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Senate Passes Gun Control Amidst Protection For Gun Makers (mandatory gun locks inc.)
Gun Owners of America ^
| July 29, 2005
| Gun Owners of America
Posted on 07/30/2005 4:07:46 AM PDT by ARCADIA
Senate drops the ball again.
"It should have been a joyous occasion for the entire gun community. But just when it seemed that the majority party was about to deal a knockout blow, the Republican leadership dropped their gloves and allowed anti-gun Democrats to land a hard uppercut on the chin.
As a result of that lack of resolve, America will be saddled with mandatory trigger locks unless the House of Representatives acts in a more responsible manner."
(Excerpt) Read more at gunowners.org ...
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; bang; firearms; guns
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posted on
07/30/2005 4:07:46 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
To: ARCADIA
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posted on
07/30/2005 4:15:28 AM PDT
by
Jaysun
(Name one war — anywhere — that had a "timetable".)
To: Jaysun
Again the Senate Republicans snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
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posted on
07/30/2005 4:21:52 AM PDT
by
Burf
(We'll all be drinking that free Bubble Up and eatin' that Rainbow Stew.)
To: ARCADIA
here in the peoples republic of NY, this has been mandated for years....you can buy a trigger lock or you can bring one so that you show that you have one when you leave the store and that's it. I own 1 trigger lock that I bring to gun stores with me....and when I get the gun home I throw the lock in the draw until the next trip to the gun store. I don't know if bringing a gun lock to the store is acceptable to buy a gun under the new law, but if the law does not mandate its use nor does it mandate built in gun locks, (like on my sons new Remington shotgun,we unlocked it the day he got it and he probably doesn't know where the key is at this point in time). I hate the add on to this bill, but it was not a pound of flesh by any stretch of the imagination. It was a save face add on for those cretins in the senate that needed to tell their anti-gun constituents that they passed an anti gun bill. playing both sides of the fence as is their want.
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posted on
07/30/2005 4:24:29 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Heinlein)
To: Vaquero
I hate the add on to this bill, but it was not a pound of flesh by any stretch of the imagination.
It shouldn't be in there; there is no reason for it to be there. The language should be removed.
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posted on
07/30/2005 4:48:26 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: ARCADIA
Yeah! I'll put gun locks on my guns as soon as hell freezes over.
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posted on
07/30/2005 5:12:43 AM PDT
by
Piquaboy
(22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
To: ARCADIA
Dang it! What part of "majority" do the Senators not understand? Bunch of blasted girly-men!
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posted on
07/30/2005 5:40:27 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Standing athwart history, shouting, "Turn those lights off! You think electricity grows on trees?")
To: Vaquero
...when I get the gun home I throw the lock in the draw until the next trip to the gun store. That's OK until you have to kill an intruder in your home and then your senators and others will try to make YOU the bad guy, and they might very well succeed.
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posted on
07/30/2005 5:41:11 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Liberal: A blatant liar who likes to spend other people's money.)
To: Vaquero
Note: I wouldn't use the lock either.
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posted on
07/30/2005 5:41:55 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Liberal: A blatant liar who likes to spend other people's money.)
To: ARCADIA
The gun-grabbers playing with themselves again and the voyeurs enjoying the show.
But not to worry. Regardless of the 150,000 gun laws, none of them are in force when you are required to defend yourself, as every Citizen in America has the right to life. Without the means to defend yourself at all times, you don't have the right to life.
Why place your trust in those who would limit that right? Only a programmed slave would believe that their lives are not worth saving.
Trigger guards, shmigger guards.
Oh, wait! It says right there in the Second Amendment, ' . . . the right to keep and bear USELESS arms shall not be infringed.' How stupid of me.
To: ARCADIA
The trigger lock thing doesn't bother me too much. I bought two handguns a while ago and the lock was built into the hammer of the mechanism. It was actually convenient. So you twist it off and throw out the key if you don't want to use it. If you do leave it out in an accessible area and don't anticipate needing it in a seconds notice, you can use the lock. It may help serve to meet compliance for certain laws in some states. Either way, our home defense weapons are not locked themselves, but locked away in a hand print safe for immediate access.
It's a petty giveaway. Trigger locks have been incorporated into the design of guns for years anyways. They are called "safeties".
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posted on
07/30/2005 5:56:51 AM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: Eastbound
PS: So what would Freud say about those who want to grab your 'gun'? Limit it's size? Render it useless?
Can you spell, P-E-N-I-S E-N-V-Y ?
To: ARCADIA
Most gun maker ship the guns from the factory with gun locks. As for mine they are in a nearly Armageddon proof safe bolted to the wall and the floor.
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:06:26 AM PDT
by
TXBSAFH
(The pursuit of life, liberty, and higher tax revenue (amended by the supreme 5).)
To: ARCADIA
This law is already in effect in most states. It was a throw-a-way amendment to make the dems think they had won something. I throw the locks into a box when I get home, it's no big deal. The bill as a whole is a huge win for us.
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:06:46 AM PDT
by
calex59
(If you have to take me apart to get me there, then I don't want to go!)
To: ARCADIA
If the GOA can't recognize a giant step forward and a small step back, they'll never get anywhere.
Let me know when the media blames the GOA for any pro-gun legislation and then I'll know the GOA is worth joining.
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:09:38 AM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems. NRA)
To: EDINVA; iceskater; xyz123; Mudboy Slim; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; GeorgeW23225; ...
John Warner: Yay
George Allen: Nay
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:12:42 AM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
To: ARCADIA
The pubbies have the hammer ~ they should act like it ~ Bump!
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:14:52 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: libertylover
My last gun came packaged with one. It's still in the cellophane it came in.
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:27:54 AM PDT
by
rock58seg
(RINO"s make the Republicans MINO"s (Majority In Name Only)!)
To: ARCADIA
The lock ammendment only appplied to handguns and most of them (around 90% of new handguns) are being sold with the anyway.
Go buy stock in Master Lock... ;^)
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:39:28 AM PDT
by
El Laton Caliente
(NRA Member & GUNSNET.NET Moderator)
To: El Laton Caliente
most of them (around 90% of new handguns) are being sold with the anyway.
That is a market choice; why whould you want to make it part of the Federal code?
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posted on
07/30/2005 6:47:52 AM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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