Bill -

You've been a Democrat so long that you can't come to grips with what your party is now.
I can tell you that it ISN'T the party of Harry Truman, John Kennedy, John Glenn, even Lyndon Johnson anymore.  That Democratic party is gone.
It's now the party of people who don't like what America is, and they want to change it drastically into something that I don't cotton to one bit.

bill67 wrote on 04/17/13 at 11:23:48:


The 2nd ammendment is the most important one, the reason we still have all the others. If the government can put restrictions on guns then what about religion? The press? Jury Trial? Due Process?

It's a very bad idea to rush into something without thinking just for the sake of "where the wind blows" and political expediency.

registration can only lead to confiscation.

Sri the Constitution was created to guarantee us liberty, not safety. The 2nd amendment gauantees all the rest of the constitution.. It was designed to protect us from tyranny, high taxation, the same things the British were doing to us. The politicians are such great liars its almost a waste of time to vote. We all admit to voting for the lesser of the two evils. The 2nd amendment was designed to give the people power to change things for the better. The politicians are supposed to be scared of and respect the people, now its the other way around. We're scared to death they're gonna do away with the 2nd amendment and take away all our power. Without our guns we will be at the mercy of whichever lying crook is in office, his handpicked cabinet and Supreme Court. That scares the sh!t  out of me. The 2nd Amemdment gives us the right to protect ourselves from a tyrannical government and to protect ourselves from crazy drunk neigbors. Its all about liberty. The states and the local yocal counties have protection laws. Motorcycle Hemets, speed limits, gun free zones LOL, etc. They're designed for protection. Most of the time they infringe on our liberties. The constitution is all about Liberty and the 2nd amendment give the people the power.

Midnightrider wrote on 04/17/13 at 16:59:28:


He doesn't want people to have the power, if people have power then they can do what ever they want and we can't have that. No, he wants a dictatorship to control guns and potassium and bats and caves and trucks and felons and freedom and bullets, etc. The funniest one is where the cops will replace your bullet after you shoot someone. Maybe we need a Federal Bullet Replacement Agency.

srinath wrote on 04/17/13 at 17:18:30:


Sorry, the truth stings a little, don't it...

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 04/17/13 at 23:30:40:


JOG we are pretty lax here about pot. The old timers have seen it all. However there are kids who stone themselves silly. Also a pot dealer, you're assuming he just sells pot. There is always the 90/10 rule. Only 10% of the time someone gets caught. If he was selling pot that day, and he was caught. That is all they get him for. He may have sold something else the day before, or what not.

Being caught for something is an indicator of a propensity to break the law. I seriously have a dislike to do so. I'd be riding along going 2-3 over the limit and have some fool ride by tail light ... I'll point to the speed limit sign when we go past it. So I wont call a pot seller harmless. As adults we do alcohol, tobacco etc etc and know its not going to take over our life, a guy selling pot does not have any qualms about selling to a 13 yr old. That cant be justified IMHO.

Cool.
Srinath.

srinath wrote on 04/17/13 at 15:52:55:


i wasnt refering to individual confiscation. i meant confiscation on a national level. why do they need to know how many guns a law abiding citizen has? why do they need to know where i keep my legal guns? why does it bother them that law abiding citezens have detachable magazines? why is it any ones buisiness how much ammo a law abiding citizen keeps for himself?
the only reason they want to know, because they want to take it away.