... and you end up with only 1440.
they’ve taken your property/wealth. this is their goal
Pawn shops already have to hold items for 60-90 days and record the seller, so why the new laws?
My car and contents was stolen...they just towed it to their garage....never even talked to me except when it was reported stolen. Then they dumped me at the corner and that was it.
Cops are like bartenders these days....they see nothing.
HORRIBLE IDEA. I cannot believe that you are endorsing this!
You don’t need complicated and invasive laws to deter and solve property thefts like coin & jewelry thefts.
Years back in Milwaukee, when cops instead of politicians ran the P.D., the detectives following up on theft reports visited all the pawn shops and jewelers that were known to be frequent buyers, no questions asked, and looked at the inventory. Anything that matched a report was tagged and checked further. Those shops & jewelers learned fast to be honest buyers or be charged as partners in crime. No new law needed.
you don't mind infringing on someone else rights huh??
how about we register your parents as possible insurance fraud suspects?...maybe track them for awhile to see if they have possible criminal intent in other matters........if they don't...they have nothing to fear
Don't get trapped in “feel good legislation”....the law of unintended consequences ALWAYS comes into play when u tinker with “rights”
Does this apply to someone that wants to make a personal sale of jewelry or coins? Doesn’t sound like a good idea to me. Sounds like the gun laws proposed.
...and 0bamacare is about better health care and the gun control bill is about children’s safety. /s