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Democrats encouraged by Senate approval of amendment requiring handgun safety locks
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| 2/26/04
| Associated Press
Posted on 02/26/2004 2:30:06 PM PST by yonif
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To: azcap
brilliant! :>
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:04:29 PM PST
by
KantianBurke
(Principles, not blind loyalty)
To: George from New England
You could just leave it unlocked.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:07:36 PM PST
by
Tempest
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="miserable_failure">)
To: George from New England
They can make me buy a trigger lock, but they can't make me put it on once I get the gun home. Worthless requirement aimed at making the touchy-feely crowd feel better.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:11:47 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(DEDICATED Homeland Security Employee)
To: .38sw
"... I have several of those locks, and resent every dollar I spent on them." They make good targets at an outdoor range.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:19:04 PM PST
by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi)
To: tahiti
seatbelts
To: azcap
The amendment only requires a lock be sold with it. This will be a boon for enterprising gun stores. Sell a trigger lock with every gun for $10 and offer the new gun owner a $5 trade in on his trigger lock towad the purchase of ammo. Your shop can sell the same lock for the rest of your life. LOL I can just hear the salesman now, "Sir, I'd love to sell you the gun tonight, but we're waiting for one of our gun locks to come back in. Wait... Here comes one now."
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:22:55 PM PST
by
Barnacle
(Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle.)
To: The KG9 Kid
Practically every gun I purchased in the last five years came with a lock.
I have yet to use one.
To: George from New England
Buy the damned thing and don't use it. We are a married couple that have grown kids (32, 23, 22). We have a town home, kicked the kids out. In the old days a child safety lock would have been nice (hiding them and telling the kids "don't you ever play with this" worked very well). I'll go for it if it will bring back our 2nd Amendment rights, and keep the John Edwards' slim sucking, bottom feeding lawyers from litigating against the firearm manufactures.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:37:20 PM PST
by
timydnuc
("Give me Liberty, or give me death"!)
To: VRWC_minion
Same analysis, same result.
Unconstitutional.
This law also violates Amendment IX
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:42:48 PM PST
by
tahiti
To: George from New England
When the burglar breaks in - you will both race to take off your trigger locks. Whoever gets theirs off first, shoots. I don't think this bill requires that guns be kept with trigger locks, only that they be sold with trigger locks. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
To: yonif
The GOP-controlled House already has passed the bill. However, Senate changes will require that House and Senate negotiators agree to a compromise version, which could take months given the strong feelings on both sides.So, at conference the House will say, "Take it out", the Senate will say, "Oh, alright, since you insist", and then a "clean" bill will be passed by both chambers and signed into law by the President. Do I have this right?
To: timydnuc
BUMP
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:49:06 PM PST
by
spodefly
(†)
To: yonif
I don't understand why so many republicans voted for it.So they can talk out both sides of their mouth.
To: yonif
Then: Give me liberty or give me death!
Now: Take my liberty before I hurt myself.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:52:55 PM PST
by
gitmo
(Who is John Galt?)
To: .38sw
.38sw said: "I have several of those locks, and resent every dollar I spent on them."
As do I. Maybe once certain Senators have passed on I can place these items on their graves as monuments to their stupidity and, if enough of us do it, to assure that they stay put.
To: Bluntpoint
Bluntpoint said: "Practically every gun I purchased in the last five years came with a lock.
I have yet to use one."
One of mine came with a "trigger lock". This device violates two of the four basic rules of gun safety:
Always assume a gun is loaded. (The label warns one not to place the lock on a loaded gun.)
Never touch the trigger unless you are ready to fire. (Its impossible not to touch the trigger in putting it on or taking it off.)
In addition, the spring loaded pins meant to ensure that "one size fits all" resulted in "one size fits none".
What a piece of liberal garbage it is.
To: Condor51
With the cable type locks you could swing it by the cable, achieving the same result!
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posted on
02/26/2004 5:32:49 PM PST
by
skepsel
To: yonif
It'll be DOA with an AWB extension ban in the House.
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posted on
02/26/2004 5:37:12 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: *bang_list; drZ; LiberalBuster; Mercuria; AnnaZ; secamend; Gore_ War_ Vet; Goldi-Lox; JohnHuang2; ..
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posted on
02/26/2004 5:41:41 PM PST
by
MagnusMaximus1
(the issues of "God, guns, gays and abortion" WILL decide who wins or loses in 2004.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I got a Taurus. I threw away the tiny little key. I don't ever want the gun locked, ever.
I can just imagine myself fumbling around in the dark, scared out of my wits because someone is breaking in, discover the dammed thing has been locked, nervous and shakey, can't find the dammed key, or can't find the tiny keyhole behind the hammer.
Maybe it's useful for gun stores for safe storage, but otherwise what a stupid feature to have on a gun.
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posted on
02/26/2004 5:42:15 PM PST
by
Bob Mc
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