The FAST Approaching Gun Ban

[hippifried]

A total prohibition of firearms would only benifit the crimnals that are using them to harming people. Our Alcohol Prohibition is a good example. The mafia grew exponentially and proved that laws will be broken regardless of consequence. No matter what you make illegal, whether it be theft, drugs, murder or(dare I say) prostitution, if there is a demand there will be a market. While accidents are always tragic, there are usually a party showing carelessness in not securing them or handling them improperly.

So... Just who, exactly, is advocating "a total prohibition of firearms"? Got a name? I mean really... With this kind of hyperbole, from any side of any topic, the only ones who pay attention to any point made are the glassy eyed Kool Aid drinkers from whatever side the spouter happens to be on. It isn't conducive to civil discussion. Just sayin'...

[yodajazz]

So... Just who, exactly, is advocating "a total prohibition of firearms"? Got a name? I mean really... With this kind of hyperbole, from any side of any topic, the only ones who pay attention to any point made are the glassy eyed Kool Aid drinkers from whatever side the spouter happens to be on. It isn't conducive to civil discussion. Just sayin'...

You just don't realize, that requiring automobile registration, is the first step of plan, to take away our motor vehicles. Obama is coming for your Toyota, Hippifried!

[hippifried]

He can have it. It's over 20 years old, and has been broke down for the last three months.

[buttslinger]

Some kid dressed only in a swim suit totaled my new car, my Honda is 20 years old and drives fantastic, except for one rattle. Alcohol would be great fodder for a thread on civil discipline.
While a Republican Congress and nine conservative Supreme Court Judges would probably overturn Roe V Wade, I doubt nine liberal Supreme Court Judges would take away an American's right to bear arms, they would certainly regulate them more, but I have a hunch that even then you would see high murder rates in the USA. YEEEEE-HAWWWWW!

[trish]

I doubt nine liberal Supreme Court Judges would take away an American's right to bear arms

I should hope not. The right to bear arms is certainly a Constitution right which the Supreme Court is sworn to uphold. But the Second Amendment is notoriously brief and the interpretations of it many and varied, leaving open a multitude of regulatory options, many of which have been found in the past to be Constitutional and many which this or future Supreme Courts could find Constitutional.

BTW: Bummer about your Honda. Did this just happen?

[buttslinger]

Bummer about your Honda. Did this just happen?

Naw,The car I drive now is the family hand-me-down, I probably need a new practical car, but I've been watching tv shows about restoring old classics, hmmmm.
Many Republicans view guns and abortion and politics from a 1950s view, when all the blacks, and druggies, and homos all lived in one neighborhood, all the problem children were contained. Post-War Americans got married, had kids, that was it. Glory Days.
Guns are an issue that have gotten more complicated, just like everything is a lot more complicated than the 50s, when a white guy delivered milk and butter to your house, even doctors made housecalls.
It is great that blacks and gays can come out of the shadows, but the facts are this is a shadow site, I don't think I have ever uttered the word "transsexual" with my family, friends, or coworkers. It never even comes up.
Gun control is an issue for the future, but whenever the subject comes up, it's swirled around like fingerpaint, and then forgotten. Most gun fatalities happen in the ghetto, or Inbred, W Va, so it's like that old bad part of town that you accept as inevitable.

Renault: Major Strasser has been shot. [pause] Round up the usual suspects.

[trish]

Gun control is an issue for the future,

Guns are already controlled to some extent. It is a topic already much discussed. It is an issue we are facing now.

Interesting that you mentioned alcohol in your previous post. Prohibition has been repealed. This doesn't mean we now have a Constitutional right to drink alcohol; we do not. Yet, with relatively few common sense restrictions and regulations we buy, sell and drink a plethora of alcoholic beverages. A Constitutional right to drink alcohol (albeit unnecessary) wouldn't negate the common sense reasoning now in place that regulates the industry. The fact that the right to bear arms is a Constitutional one, similarly doesn't negate the common sense reasoning behind gun regulation.

[buttslinger]

Interesting that you mentioned alcohol in your previous post. .

I am not sure there are gun stores in poor black neighborhoods, but there's a liquor store on every block. Booze plays a large part in gun incidents, car accidents, broken families, liver disease. Judgement.
But it's my drug of choice when I'm out skirt chasing.
They say when you have 6 drinks you reverse evolution 10,000 years. Let's party like it's 7999BC.

[hippifried]

Pawnshop are also gun stores. You also see "title loan" joints on every corner, in lieu of any kind of banking establishment. There's convenient stores instead of supermarkets. Butt don't worry if you can't afford to drive, it'll only cost $20, 30, 40, 50, depending where you are, for a round trip to go shopping.
...& the beat goes on...

[Loud Love]

So... Just who, exactly, is advocating "a total prohibition of firearms"? Got a name? I mean really... With this kind of hyperbole, from any side of any topic, the only ones who pay attention to any point made are the glassy eyed Kool Aid drinkers from whatever side the spouter happens to be on. It isn't conducive to civil discussion. Just sayin'...

Any and every socialist politician. Too many to name. They prefer the baby steps approach but if you refuse to read between the lines you are fooling yourself. The strictest of countries started this decades ago. Many are almost there. China only allows a citizen, excuse me Ward, to own a pellet rifle with a caliber no larger than .177. Last I heard, that is in jeopardy.