You want my guns,Mr.G-man... Take it FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!
Posted on 01/12/2009 6:50:19 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
But Holder’s nomination raises other questions about what President-elect Barack Obama claimed he believed during the campaign. Numerous times he promised that he supported an individual’s right to own guns and that he wouldn’t do anything to take away people’s guns.
Just last year in a brief to the Supreme Court, Holder argued that “the Second Amendment did not protect an individual right to keep and bear arms,” that it only protected government militias’ rights to guns. He claimed that the Second Amendment posed no obstacle to implementing gun bans.
I can’t find even one gun control law that Holder has opposed. On every gun control regulation he has discussed, he has been supportive, including: bans, raising the age that someone can possess a gun, registration and licensing, one-gun-a-month limit on purchases, and mandatory waiting periods.
Even more troubling, while Holder served in the Clinton Justice Department, he oversaw the background check system, but he has never been asked to explain why the system broke down so consistently while he ran it.
The constant breakdowns of "instant" background-check systems during the Clinton administration halted gun sales for hours or even days at a time, costing stores untold sales and additional costs. Even by the end of the Clinton administration, from September 1999 to December 2000, the system was down about one hour for every 16.7 hours of operation. The breakdowns often came in big blocks of time, the worst during a period covering 60 business hours during two weeks in the middle of May 2000. During his tenure, gun shows sometimes found that they couldn’t sell guns during the entire weekend that they were open.
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Bring it on, we’ll burn their ass.
They will think twice after the coming backlash.
They will be suffering whiplash. (not Snidley Whiplash but possibly Snotty Whiplash)
He’s ignoring the natural citizenship part of the Constitution. Why would we believe he would respect the first or second amendments?
Does anyone actually believe that he will actually respect an oath to support and defend the Constitution?
As I recall, if the NICS does not come back with an answer within 72 hours, you can release the gun. If you call up NICS, and their system is down, then you did your part. The clock begins!
Nor are there any background check fees! If someone tries to assess them, buy elsewhere. You don’t PAY for a RIGHT!!!
Nor are there any background check fees! If someone tries to assess them, buy elsewhere. You don’t PAY for a RIGHT!!!
bttt
You want my guns,Mr.G-man... Take it FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!
Exactly. I've never purchased a firearm strictly to make a statement, but I think I will be in the very near future. Although not completely a political statement. I predict crime will be rising for the next 4 years. I'm thinking a short Mossberg 12ga for the house (590A1 or 500 tactical cruiser), and a Glock 19 and CC permit for me.
Obama is a sneaky, little bitch. He can promise not to take anyone’s guns away while making it virtually impossible to buy, sell, exchange or use guns and ammunition. His nomination of Holder is step one of that process.
Borders? The book store?
Yes. All we have is a tiny, poorly stocked "Waldens" in our local mall. I have to make most of my purchases online.
How can you have a Brazilian BBQ at a book store?
What a bunch of happy horse apples.
From Obama's transition site, change.gov (Search for "assault or "gun")
Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.
$20 entrance fee!!!!
Last time I bought a rifle (yeah, the one that I sold to someone a couple of days later, wink)
I had to wait for about 20 minutes for a response from the National “Instant” Check System that said that I was “authorized” to purchase a firearm.
The article states that during the Clinton years, this system was “down” for extended periods. Dealers cannot sell you a firearm without an “OK” response from NICS - effectively, licensed dealers are shut down if the system is “out” for some reason.
Geez, can't people parse a phrase any more? 0bama won't lift a finger to take away people's guns, he'll just lift a few fingers to sign some laws, and then have tens of thousands of federal LEOs do it on that behalf. He won't take away so much as one person's gun himself.
Yes, there’s a group called The Pink Pistols which is explicitly that. Incidentally, they were interviewed by the NRA for one of the NRA’s magazines. They said they took a lot more heat from liberals for advocating gun ownership than from conservatives for being gay. Which shows the lie about conservatives being hateful bigots and liberals being tolerant and accepting and tolerating other ways of life and points of view. (In case there was any doubt.)
I agree, gun shows have become showcases for cheap ninja cr@p and airsoft replicas. As for the actual guns on display, I greet them like old friends, with the sky high asking prices and the resentment at any attempt to dicker.
As for ammo, since it’s not yet Obamacized and can be ordered direct, I ply the internet. Most dealers also think their stock ammo is loaded with bullets of silver and gold. But online, there is at least some competition.
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