Posted on 03/10/2014 8:28:17 AM PDT by Kaslin
Well, technically, the government jackboots CAN kick your door in and look for unregistered guns...
Just because the law says they are not permitted to do it doesn’t mean they lack the capability (or even the inclination) to do so.
The only info about the firearm given to the NICS check people is “long gun” or “hand gun”. A description of the firearm, along with serial number is recorded on the form after approval is given. The form stays with the FFL holder (shop).
I certainly do hope you are correct.
That is somewhat comforting.
Nevertheless, I’ve been gravitating towards private transactions whenever possible.
Private transactions where the owner purchased the firearm prior to the GCA of 1968 are best.
Thank you.
Or, at any rate, I DID have a few of those. But that was before that terrible day in mid-November 2008. On that fateful day, I was crossing the Chesapeake Bay in a small skiff carrying my ENTIRE gun collection with me (for some reason), when a freakishly large wave caused the boat to capsize. Every firearm I owned ended up sinking to the bottom of one of the deepest parts of the Bay. Recovery was impossible. Needless to say, I was traumatized - so traumatized that I have unable to bring myself to replace ANY of them...
“The Spartans were defeated, but they became a rallying cry for the rest of the Greeks.”
They were not defeated, they chose to make a statement.
Historically, the night before the battle, the Spartans learned they were being outflanked. They told all the rest to retreat and go home and most did but one contingent from Thebes also stayed for the battle.
from wiki:
Learning from a runner that the Phocians had not held the path, Leonidas called a council of war at dawn.[83] According to Diodorus a Persian called Tyrrhastiadas, a Cymaean by birth, warned the Greeks.[84] Some of the Greeks argued for withdrawal, but Leonidas resolved to stay at the pass with the Spartans.[83] Many of the Greek contingents then either chose to withdraw (without orders), or were ordered to leave by Leonidas (Herodotus admits that there is some doubt about which actually happened).[83][85] The contingent of 700 Thespians, led by their general Demophilus, refused to leave with the other Greeks but committed themselves to the fight.[86] Also present were the 400 Thebans, and probably the helots that had accompanied the Spartans.[82]
And I bet all of these same individuals also refused to sign up for obamacare.
And this will spread all across the nation, a fist in the air, defiance against the government that denies liberty.
“Leonides lost only because of betrayal.”
I am not sure I consider losing 2000 men while killing 20,000 to be losing.
from wiki:
The pass at Thermopylae was thus opened to the Persian army according to Herodotus, at the cost to the Persians of up to 20,000 fatalities.[94] The Greek rearguard, meanwhile, was annihilated, with a probable loss of 2,000 men, including those killed on the first two days of battle.[95] Herodotus says at one point that 4,000 Greeks died, but assuming that the Phocians guarding the track were not killed during the battle (as Herodotus implies), this would be almost every Greek soldier present (by Herodotus’ own estimates), and this number is probably too high.[96
“Defenders of the Alamo, also.
And Waco.”
Not sure you should speak of the Alamo and Waco in the same sentence.
I haven't seen any recent statistics, but it certainly appears to me that there has been a serious increase in these sorts of incidences over the past few years.
I wonder if we could get a federal grant to study the problem...
Not sure you should speak of the Alamo and Waco in the same sentence.
I don’t know about a grant, I’m just glad that my new gun collection is being air freighted to me from Maylaysia on flight MH370. I can’t wait for the call saying it’s ready for pickup.
Couldn’t care less about a warrant that violates the 2nd in the first place. What Hitler did to the Jews was legal, too.
GREAT!
I sure hope you didn’t waste your money insuring the shipment.
Nah, those 777s are as safe as houses.
"Please go on record in the affirmative and providing even a single source to support your belief in each instance."
For the record, those of us who followed those events know that warrants were not obtained. However, yes, I do believe that warrants are still obtained by officers in other cases. You confirmed that you believe the same, and you are on record as stating so.
Technically, yes.
"Just because the law says they are not permitted to do it doesn’t mean they lack the capability (or even the inclination) to do so."
Technically, yes,
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