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Here's a better idea. Instead of registering guns, we register gun buyers. Once you pass a background check, you can buy as many guns as you like, or not buy any guns. You'll be on the approved list. Your purchases will be your business, not the government's.
You go to a gun shop, the gun shop owner sees if you are a registered approved buyer, and then only he and you know what guns you bought.
That works!
Or maybe let's have common sense gun laws banning assault rifles and handguns to keep our children safe
These proposals probably won't be implemented within the next two years, due to the NRA's monetary sway over the current congress. As we move forward towards a saner society, though, this should be the loosest standards for gun laws in the country:
1. ---- Rifles cannot be automatic, and must not have any military features such as a pistol grip, a vertical grip, buffer tube, barrel shroud, holosight, detachable magazine, etc. No high powered ammo such as any bullets used by the military should be allowed. Also, clips must only come in five bullets or less.
---- You don't need more than five bullets to shoot a deer. You don't need anti-tank ammo to shoot a deer. Could somebody please tell me why .22 caliber doesn't work for hunting?
---- Trying to overthrow a tyrannical government? You are paranoid and should have your guns confiscated.
2. Shotguns can only shoot two bullets at a time. They cannot use clips to reload, but must be manually reloaded. Also, no military grade calibers are allowed.
--- Why do you need more than two bullets at a time to kill a deer?
--- Trying to overthrow the government? You are paranoid and should lose your gun privileges forever.
3. A ban on handguns for anybody besides for security guards, police, and military. Also, a complete ban on carrying guns outside the home, unless hunting or at the range.
--- A handgun in the home is 43 times more likely to kill you than a criminal, according to Arthur Kellermann.
--- Trying to be a big man and save the world with your gun while out shopping? You are paranoid and should not be able to own guns.
4. A mandatory background check, and one month waiting purchase for all gun purchases.
--- It will be a lot harder for the black market to function if illegal buyers are eliminated through background checks and have to wait a month before getting their guns. No more buying a gun out of the trunk of a car in a dark alley.
5. Nobody under the age of 21 is allowed to handle a firearm. No if, and's, or buts about it. Not while hunting, not while at the range, nothing. Only exceptions are for military recruits.
6. A proper interpretation of the second amendment, which talks clearly about well regulated militias, aka the national guard, not any random Joe off the street. And don't give the that bs about the Heller decision. That was an awful decision, like plessy v. ferguson or dredd scott, which can, must, and will be repealed.
Our backyard is basically 50 acres of wild jungle and once in a while we take the guns out and blast away just to keep in practice. I like to shoot it's really fun. Other than that, they're kept loaded in the nightstand but no rounds in the chamber. If needed in an emergency we just have to jack a round in the chamber and good to go.Partly its a romance thing. Partly its a simplicity thing. I carried wheel guns for years and then drank the Glock kool aid. Still carry a Smith airweight in the pocket everywhere I go though.Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.I prefer revolvers...but I would guess extractor marks would also change as parts wear.
Never seen it. Must be a really shitty barrel as stainless steel is generally a lot harder than brass.No they catch the criminal in the act in possession.Really? So when the police catch a criminal because he's in possession of a gun used in a crime it's because he didn't clean it afterwards?What if, before a gun is ever sold they fire it and register the unique markings it's made when fired?
Because every time you clean the weapon it changes those marks.
I'm asking. We have guns but my husband keeps them clean and oiled.
I dont know about changing the marks with every cleaning. You'd have to clean the gun with steel wool and rasps.
But defeating the unique marking isnt hard.
Nope, a simple stainless steel, or brass cleaning brush, will do the trick just fine. I've watched the score marks change after a single pass down the barrel depending on the quality of the firearm.
Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.I prefer revolvers...but I would guess extractor marks would also change as parts wear.
I have an irrational fear of dropping it and it going off.Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.I prefer revolvers...but I would guess extractor marks would also change as parts wear.
Two reasons: one is absolute 100% reliability. The other is my preferred caliber is .44 Magnum.
Here's a better idea. Instead of registering guns, we register gun buyers. Once you pass a background check, you can buy as many guns as you like, or not buy any guns. You'll be on the approved list. Your purchases will be your business, not the government's.
You go to a gun shop, the gun shop owner sees if you are a registered approved buyer, and then only he and you know what guns you bought.
That works!
Or maybe let's have common sense gun laws banning assault rifles and handguns to keep our children safe
I've had revolvers fail, so that doesnt wash.Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.I prefer revolvers...but I would guess extractor marks would also change as parts wear.
Two reasons: one is absolute 100% reliability. The other is my preferred caliber is .44 Magnum.
It's not possible. I've been inside both Smiths and Colts (and Rugers). It simply isnt possible. No modern firearm of any quality will go off if dropped.I have an irrational fear of dropping it and it going off.Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.I prefer revolvers...but I would guess extractor marks would also change as parts wear.
Two reasons: one is absolute 100% reliability. The other is my preferred caliber is .44 Magnum.
