I think the gun mavens are too paranoid about this bill, but it is very onerous towards anyone who has any sort of firearm. Besides the tax on all guns owned one of the riders floating around makes it so you will have to list all your guns every year on your income tax form. This bill stems from a gang shooting that killed an honor student in Chicago. Does anyone think that the provisions in this bill would have kept a gun out of the hands of the gang member? It makes no sense. There seems to be a desire to leave the public helpless while gang members are armed to the teeth. How is that good? This bill was introduced earlier this year and now seems to be finally getting some attention.
Found by Keith Ray.
#70–Cursor==everything you say is quite correct. Doesn’t change what I posted at all.
Numbers should be used. They are more often correct than not and when not correct, they are close.
People wanting pefection are always to be doubted.
#79, Ah Yea,
Face it. The story is bullshit. Told fourth or fifth hand with dubious veracity does not give you much room to maneuver. Let it drop.
Guns, especially automatic weapons have done more to kill innocent people than perhaps any other “useless tool” we have in America. Self defense is bullshit as the actual number of self defense is minuscule compared to the number of accidents, suicides, and murders.
If you need a gun to protect yourself from “the government” then you probably need the government to come and get you. You don’t care about America, you care about yourself. With high powered weapons you are a clear danger, not to the government with their F-16s and M1A1s, but to those around you.