Posted on 08/20/2019 7:23:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Actually there are laws that might be Constitutioinal such as Kennesaw’s ordinance that all households must have guns. That one certainly does not “infringe.”
The Batfuckers would also have to destroy the records that they have (illegally) copied - wipe the memory of every computer and flashdrive of them. If you believe that they will, regardless of the law, then I’ve got some beachfront property in Kansas for you.
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No, let's use the model of Social Security. Let's call it "Gun Control Reform."
We'll support enhanced sentences for crimes committed with a gun, prosecution of illegal gun sales and illegal possession of a gun.
In return, we require removal of all restrictions on gun ownership by law abiding citizens.
Legalize Constitutional Carry in all 50 States. it is the only compromise.
Bingo! If you believe Hollywood hype, tracing a firearm is a 5 minute process that catches the criminal 99% of the time, before the next commercial break. (Of course, Hollywood would also have you believe that all legal firearms sales involve "registration," whatever process that might be, as imagined by the script writer.)
Reality is a lot different - IIRC, commercial FFL records only go to the federal government when a license expires/terminates (i.e., in most cases, when the business closes permanently). And in most cases, those records (primarily the FFL's "bound books") are simply stored in cargo containers, due to a massive backlog.
So, tracing a weapon would likely start with the manufacturer (if still in business), leading to a distributor (ditto), then to a commercial FFL (ditto), then to 'John Smith' (the first owner, who may or may not still live at the same address, or even still be alive), etc. It's never quick, often completely futile, and rarely done.
The radical Left in this country would LOVE to require 100% mandatory registration, with real-time database searches, etc. But even if they got their wish, most traces would simply end with "theft of firearm reported by owner". (Because - big surprise - gun crimes are most often committed by criminals, not law-abiding gun owners.)
And that's assuming the database isn't corrupted, either accidentally or purposely. I remember reading years ago, that ATF had lost a bunch of their own records, regarding lawful owners of automatic weapons. (Tough luck for those gun owners!) And I think we all remember how Canadian gun owners dealt with mandatory firearms registration - they overwhelmed the government system, by registering every "gun" they owned (glue guns, grease guns, staple guns, etc.)...
There is only one compromise I would accept and I would oppose it too.
The Constitution says that Congress is responsible for arming the militia and the Dick act says that all adult males are the unorganized militia.
They can have universal background checks when there is no point to them because every non-felon has been issued an M-14 by Congress.
I want this to happen with out the compromise but I would accept the compromise after opposing it if it passed because if everyone owned a gun it wouldn’t matter if they knew.
O’Bummer handed out O’Bummer phones, I want my Trump gun.
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