Molon Labe!
Posted on 07/08/2003 10:42:28 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
Molon Labe!
And the Swiss have closed the "gun-show loophole"
Subsequent transfers either by sale or by another transaction among private individuals have to be documented through a written contract between those individuals themselves, which they have to keep for at least ten years.
Who needs the BATF?
Hey, I was just reporting what I had heard the average was...my household definitely raises the average, and I have every intention of continuing to raise the average over time.
ChefKeith...17.4 per adult! With 14 million adults, this is 243,600,000 guns here. We're well-armed, and surely some people think that 17 per person is a bare minimum, but WOW! :>)
Canada delenda est!
Subsequent transfers either by sale or by another transaction among private individuals have to be documented through a written contract between those individuals themselves, which they have to keep for at least ten years.
Who needs the BATF?
It's not as bad as that. IF the contract stays with the individual selling or transfering the weapon. So there is no government record or even the possibility of one. It's probably a good idea in fact. If the gun is subsequently misused, the seller is covered, and the buyer is covered because the seller can't claim it was stolen. Contracts are not neccessarily a bad thing.
Where is the "conversion" to semi-auto written? Seems kind of dumb. However, it's too bad we can't get the BATFE and DCM/Army to allow something like that for all the M-14s sitting around waiting to be torched.
1. That's because we have the most to lose.
2. That's because we have what everybody else wants.
3. That's because we have the most dangerous criminals. And some are not even elected.
4. That's because there are a lot of tasty things running around in our forests and prairies.
5. That is so we can make the world a better place for all the idiots that cannot or will not defend themselves.
And a few other lesser reasons.
Unless of course one is foolish enough to live in Washington, D.C. But otherwise, the point is well-taken.
I wasn't critical of the Swiss system. It's actually quite good. Both gun-dealers and private sellers have to keep a paper record of sales, but no info needs to be sent to the Feds. In the event of later misuse, the info is available, but if there is no misuse, the central goverment is totally out of the picture.
Yes, we are No.1 and we have enough to go around.
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