OldLady
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What "perceived meme" are you talking about? Are you projecting again and making up shit to be alarmed over? Just like you think that making AR's illegal will somehow trigger the government into somehow (without the military's help) taking over the citizenry and turning us into a dictatorship where we are all helpless slaves.Tad difference between the police talking to a minor who posts he wants to shoot up a school and denying Constitutional Rights to an adult over a perceived meme.Yet when that kid who shot up Parkland said "stupid stuff" on his social media, a lot of people called that a failure of the police and the system meant to protect us. You can't have it both ways. I realize there were more red flags than that, but a gun background check isn't going to be able to check that extensively into anyone's history--especially not juvenile history.That is the issue. People can say stupid stuff, and it is not the governments place to define what stupid talk is or is not.It is not a crime to say it, but why would anyone in their right mind say such trash? Does someone who says that deserve a gun? No.And what is this supposed to accomplish? Even if you post on Fakebook that illegals should be shot, that is not a crime and so therefore they have no grounds to deny you a gun purchase.Fourth Amendment, right up front.
Not sure of the laws in New York. Can cities override state law? In Virginia, they cannot.
Gun purchasers may need to submit social media history under proposed New York legislation
There have been example after example of people bragging and showing off their weapons on social media and spewing hate, threatening to kill. And then they did.