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TubbersUK

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11. I might be misreading

Reply to MADem (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 07:33 PM

Nov 2016

but, from the link, it does seem to be broader in scope than just activities on federal land.

Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions regarding desecration of the flag to prohibit: (1) destroying or damaging a U.S. flag with the primary purpose and intent to incite or produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace; or (2) stealing or knowingly converting the use of a U.S. flag either belonging to the United States or on lands reserved for the United States and intentionally destroying or damaging that flag.[4]

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Bill introduced by Congress proposing up to a year in jail for flag-burners [View all] philosslayer Nov 2016 OP

Yeah JHan Nov 2016 #1

Where are all these flag burners they want to protect us from? frazzled Nov 2016 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author pangaia Nov 2016 #14

How about life in prison... Uben Nov 2016 #3

Let's not be stupid about that bill. That bill was GENIUS. MADem Nov 2016 #4

I might be misreading TubbersUK Nov 2016 #11

It was..MADem knows it....but it failed anyways. Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #18

Not really--see post 20. MADem Nov 2016 #21

You can't "incite or produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace" ANYWAY. MADem Nov 2016 #20

Yup. I could only manage a "yeah" for them.. JHan Nov 2016 #12

And....It was fully cosponsored by...wait for it... Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #5

Please see my discussion immediately upthread. This was a "Cut 'em off at the pass" bill. nt MADem Nov 2016 #6

I saw your post 3 minutes before mine.....irrelavant to the OP.... Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #13

It was a bill that didn't do anything in order to stave off a Constitutonal amendment. NYC Liberal Nov 2016 #7

I never made a cliam it was to stave off anything...I actually posted otherwise. Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #16

It WAS. Voted UP in the House in 2005, voted down in the Senate in 2006. MADem Nov 2016 #19

Totally different deal than what the OP linked to or that I replied to... Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #23

No--you're not paying attention. The OP / your link is to the BILL. MY LINK is to the proposed MADem Nov 2016 #24

Nice try.....but in post 4....your post, you mistate what was in the Bill... Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #27

Wah wah wah --the federal penalty for inciting a riot is five years, not one. MADem Nov 2016 #28

The bill and the amendment are two different things. MADem Nov 2016 #25

Send them an ashed up flag anonymously elehhhhna Nov 2016 #8

wait, is it the '90s again? what a bunch of grand-standing BS. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #9

But stealing victims' money with a fake Trump U gets you no time mainer Nov 2016 #10

So ... can we still burn Confederate flags? baldguy Nov 2016 #15

You can burn any flag.....this failed deal was from '05... Nancyswidower Nov 2016 #17

They should attach a rider... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #22

maybe we're making progress. it's no longer 1950; more like 1988...? unblock Nov 2016 #26