I don't suppose anyone notices that the wording in some of the legislation being proposed is very specific yet deceptive. When describing the so-called assault weapon or rifle the word used is "assault style rifles"
they use the word style because the weapon that they want to ban fires only one shot at a time, this is not an assault weapon. An assault weapon as a switch on it returns and from a single shot rifle into a machine gun.
Machine guns or automatic rapid-fire weapons are already banned but the anti-Second Amendment crowd once the low information voter to think otherwise. Words are many times used to deceive and this Democrat administration are masters of deception.
A rifle in the hands of a criminal is truly an assault weapon, but the same weapon in the hands of a citizen when used to defend oneself can truly be called a defense weapon.
I have a question for those of you anti-gun activists, and please ignore my spelling errors if any an address the question.
Why do you think was the intent of the framers when they wrote the Second Amendment?
There is going to be a gun rights rally on Saturday Jan 19 from 12-3 on the corner of US41 and Pine Ridge. This is in solidarity with the National Day of Support for Second Amendment Rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGaDAThOHhA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSH7lToqiE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Squyy8QRI
you don't think the above can happen here, neither did the people in the above video.
This Pres. is violated our Constitution over and over and I predict that he will violate the Second Amendment if we don't do something about it.
At the very least, show up at the rally.
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bossman1 writes:
Macchia, Which weapon of of choice do you use to protect yourself, family and home?
Write_Thinker writes:
We register yearly our cars, boats, rv's, motorcycles, snow mobiles, and other property. Why not register our guns annually, with money going to protect schools with an armed officer? Weapons should be treated more like dangerous equipment, and not treated like candy.
SCHLLC (Inactive) writes:
Well, he has his wits, which is another weapon of yours, like your guns, which you seem to have voluntarily disabled.
I could be wrong though, its more likely you didn't have a choice.
DillPickles writes:
Mr. Macchia:
Do you feel that banning fully automatic weapons is a violation of the Second Amendment?
If so, then do you feel that there should be no restrictions on a citizen's right to own and use any weapon or armament of their choosing?
If not, then why is banning assault-style rifles a violation?
For bonus points: why do you think there is a market for assault-style rifles in the first place...why would manufacturers make firearms that look exactly like automatic rifles, but are only semi-automatic in fuction?
bossman1 writes:
You don't even have the ability to answer questions or make respectable comments on Nstinks blog tht you claim is yours, why are you here?
MiguelSangria writes:
"At the very least, show up at the rally."-SomewhereinthisPOScolumn...
I'd rather have my appendix removed with a broken beer bottle...
macchia writes:
None of your business .
macchia writes:
Those items should not be registered yearly - that is only money for government to buy votes.
macchia writes:
Question: Do you feel that banning fully automatic weapons is a violation of the Second Amendment?
Answer: The wuestion is moot. there is already a ban on automatic weapons.
Question 2:" - why is banning assault-style rifles a violation.
Answers: Because it is an Assult "style" rifle. not an automatic fire weapon.
I have no answer for your last question because frankly I do not know.
bossman1 writes:
I do have the right to know if a wacky person like you owns guns and what kind they are that puts me and my family in danger.
MiguelSangria writes:
And your confirmation of the death of capitalism is confirmed. Your answer to pay for the security and the infrastructure those registrations provide, is to privatise our property database for possible theft and subcontract out the state police.
THAT is how our economy got to near disaster in 2008. Definitely sounds off the subject.
What registering weapons will do is install reponsibility into gun owners, regulate the assault style weapons that have no use, but to kill, and, improve the database that keeps the guns out of the hands of criminals, (And keep guns away from people without the mental capacity to own one!).
Three people are killed by a gun per hour and almost seven people are shot every 60 minutes.
For a, "developed," nation, we have the highest amount of crime with guns in the world.
What do you propose to do, Tom?
Its already been proven that owning a gun will not magically keep crime away from your person. Guns do not stop guns, do they? The U.S. has the highest amount of gun crime and has the highest amount of gun ownwership in the modern world.
Of all countries in the world, the U.S. has the highest amount of gun ownership and ranks in the top 20 in gun crime.
What do you propse to do, Tom?
34,387 children and teens were injured by guns in 2008 and 2009. Over 5,000 of them died.
JUST WHAT DO YOU PROPSE TO DO, TOM!?!
There is absolutely no proof whatsoever that more guns deter gun crime...
It's not rocket science.
No guns = no gun deaths.
macchia writes:
No, you do not.
macchia writes:
"There is absolutely no proof whatsoever that more guns deter gun crime...
