"What's In Your Garage?"
Posted on 04/20/2010 8:32:52 AM PDT by Biggirl
Even today, I know people who legally own cannons. One is a hand made black powder cannon. The other has a legal NFA 20mm cannon.
The issue should be the appropriate and legal use of weapons, not ownership.
A sane man could safely own a 105mm howitzer. There are even appropriate uses for said howitzer, i.e. avalanche control.
A madman wouldn’t be safe with a Swiss Army Knife.
A Letter of Marque presumes the issuee already possesses the ability to carry it out. To wit: in the days such Letters were used, it was assumed those who were issued such permission already owned battleships and had a crew to service them. Today, if such were issued, recipients would be presumed to already have (or have easy access to obtain) anything necessary to the task ranging from an M16 thru a fleet of crew-served arms.
Another way: one does not receive a Letter of Marque with the understanding that one _then_ procures the necessary equipment, most of which is currently verboten.
Ok, I’ll explain this a different way. What does the US Army Ordnance Corp do today? They are responsible for equipping the Army with all forms of weapons, ammunition, artillery, missiles, explosives, etc. This is exemplified by the current mission statement:
“The purpose of the Ordnance Corps is to support the development, production, acquisition and sustainment of weapons systems and munitions, and to provide Explosive Ordnance Disposal, during peace and war, to provide superior combat power to current and future forces of the United States Army.”
Also please note that The Ordnance Department and Artillery Department were merged from 1821 to 1832 in the interest of economy.
I’ll bet you could roast a lot of weenies when you start that puppy up.
Um, during our founding people owned war ships with cannons. Why are we such nancyboys now that we think anything past a single action, single shot pistol is kooky?
A letter of Marque is/was an authorization by a government to act on it’s behalf as a privateer or mercenary for retaliation against another government for some wrong. That is what you were talking about. People who were privateers who had cannons/etc.. on their ships.
Wow! You can park an F-15 in diveway?? I seen plenty up close but never thought about their size compared to a driveway. Very cool idea.
Au contraire: the Constitution facilitates ALL individuals & states to contribute as they may to creating one great army - the US militia. If someone can bring bigger-than-usual fireworks to the party, they are welcome to do so - not discouraged or prosecuted.
How much does a nuke cost? Are you REALLY that afraid that Opra and Bill Gates are gonna nuke each other? Or that Boeing will finally get fed up with Lockheed?
If you want an Amendment making Nukes off limits, there is a process for that.
Is it too much to ask that the process be followed?
You are dangerously close to "living document" theory. Don't do that.
See http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/drexel.html
Somehow I don’t think OBL will subject himself to any legal restrictions you care to lay on him.
Find a better example. And try reading the WHOLE post.
Read my post 50 and post 70.
"What's In Your Garage?"
I’m more thinking of a side of Black Angus beef ....
“Ok, I’ll explain this a different way. What does the US Army Ordnance Corp do today? They are responsible for equipping the Army with all forms of weapons, ammunition, artillery, missiles, explosives, etc. This is exemplified by the current mission statement:”
What does the term “combined ARMS” refer to?
Stop focusing on the products and start focusing on the principles.
It’s not about making nukes legal, it’s about prohibiting behavior risking harm thru intent or neglect - and applies equally to nukes & baseball bats.
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