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« Reply #100 on: May 21, 2021, 03:02:24 pm »
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That is exactly what we have now and the result is the jails are filled with non white people.

Are you trying to make the point that non-white people commit more crimes that require jail time?

A few seconds and you could have fact-checked your gas in bags thing and even used the left leaning SNOPES

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hoarding-gas-plastic-bags/
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« Reply #101 on: May 21, 2021, 03:08:43 pm »
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So the Sackler family should get off scott free?

Depends on whether the claims against them are true.  If they lied about their product and it did not work as they said it did, then that is something for the courts.  If they simply aggressively marketed their product and doctors over-prescribed it or did not pay attention to what patients were doing, then no, they are not responsible. 

I suspect that in our litigious society they will end up paying no matter what and we may never have the whole truth of the matter. 

Now, If a gun manufacturer lies about his product, he is and has always been, subject to being sued.  What the left would like to do is to sue manufacturers for the illegal use of the weapons even if the weapon functions as it should and is exactly as represented by the manufacturer.  That IS stupid. 
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« Reply #102 on: May 21, 2021, 03:20:03 pm »
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You are thinking like a true republican and lets do nothing

We have had this conversation before but I'll try once more.  What the left is proposing is that manufactures of guns be held liable if their guns are used in crimes.  That's like saying Ford motor company should be held responsible if their cars are used in a crime like drunk driving. 

We don't punish Ford for a criminal misusing their product.  We punish Ford if their product is defective.

Punishing a firearms manufacturer because a criminal uses their product to commit the crime is stupid. 

No one says that we should do nothing.  What we should do is go after the criminals and enforce the laws we already have.  Making it more difficult for people to legally own weapons does not do anything about criminals.  If criminals followed laws they wouldn't be criminals, would they?

What has everyone got against a serial number being applied to an unfinished receiver? When the receiver is sold the purchaser should be registered from then on a paper trail is created......that is until the weapon is stolen etc but at least there is a serial number to identify the weapon. Ponder; A weapon is used to murder one of your loved ones, would you not wish the paper trail may help in apprehending the perp? (as you say) It seems to be a no-brainer unless you don't care.
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« Reply #103 on: May 21, 2021, 03:54:55 pm »
So called GHOST GUNS have a serial number on the receiver from the manufacturer,  they are traceable but that has not, ever been a significant "clue" in the solving of a crime, Except on TV

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« Reply #104 on: May 21, 2021, 04:29:20 pm »
So called GHOST GUNS have a serial number on the receiver from the manufacturer,  they are traceable but that has not ever been a significant "clue" in the solving of a crime, Except on TV
But if there's a required paper trail? A lot of responsibility comes with a robust paper trail. now we get into the realms of whom would want to hide the possession of a weapon and why they would want to do that?.......
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« Reply #105 on: May 21, 2021, 04:33:31 pm »
YEP, criminals, and they are going to do what ever they can think about,  Laws are only respected by law abiding citizens

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« Reply #106 on: May 21, 2021, 04:51:46 pm »
YEP, criminals, and they are going to do what ever they can think about,  Laws are only respected by law abiding citizens
Must admit your Sunflowers don't look 87! oh! wait a minute there's someone standing in them.
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« Reply #107 on: May 21, 2021, 04:52:40 pm »
So called GHOST GUNS have a serial number on the receiver from the manufacturer,  they are traceable but that has not ever been a significant "clue" in the solving of a crime, Except on TV
But if there a required paper trail? A lot of responsibility comes with a robust paper trail. now we get into the realms of whom would want to hide the possession of a weapon and why they would want to do that?.......

YEP, criminals, and they are going to do what ever they can think about,  Laws are only respected by law abiding citizens

I do not know why someone would want to hide a paper trail except for the possibility of the election of a rogue government coming into power, which may be anti-constitutional and pro government power. A form of government similar to such governments as china and other communist, marxist, and or fascist governments who leaders have boasted. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party." Naturally this type of folks would seek to confiscate papertrail guns? By the way, isn't that what some of the leaders of the left seem to be heading for?

