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Pelosi 'We want them registered'
Washington Times ^ | Monday, April 13, 2009 | Editorial

Posted on 04/12/2009 8:27:30 PM PDT by JohnRLott

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, announced last week that she wants to register guns. Her next move will be to try to confiscate them.

The speaker picked a television show with a viewership of 4.6 million to float the Democrats' coming gun-control push. Questioned on ABC's "Good Morning America" about the prospect of new gun-control laws now that "it's a Democratic president, a Democratic House," she responded, "We don't want to take their guns away. We want them registered."

Politicians and bureaucrats routinely claim that registration helps solve crimes. If a registered gun is used in a crime and left at the crime scene, registration supposedly lets the police trace the gun back to the criminal. Though this turn of events might work on fictional TV crime shows, it virtually never occurs in real life. Criminals' guns are rarely left at crime scenes. When guns are left behind, it usually is because a crook has been seriously injured or killed and the police are poised to catch him anyway. . . . .

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; agenda; banglist; bho2009; bho44; bhobanglist; congress; cwii; democratcongress; democrats; donttreadonme; guncontrol; gungrabber; pelosi; queennancy; shallnotbeinfringed; washingtontimes
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To: JohnRLott
The only reason to register firearms is to ease later confiscation.
61 posted on 04/12/2009 9:55:37 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: JohnRLott

Prozac Joe is down and feeling like a shooting spree, but his gun is registered. What will he do? He knew he shouldn’t have registered that gun, but he was up at the time, high on 0bama and change. But wait. Things are really bad. Registered or not, Joe is going to do it, and then he will do himself. Yeah, that’s the ticket. See if a registered gun can stop him.

Registration is good for one thing, ...confiscation. All the commies know it.


62 posted on 04/12/2009 9:58:13 PM PDT by pallis
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To: gigster
Unfortunately, I don’t have a thousand acre ranch in Texas to try it out.

Might be cheaper than you think in far west Texas, just BYOB if you want water :)

63 posted on 04/12/2009 9:58:18 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: JohnRLott
sure I'll register mine. Just as soon as she registers all of hers and her families and her body guards.

Just as soon as the democrats start with gun confiscation in California, I'll be in line to register my guns.

She needs to first get California to have a gun ban. Take all the guns away from everybody in California and insure that they work properly and are registered.

Then they should do the same thing in New York.

Let's see how things work out and maybe keep trying it in all the democrat controlled areas of the country.

64 posted on 04/12/2009 10:16:05 PM PDT by erman (Outside of a dog, a book is man's best companion. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.)
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To: 1066AD

And having no water in west Texas is the problem.
I live on Lake Michigan and nothing will get me to live in a dry, remote place.


65 posted on 04/12/2009 10:31:26 PM PDT by gigster
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To: gigster

Don’t have to live there, just have your own range :)


66 posted on 04/12/2009 11:05:02 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: Choose Ye This Day
What more does she want?

She wants to register your gun so that they will know who has a gun once it comes time to confiscate them.

Confiscation: That's what she really wants.

67 posted on 04/12/2009 11:25:14 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAItNSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: JohnRLott

Canada tried such a pervasive gun registration system. They spent $2B on it, it did nothing useful, vast portions of the population refused to comply, and the registration system is now being dismantled.


68 posted on 04/12/2009 11:33:52 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: JohnRLott

MOLON LABE

If they want a f*****g war, then come try to take our guns.

Just try it, libs.

Full scale war in America—Americans killing Americans—GUARANTEED!


69 posted on 04/12/2009 11:34:10 PM PDT by Boucheau
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To: JohnRLott
Pelosi 'We want them registered'

Illegal immigrants?
Verified voters' residences?
Gifts from foreign nationals to political figures?

Ohhh.... guns.

70 posted on 04/12/2009 11:39:37 PM PDT by Teacher317
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To: mylife

Our rights, our fortunes, our lives.

Our forefathers pledged exactly those. We owe it to them to do the same.


71 posted on 04/13/2009 12:00:02 AM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: Texas Eagle
But, if the gun used in the commission of a crime has been stolen, the criminal can be let go and the owner of the gun can be prosecuted.

I find that very hard to believe. Do you have support for this claim?

72 posted on 04/13/2009 12:13:01 AM PDT by Misterioso (The emperor has no brain.)
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To: Misterioso

Μολὼν λάβε


73 posted on 04/13/2009 3:08:20 AM PDT by wastoute (translation of tag "Come and get them (bastards)" and the Scout Motto)
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ..
Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!
74 posted on 04/13/2009 5:22:35 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: JohnRLott

No. I will not comply with an arbitrary and capricious registration scheme.


75 posted on 04/13/2009 5:45:12 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: Kirkwood

They tried this in Canada. Non-compliance was so high they just gave up on it.


76 posted on 04/13/2009 5:46:14 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (1000110010101010100001001001111)
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To: Boucheau

That distant thunder is getting louder.

The time to loose the fateful lightning is almost upon us...


77 posted on 04/13/2009 6:34:46 AM PDT by Noumenon (Time for Atlas to shrug - and to pick up a gun)
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To: JohnRLott

Screw her.


78 posted on 04/13/2009 6:46:37 AM PDT by ZULU (Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: SecAmndmt
When a FFL holder closes shop all of the transaction records, his bound book and all the 4473s, go to the BATFE.
79 posted on 04/13/2009 6:54:44 AM PDT by El Laton Caliente (NRA Life Member & www.Gunsnet.net Moderator)
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To: JohnD9207
I agree...I thought you were talking about gun ownership restrictions. The biggest speed bump here in Texas is .....

......that thing about, if you need more than three guys to move, serve, and shoot it.

Not counting the forward observer.

80 posted on 04/13/2009 7:18:51 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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