It's not rocket scie."
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php...
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2...
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gc...
http://www.timesdispatch.com/archive/...
Look at the facts. According to a study by criminologist Gary Kleck of Florida State University, “[R]obbery and assault victims who used a gun to resist were less likely to be attacked or to suffer an injury than those who used any other methods of self-protection or those who did not resist at all.” In approximately 2.5 million instances each year, someone uses a firearm, predominantly a handgun, for self defense in this nation.
In research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, in which almost 2,000 felons were interviewed, 34% of felons said they had been “scared off, shot at, wounded or captured by an armed victim" and 40% of these criminals admitted that they had been deterred from committing a crime out of fear that the potential victim was armed.
FBI’s Uniformed Crime Report of 2007 show that states with right-to-carry laws have a 30% lower homicide rate, 46% lower robbery, and 12% lower aggravated assault rate and a 22% lower overall violent crime rate than do states without such laws.
since adopting a concealed carry law Florida’s total violent crime rate has dropped 32% and its homicide rate has dropped 58%. Floridians, except for criminals, are safer due to this law. And Florida is not alone. Texas’ violent crime rate has dropped 20% and homicide rate has dropped 31%, since enactment of its 1996 carry law
NUF SAID
bossman1 writes:
I BELIEVE I DO. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
MiguelSangria writes:
Violent crime IS NOT the same as gun crime.
Nice try.
Both Texas and Florida rank 24th in 2012 gun deaths per 100,000 tied at 11. The national average was 10.
http://www.statemaster.com/graph/cri_...
There are many factors surrounding the statistics of violent crimes.
One is that technology now plays a large part in keeping violent criminals in jail
A second would be the technology used to protect the home.
A third would be that most people just don't carry cash anymore.
And many more if you care to look it up. Try mace, new securities in autos, and even physical fitness along with the increase in people who just stay home more often.
One of the repercussions of having lax gun laws are noticed in the following article.
Guess which three states lead the nation in provicing guns for crime around the country?
Georgia, Texas, and Florida...
"Illegal guns generally flow from states with weak gun laws to states with stronger gun laws. In states with strong gun laws, criminals find it more difficult to obtain guns from local sources and frequently must obtain guns from traffickers supplied by out-of-state gun dealers. This fuels the “iron pipeline” described in past Federal law enforcement reports."
http://www.bradycampaign.org/media/pr...
Over 800,000 people had obtained CCW permits in Florida as of July in 2011.
The number reached nearly a million in 2012.
The amount of gun deaths remained the same.
Over 2,000,000 permits have been issued in Florida since 1987 when the first gun permit statute was written. The amount of gun deaths has increased.
macchia writes:
Not you brother.
macchia writes:
Violance is cut short with a gun in the hands of a Citizen.
MiguelSangria writes:
From the previous link in "NUF SAID"
"On the other hand, MSNBC.com cites a Harvard professor, Dr. David Hemenway, who claims that the available research is inconclusive and that “when it comes to concealed-carry laws, neither side can make a legitimate claim about their effects on crime”."
Also,. in another link, is this profound statement...
"Whether or not one believes a portion of the drop in violent crime is due to "shall-issue" legislation, Lott's study provides strong evidence that allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons does not increase gun crime or fatal gun accident rates."
When, in fact, since 1987 through 2012, the amount of children killed by guns has increased. The amount of accidental gun injuries has increased. The average gun death per 100,000 has stayed the same, 2011-2012, with an increase of over 200,000 permits issued.
May I repeat?
Advanced technologies in personal and business securities, monies are now in cyberspace, and people stay more at home, are reasons for less violent crime.
There is no evidence anywhere that concludes that more guns deters gun crime.
"People with permits are less likely to commit a gun crime?"
LMAO!!
MiguelSangria writes:
The time to get the gun into the hands of a Citizen is more than enough for a criminal to take advantage...
MiguelSangria writes:
From another of the links from the above post, "NUF SAID."
"The NRA's Web pages use a straight arithmetic average of the crime rates, rather than a population weighted average. A straight average allows Washington, D.C., which has astronomical violent crime rates (yet a small population), to distort the overall rates.
Using a straight average this way is absurd. For example, if the U.S. homicide rate were calculated similarly, the sum of homicide rates for the fifty states and Washington, D.C., would be divided by 51. The correct way, and the way rates for the nation are calculated, is to sum the total number of homicides and divide by the total country's population. Comparisons between the shall and may-issue states need to be calculated in similar fashion."
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_rt...
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