From the Daily Caller
ANDREW KERR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER

August 17, 2020
3:44 PM ET
A senior advisor to Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Chinese dictator Mao Zedong was one of her "favorite political philosophers" during a speech to graduating high schoolers in 2009.[/b]

Anita Dunn, who was temporarily granted effective control of Biden's campaign in February and now serves as a senior advisor, said Mao and Mother Teresa were "the two people that I turn to most" when she needs to encourage others to break from the mold and blaze their own trail in life.

Yet they they elected biden anyway....  goodness
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Re: Ghost Guns
« Reply #108 on: May 21, 2021, 05:05:19 pm »
But really paper trails do not meant much these days because everything is done via computer. There is your modern day paper trail. Folks who think they don't have a 'paper trail' are misguided. I think the only good reason to buy a receiver and assembly it yourself, is for the simple happiness of the do it yourselfer. I would not have the patience or the know how. lol. To each his own...
Question do gun barrels have serial numbers as well?
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« Reply #109 on: May 21, 2021, 05:13:10 pm »
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Ponder; A weapon is used to murder one of your loved ones, would you not wish the paper trail may help in apprehending the perp? (as you say) It seems to be a no-brainer unless you don't care.

If someone kills someone I love I don't care about the weapon.  I want the perp caught.  No paper trail on a weapon is going to make any difference there. 
Fact is, my loved one is more likely to be stabbed or bludgeoned to death than shot, unless they are somewhere like Chicago, NY or Philidelphia...and more often, in Portland which has had a huge increase in shootings since they did away with the gang enforcement team, and the gun violence reduction team.  who could have seen that coming??

We already have gun registration but most people don't seem to realize it.  If you buy a weapon from a gun dealer, which is how most people buy, you go through a background check and the weapon is listed.  They are not supposed to keep that info, but no one believes they don't.  They also don't like to answer questions about whether or not there is a database. 

Private sales records vary from state to state.   Since criminals don't follow laws, the only reason for keeping records is to keep track of lawful owners.  Why?

Look at your own country, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, or many other places that ended up confiscating weapons.  This is why we object to universal registration of weapons.  Once they know what you have, they know what to take. 
Someone really ought to tell them that the world of Ayn Rand?s novel was not meant to be aspirational.

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« Reply #110 on: May 21, 2021, 05:14:35 pm »
So called GHOST GUNS have a serial number on the receiver from the manufacturer,  they are traceable but that has not ever been a significant "clue" in the solving of a crime, Except on TV
But if there a required paper trail? A lot of responsibility comes with a robust paper trail. now we get into the realms of whom would want to hide the possession of a weapon and why they would want to do that?.......

YEP, criminals, and they are going to do what ever they can think about,  Laws are only respected by law abiding citizens

I do not know why someone would want to hide a paper trail except for the possibility of the election of a rogue government coming into power, which may be anti-constitutional and pro government power. A form of government similar to such governments as china and other communist, marxist, and or fascist governments who leaders have boasted. "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party." Naturally this type of folks would seek to confiscate papertrail guns? By the way, isn't that what some of the leaders of the left seem to be heading for?

From the Daily Caller
ANDREW KERR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER

August 17, 2020
3:44 PM ET
A senior advisor to Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Chinese dictator Mao Zedong was one of her "favorite political philosophers" during a speech to graduating high schoolers in 2009.[/b]

Anita Dunn, who was temporarily granted effective control of Biden's campaign in February and now serves as a senior advisor, said Mao and Mother Teresa were "the two people that I turn to most" when she needs to encourage others to break from the mold and blaze their own trail in life.

Yet they they elected biden anyway....  goodness


That's democracy for you, doesn't always turn out what you desire. Maybe you could round up your friends with their unregistered weapons to have an insurrection/civil war. Good luck, you'll need it. The loony right dreaming again.
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« Reply #111 on: May 21, 2021, 06:17:16 pm »
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now we get into the realms of whom would want to hide the possession of a weapon and why they would want to do that?......
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We are not a democracy. 

I believe we have declared the causes.  While I would not like to see civil war, I believe we are already in a cold civil war.  All that remains is to find a solution.  A division of the country would be the least violent and probably best solution.  Those of us who wish to keep the Constitution as law can go our way, and those who do not, can go theirs. 

Emphasis added by me. 

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« Reply #112 on: May 21, 2021, 07:43:23 pm »
What has everyone got against a serial number being applied to an unfinished receiver? ...

