tlowery04
Sr. Member
- Apr 29, 2011
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- Metal Detecting
all the aussies i work with are against what happened to their firearms. Most have exemptions for living in rural areas (where a higher number of rounds is required hunting fowl and vermin) but still had to give up a large number of firearms.
on that note, I own a few firearms at present, if i was at home, i would have bought another three. 3 guns i own are on the proposed ban list, including an sks, a calico m-100, and a saiga .410 shotgun. If they ask me to register them and ticket them thats ok by me, but how is it any different than when you fill out the atf paperwork to buy a gun at a store? you still have to give your name, address, photo id, and be felony free among other things. So is adding a fingerprint and sharing atf sales documentation with law enforcement that big of a deal? most new firearms have a round fired into a test tank and given to (some registration organization i dont remember) for ballistics data anyway.
The only reason i can tell people are against registration is it would make previously unknown firearms be "in the system" ( i bet a ballistics test will be required as well).
With that said, on the subject of high cap mags and assault rifles and their recent vilification, I may not own any of the big offenders, but talking about all this sure has boosted gun and ammo sales hasn't it... I even want to go out and spend hard earned savings on guns and other things i know i might not be able to buy in the future. I think I want to buy them more now, because somebody has said that i wont be able to get it in the future. ( for reference in marketing this is the scarcity principle.) I know that im a good enough shot hunting to provide for myself with one shot. I know that other than fighting zombies, there is most likely no possible chance for a practical use of high cap and high cal mags and guns. But GOD is it a rush to unload a box of rounds on a target. I used to get stressed out at work or with school, but an afternoon being destructive and honing a skill alleviates that. My friends and I would go out and have shooting competitions, and we bought a number of break over shotguns and .22 rifles for our friends who had never shot before to use. It was a Blast!
In summation, I am an American - who does not like to be told what he can and can not do, the same reason my forefathers moved from the colonies into the frontier. And that's the main reason i oppose this legislation.
I will say, (moderators please amend this if i over step my bounds, i'll do my best to keep the text as ambiguous as possible, no need to ruin it for everybody) If a group of people pass legislation to the extent as assumed by politicians and plebeians alike, said group would most likely fail to hold both majority and executive branch. Thus negating any particular "hard-won" victories as they would surely be overturned by a newly elected body of government. If the people were to exercise their right of initiative prior to the next electoral process - the measure could possibly make it to a popular vote on the same ballot.
on that note, I own a few firearms at present, if i was at home, i would have bought another three. 3 guns i own are on the proposed ban list, including an sks, a calico m-100, and a saiga .410 shotgun. If they ask me to register them and ticket them thats ok by me, but how is it any different than when you fill out the atf paperwork to buy a gun at a store? you still have to give your name, address, photo id, and be felony free among other things. So is adding a fingerprint and sharing atf sales documentation with law enforcement that big of a deal? most new firearms have a round fired into a test tank and given to (some registration organization i dont remember) for ballistics data anyway.
The only reason i can tell people are against registration is it would make previously unknown firearms be "in the system" ( i bet a ballistics test will be required as well).
With that said, on the subject of high cap mags and assault rifles and their recent vilification, I may not own any of the big offenders, but talking about all this sure has boosted gun and ammo sales hasn't it... I even want to go out and spend hard earned savings on guns and other things i know i might not be able to buy in the future. I think I want to buy them more now, because somebody has said that i wont be able to get it in the future. ( for reference in marketing this is the scarcity principle.) I know that im a good enough shot hunting to provide for myself with one shot. I know that other than fighting zombies, there is most likely no possible chance for a practical use of high cap and high cal mags and guns. But GOD is it a rush to unload a box of rounds on a target. I used to get stressed out at work or with school, but an afternoon being destructive and honing a skill alleviates that. My friends and I would go out and have shooting competitions, and we bought a number of break over shotguns and .22 rifles for our friends who had never shot before to use. It was a Blast!
In summation, I am an American - who does not like to be told what he can and can not do, the same reason my forefathers moved from the colonies into the frontier. And that's the main reason i oppose this legislation.
I will say, (moderators please amend this if i over step my bounds, i'll do my best to keep the text as ambiguous as possible, no need to ruin it for everybody) If a group of people pass legislation to the extent as assumed by politicians and plebeians alike, said group would most likely fail to hold both majority and executive branch. Thus negating any particular "hard-won" victories as they would surely be overturned by a newly elected body of government. If the people were to exercise their right of initiative prior to the next electoral process - the measure could possibly make it to a popular vote on the same ballot.
Please tell me how this happened...I know certain votes were not "allowed" to be counted...Not sure how many polling places were protected by armed Black Panthers? but still HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?? has Americans really got their heads stuck that deep in the sand??
