The gun lobby's flawed logic is riddled with bullet holes

New York Daily ^ | Monday, April 13th 2009, | Stanley Crouch

[2harddrive]

No, but the machine guns, if any, on such a plane must have been built before March 19, 1986. I presume the missles would be sold as Destructive Devices, IF you could find a seller wiling to sell them.

[ozzymandus]

John Travolta? Fighter plane? WTF?? There are a lot of privately-owned fighter planes in the USA. I get the feeling this idiot is talking about “assault rifles”, thinking they are fully automatic machine guns. I’m willing to be he wouldn’t understand the difference if somebody tried to explain it to him.

[CaptSkip]

Great Links!

Thanks!

[from occupied ga]

This time, however, we have the Heller decision on our side.

Heller is not your your side. It does not preclude "reasonable restrictions" or registration (although how any restrictions of a right can be considered reasonable is beyond me.)

[Travis McGee]

Speaking of Jefferson, UVA has a tremendous site, I believe it’s virginia dot edu, with every single verfied TJ quote and letter by subject. Hundreds of them.

[ctdonath2]

True, the plane’s machineguns would have to be made after 1986. And if Travolta wanted new ones - to the chagrin of the author - there would be a great many backing his legal endeavor to overturn prohibition 922(o).

And yes, the missiles would come with a $200 tax (given a seller).

No matter how the original argument is reduced, it fails thru absurdity. Travolta wants a fighter plane? already owns several. Wants new MGs on them? has the money & support for a court case if he wants.

[John.Galt2012]

Your right. Using “prarie wagon” is not a good idea as it may confuse learned folks, but most people don’t know what a Conestoga wagon is. Probably best to use just “wagon”.

[Malsua]

Your right. Using “prarie wagon” is not a good idea as it may confuse learned folks, but most people don’t know what a Conestoga wagon is

It's probably best to quote things that George Washington actual said. Your original quote isn't among them.

[PapaBear3625]

If I recall correctly from my readings several years ago, at the time the Second Amendment was written the word “arms� referred to weapons typically employed by individual soldiers (i.e. rifles, pistols, knives). At that time, large crew served weapons was referred to as “ordnance�. The founding fathers were very intelligent men and used words with precision, a concept some of our fellow contemporary Americans could could learn from.

At the time, it was common and routine for private individuals to own cannon.

Private merchant ships needed to be armed with the means of repelling pirates, a wisdom we have since lost, judging from current news reports from Somalia.

[PapaBear3625]

I like how you think!

There is no solution that does not involve taking the gang bangers off the street, by whatever means necessary.

[Condor51]

*** I like how you think!
There is no solution that does not involve taking the gang bangers off the street, by whatever means necessary. ***

Thanks
Stanley opened the door by admitting gang bangers are Domestic Terrorists.

So let's treat them as such. Not 'good boys' who were 'turning their lives around'.

I have a hunch he didn't have that in mind when he was writing this tripe. ;-)