The government has no business knowing who has guns - so the serial # is irrelevant. In America, the Founders decided that the people should have guns [ref Jefferson and Adams specifically] on the basis that, governments will always trend towards absolute power, and the counter to this is a free people with the ability to say "NO!" To government and make it "stick". Thus the saying:

If the government fears the people, there is freedom. If the people fear their government, there is tyranny"

So - gun ownership and gun rights were woven into the fabric at the founding of America.

Today, we see politicians that seem to want absolute power. It is beginning to appear that the Founders were wise men. At No Time does our government have a need, or a right, to know who has guns, or bags of sugar, or 2 pairs of sneakers, etc - its none of thier business!!!


So called GHOST GUNS have a serial number on the receiver from the manufacturer,  they are traceable but that has not, ever been a significant "clue" in the solving of a crime, Except on TV

Actually not - but I'd like to see a study about how often a legally purchased gun changes hands in its life. I'd venture that 99%+ of all guns (greater than 10 yrs old) in circulation today are no longer in the possession of the original purchaser - making the "serial #'s on guns solves crimes" argument a joke (at best) or a lie (at worst) - as you state.
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« Reply #113 on: May 21, 2021, 07:54:17 pm »
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now we get into the realms of whom would want to hide the possession of a weapon and why they would want to do that?......
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We are not a democracy. 


You beat me to it Kathy - we are a Constitutional Republic: in short, this means that an individual has rights above the Mob.

The left would love for us to be a democracy - i.e. Mob Rule.

Benjamin Franklin (I believe) said - "A democracy is 2 Wolves and a Lamb, voting on what's for dinner. A Constitutional Republic is a Well Armed Lamb, contesting the Vote".
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« Reply #114 on: May 21, 2021, 07:59:04 pm »
... I think the only good reason to buy a receiver and assembly it yourself, is for the simple happiness of the do it yourselfer. ...

I think the left is having fits right now, because they don't know how many "home-made" guns are out there, and as such, are forced to pause thier take-over of the country, and re-think their strategy(s) ... that strikes me as another "good reason" ...

.... ... Question do gun barrels have serial numbers as well?

Mostly - No.
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« Reply #115 on: May 21, 2021, 11:00:25 pm »
Excellent replies friends. It would seem Ciders' hind side is still chapped because of the powerful words posted by our momentous, epoch-making, founders in reply 111, along with the humiliating defeat of the world's number one power of that day. Yes defeated by well armed backwoods-men as they were described and referred to by the "elitist" from our oppressive Mother England.. Wounded pride I suppose?  Especially if one examines the last names of each founder, he will find all English. Tis a pity some of our British Cousins are still all up in the air....  :cheesy: :wink:

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« Reply #116 on: May 22, 2021, 08:49:22 am »
Are you trying to make the point that non-white people commit more crimes that require jail time?
That is the myth that white people believe.
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« Reply #117 on: May 22, 2021, 08:52:12 am »
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We are not a democracy. 

Not anymore.  LOL
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« Reply #118 on: May 22, 2021, 09:13:03 am »
Are you trying to make the point that non-white people commit more crimes that require jail time?
That is the myth that white people believe.

Are you a racist? You are constantly pointing out your perception of white people. Always labeling and downing white people? What color are you?  I suspect you are white with a guilty conscience for something in YOUR past and perhaps you now associate yourself as being another color? Wouldn?t surprise me, some liberals are really out there, into  the (I am this but I associate myself as being that). Some a male thinking they are female. Some white thinking they are black.  I have even read where one associated himself as being a tree!  Yes a tree! : Well, I suppose he could qualify as a tree, all he produced was nuts!   :cheesy:
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« Reply #119 on: May 22, 2021, 12:05:26 pm »
... I suspect you are white with a guilty conscience for something in YOUR past ...

I've often wondered about this: why do so many people react when accused of "racisim"? I don't react. It's like calling me a "bird feather" - I just look confused, and then figure the person talking is a "little slow upstairs".

But why do so many others react? ... the only answer I've come up with, is that in order to get a reaction, it must be hitting a nerve. In other words, it hits people's guilty conscience ... makes no sense to me.
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