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S.D. Bill Would Require Citizens to Buy a Gun
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| Jan. 31, 2011
| Jon E. Dougherty
Posted on 02/01/2011 8:44:21 AM PST by george76
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:44:22 AM PST
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george76
To: george76
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:46:30 AM PST
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: george76
They must be Ann Coulter fans.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:47:29 AM PST
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: george76
If the government can force a man to buy an insurance product, why not a gun as well? Right dems?
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:47:45 AM PST
by
RC one
(Come get some.)
To: george76
Just to help finish off Obamacare.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:47:54 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.8)
To: george76
What does the State Constitution say? Can they force people to buy anything?
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:48:23 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: george76
If, as people of a conservative mind maintain, it is unconstitutional to force people to buy health insurance, wouldn’t it likewise be unconstitutional to compel them to buy a firearm?
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:49:41 AM PST
by
davisfh
(Islam is a mental illness with global social consequences)
To: davisfh
If, as people of a conservative mind maintain, it is unconstitutional to force people to buy health insurance, wouldn’t it likewise be unconstitutional to compel them to buy a firearm? Exactly.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:51:14 AM PST
by
cowboyway
(Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
To: davisfh
If, as people of a conservative mind maintain, it is unconstitutional to force people to buy health insurance, wouldn’t it likewise be unconstitutional to compel them to buy a firearm?
I agree. Except I think in this case you'd have to refer to the state constitution to check for constitutionality.
To: george76
Y’all know doggoned well that if such a measure passed it would be mere nanoseconds before another politician came along and demanded that, in the interests of fairness, those who have more than one gun start giving them away to those that don’t have any.
To: mmichaels1970
Depends. Is there a penalty for not buying one? Do they have the government tax services audit and attack and fine you.
Big differences - but I would guess over 90% of SD residents that can legally own a weapon already have one or more.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:56:03 AM PST
by
artificial intelligence
(Your data will be processed by me for future input. Thank you.)
To: Tucsonican
How about people who have a driver’s license but don’t own a car be forced to buy auto insurance? After all, they MIGHT drive some day.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:58:16 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: davisfh
Didn’t Kennesaw, Georgia do this way back when? I wonder if that precedent’s been cited in any of the Obamacare briefs.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:58:57 AM PST
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nina0113
To: davisfh
Actually, it's unconstitutional for the FEDS to tell us we have to buy something. It's not necessarily against the federal Constitution for a state to oblige its citizens to buy something.
The bill also does not specify the type of firearm citizens must purchase - only that it be "suitable to their temperament, physical capacity, and preference."
Full auto LWRC in 6.8, I think, is the only non-crew-served weapon that is suitable to my temperament.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:59:08 AM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Wolfie
Come now. Does what any old must document say truly matter? It’s for the common good, don’cha know.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:59:21 AM PST
by
FourPeas
To: george76
Sometimes I just love living here in SD. Winters just suck though. ;0)
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:59:35 AM PST
by
DadOfFive
("Miss me yet?")
To: davisfh
I think it is likely a symbolic gesture, pointing out absurdity by being absurd.
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posted on
02/01/2011 8:59:58 AM PST
by
Raider Sam
(They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
To: george76
sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defensemy "ordinary" self-defense worries about organized gangs of thugs with APCs
So I need something with a bit of AP ability like
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posted on
02/01/2011 9:01:19 AM PST
by
from occupied ga
(Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
To: davisfh
-——wouldn’t it likewise be unconstitutional to compel them to buy a firearm?———
Think on this a moment. If the law passes, everyone must go buy a gun. Do you thing Dashle will buy a gun or sue?
If he sues andd loses he will ultimately go to the Supreme court which will likely rule in his favor and establish a precedent. The state can’t force folks to buy stuff unless like car insurance it is required to facilitate the privilege to drive
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posted on
02/01/2011 9:01:27 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
To: george76
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