I know, I know.
I said it was irrational!It's not possible. I've been inside both Smiths and Colts (and Rugers). It simply isnt possible. No modern firearm of any quality will go off if dropped.I have an irrational fear of dropping it and it going off.Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.I prefer revolvers...but I would guess extractor marks would also change as parts wear.
Two reasons: one is absolute 100% reliability. The other is my preferred caliber is .44 Magnum.
I know, I know.
OK.I said it was irrational!It's not possible. I've been inside both Smiths and Colts (and Rugers). It simply isnt possible. No modern firearm of any quality will go off if dropped.I have an irrational fear of dropping it and it going off.Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.I prefer revolvers...but I would guess extractor marks would also change as parts wear.
Two reasons: one is absolute 100% reliability. The other is my preferred caliber is .44 Magnum.
I know, I know.
Why do background checks make sense, since they are entirely voluntary?Felons notowning a gun lawfully makes sense. Background checks make sense. I'm fine with those.
I don't touch the shotguns. I shot ours a few times years ago and I couldn't move my shoulder for a week.OK.I said it was irrational!It's not possible. I've been inside both Smiths and Colts (and Rugers). It simply isnt possible. No modern firearm of any quality will go off if dropped.I have an irrational fear of dropping it and it going off.Why do you prefer revolvers? We have a S&W 9mm and a Taurus 9mm, both clip loaded. Plus a couple of shotguns.
Two reasons: one is absolute 100% reliability. The other is my preferred caliber is .44 Magnum.
I know, I know.
Now a shotgun, OTOH, yeah those can go off.
Better stock fit/technique would fix that.I don't touch the shotguns. I shot ours a few times years ago and I couldn't move my shoulder for a week.OK.I said it was irrational!It's not possible. I've been inside both Smiths and Colts (and Rugers). It simply isnt possible. No modern firearm of any quality will go off if dropped.I have an irrational fear of dropping it and it going off.Two reasons: one is absolute 100% reliability. The other is my preferred caliber is .44 Magnum.
I know, I know.
Now a shotgun, OTOH, yeah those can go off.
These proposals probably won't be implemented within the next two years, due to the NRA's monetary sway over the current congress. As we move forward towards a saner society, though, this should be the loosest standards for gun laws in the country:
1. ---- Rifles cannot be automatic, and must not have any military features such as a pistol grip, a vertical grip, buffer tube, barrel shroud, holosight, detachable magazine, etc. No high powered ammo such as any bullets used by the military should be allowed. Also, clips must only come in five bullets or less.
---- You don't need more than five bullets to shoot a deer. You don't need anti-tank ammo to shoot a deer. Could somebody please tell me why .22 caliber doesn't work for hunting?
---- Trying to overthrow a tyrannical government? You are paranoid and should have your guns confiscated.
2. Shotguns can only shoot two bullets at a time. They cannot use clips to reload, but must be manually reloaded. Also, no military grade calibers are allowed.
--- Why do you need more than two bullets at a time to kill a deer?
--- Trying to overthrow the government? You are paranoid and should lose your gun privileges forever.
3. A ban on handguns for anybody besides for security guards, police, and military. Also, a complete ban on carrying guns outside the home, unless hunting or at the range.
--- A handgun in the home is 43 times more likely to kill you than a criminal, according to Arthur Kellermann.
--- Trying to be a big man and save the world with your gun while out shopping? You are paranoid and should not be able to own guns.
4. A mandatory background check, and one month waiting purchase for all gun purchases.
--- It will be a lot harder for the black market to function if illegal buyers are eliminated through background checks and have to wait a month before getting their guns. No more buying a gun out of the trunk of a car in a dark alley.
5. Nobody under the age of 21 is allowed to handle a firearm. No if, and's, or buts about it. Not while hunting, not while at the range, nothing. Only exceptions are for military recruits.
6. A proper interpretation of the second amendment, which talks clearly about well regulated militias, aka the national guard, not any random Joe off the street. And don't give the that bs about the Heller decision. That was an awful decision, like plessy v. ferguson or dredd scott, which can, must, and will be repealed.
We're not really gun enthusiasts. They're tools in case of emergency. We've always owned them and never had to use them, thank God. We also own a big monkey wrench and never had to use it, either. The guns I could use if I had to. Not sure about the wrench.Better stock fit/technique would fix that.I don't touch the shotguns. I shot ours a few times years ago and I couldn't move my shoulder for a week.OK.I said it was irrational!It's not possible. I've been inside both Smiths and Colts (and Rugers). It simply isnt possible. No modern firearm of any quality will go off if dropped.I have an irrational fear of dropping it and it going off.
I know, I know.
Now a shotgun, OTOH, yeah those can go off.
Ok mandatorybackground checks... hunting violations? No gun for you. Felon? No gun for you.
Hunting violation is now grounds to strip someone of a constituitioonal right? Get out!Ok mandatorybackground checks... hunting violations? No gun for you. Felon? No gun for you.
