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Molon Labe said, 4 months ago
Actually, yes it is.
What we need is not gun control but criminal control. Try this on for size. Use a gun or threaten to use a gun in the commission of a felony and spend a mandatory extra 10 years in jail, no parole, no discounted time, cannot be served concurrently with any other sentence. If there is a second conviction, mandatory life with out parole.
The elimination of gun free zones, so that criminals will not have hunting preserves of unarmed victims.
Make reciprocity mandatory for concealed carry permits, just like drivers licenses. Standardize training requirements, background checks and mental health checks. If you meet the requirements you SHALL be issued a permit to carry concealed anywhere in the country within 30 days of application.
Make possession of a firearm by a convicted felon a mandatory 20 years in jail, no parole, no good time, no concurrent sentencing. Make that a priority for federal prosecutors. Accept the resignations of those that refuse to enforce the law.
Donald Williams said, 4 months ago
@Molon Labe
There’s a lot to consider there.
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Personally, I would prefer “Open Carry” so that would-be attackers could see what they’re up against.
mdavis4183
said, 4 months ago
Gun ownership is at all time histortical highs, yet both murder rates and murder numbers are at over 40 year lows and crime across the board is at decades long lows. THe state for crime going back to 1960:
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
In 1987 Florida got concealed carry. The propaganda from the antis claimed Florida would become the “Gunshine State” because gun related deaths and murders would skyrocket. They lost the battle because they lied. They used the same lies in every state where concealed carry was proposed. THeir dire predictions never came true. Not happy about the sire name but it’s a sarcastic dig at the anti cncealed carry nuts.
http://www.gun-nuttery.com/rtc.php
You can track the progress of open carry here. There are states with open carry, no license required and states with licenses required and states with rural open carry with no license required.
http://www.opencarry.org/
The most honest, instructional guide to understanding “gun control” lies about guns. By an Orange County Sheriff Deputy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yATeti5GmI8
Between the four cites provided you can learn about laws concerning carrying of guns, crime rates, etc.. There’s a lot of idiotic lires about guns and gun owners in he “news” lately. Become informed.
Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago
Nothing like telling people they can’t buy something to make them run out and buy it.
Eryx
said, 4 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Who said that?
MortyForTyrant said, 4 months ago
I read a report today that implied that any reduction in the U.S. nuclear arsenal would be bad for the economy, at least of certain states (google “Y-12”). It has come to this: the U.S. has to threaten world destruction in order to put butter on the table. What a world we’re living in…
Larry said, 4 months ago
Good image, good cartoon.
Could the factories be used for something else?
ReasonsVentriloquist said, 4 months ago
Larry, “Could the factories be used for something else?”
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Well consider that IBM’s main factory in Poughkeepsie, NY was originally used by IBM to make rifles for (I believe it was) WWII. Then they repurposed the plant to be their “Big Iron” facility.
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Irony!
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@Theophilous Joiner
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That always works. Make the punishment create the crime. When you are facing extra years etc your motivation to leave no witnesses rises FAST!
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The solution is to make all current guns null and void. Make all new guns technologicaly superior to today’s weapons by making the ignition electronic as opposed to percussion based bullets of past/current bullets.
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Within that electronic trigger system there are two tests that must be passed. A GPS sensor administers the first test. “Are we in an area that allows guns?” No? The weapon is a brick or a stick. Yes? Continue to second test. A finger/palm print reader compares the current finger/palm print against the one that was set into the memory of the weapon at the police station after it was purchased (it CAN NOT be reset, EVER!). Is the print the registered owners finger/palm? No? Brick. Yes? Blammo!
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Wouldn’t it be interesting if IBM got back into the rifle bidness by providing the electronics for new guns?
onguard said, 4 months ago
Dem Libs can not, will not win this issue……Even Bill Clinton warns Obama on it…………http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/19/bill-clinton-guns-_n_2512588.html
motivemagus said, 4 months ago
@Molon Labe
First: if they were people who thought ahead to the consequences of their actions, they wouldn’t BE the kind of criminal who shoots someone. Locking them away afterwards is locking the barn door after the horse is shot.
Second: we have many of those laws already. But they are not enforced. Partially because the NRA has eliminated any means of tracking people with guns at all, and has crippled the ATF.
Third: if you have ANY PROOF AT ALL for your implication that “gun free zones” are “hunting preserves,” you let me know. In fact, the stricter the gun control, the lower the deaths by handguns. Even Tombstone, Arizona made people check in their weapons in the days of the OK Corral!
I DO like the idea of stricter permits and licenses, because that’s freaking common sense, but don’t tell the NRA leadership.
And even if all your ideas worked perfectly, 70% of the handgun deaths in the US are not by “convicted felons” or even criminals. Most are by law-abiding citizens who either shouldn’t have guns in the first place, or are inept in their handling thereof — because the laws don’t properly control who should have access to a gun.
Not to mention the fact that having a gun in the house multiplies the chance that someone will die by that gun, whether by accident or deliberately.
NoMo'ol'tomcats said, 4 months ago
From Bullmoose to Bull$#!+
Eryx
said, 4 months ago
@onguard
It’s not about “winning”, it’s about what is best for our country.