[Clint Williams]

Plain and simple, we are armed to the last man.

Once yes, but no longer. In fact we deny gun possession to ex-felons let out of prison (I think this is only since 1968, just 40 years ago, and will note that it matters not the crime -- not that anybody on FR will think this a bad thing) and people who live in the "wrong" locales. And in order to buy a gun one has to jump through ever-increasing hoops.

Do nothing, and it's only a matter of time.

Just look at the silliness going on today... can you really remain all warm & fuzzy about your rights?

[marktwain]

“Once yes, but no longer. In fact we deny gun possession to ex-felons let out of prison (I think this is only since 1968, just 40 years ago, and will note that it matters not the crime — not that anybody on FR will think this a bad thing) and people who live in the “wrong” locales. And in order to buy a gun one has to jump through ever-increasing hoops.”

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Actually, the Gun Control Act of 1968 did not prohibit felons from possessing guns. It only prohibited felons from purchasing guns from a federally licensed dealer. There is a big difference. In US v Lopez, 1995, the Supreme Court ruled that mere possession of a gun is not under federal jurisdiction, because it is not interstate commerce.

That has not stopped the feds from passing laws that make possession of a gun by someone who committed an act of domestic violence, but it should not hold up to a Supreme Court test.

Most States have laws prohibiting possession by felons, however.

[B4Ranch]

Do you know where the sole primary source is that breeds gun control?

[William Tell]

Clint Williams said: "not that anybody on FR will think this a bad thing"

I, for one, think it is a VERY bad thing. The entire federal gun registration scheme rests on the fiction that the system can disarm freed felons. If I was on the Supreme Court, this law would be struck down as unConstitutional along with any requirement that a firearm have a serial number. We don't do it with books and we shouldn't do it with firearms.