Police: Ex-Student Sold Gun in Pa. School Shooting

[NutmegYankee]

38. And I greatly appreciate your civility.

I lost my temper a few times in the past and have made great strides to be more polite. I've also come to understand as you so aptly said that "I am basically fighting other Democrats who hold a different point-of-view."

The laws of the state I live in are almost the same, except we do not have a general registry and now nearly all semi-auto center-fire rifles are banned from sale. By making it one feature for the assault weapon ban, the AR and FAL rifles are no longer legal for sale. Those existing in civilian hands had to be registered. I feel fairly safe that my state would never attempt to take those guns.

On the other hand, the concern for a registry in my mind is heightened by the actions of NYC. Owners of rifles for decades received notices (based on the registry) that their guns were no longer legal and had to be turned in. Basically the law banned any rifle capable of taking a magazine over 5 rounds. Some of the guns identified were bolt action .22LR rifles, such as the Marlin 25N. This is an out of production antique, but is designed like most bolt action hunting rifles to take a small magazine from the bottom, usually 5 rounds. The 25N came with a 7 round mag typically, but there were also 5 round mags sold. However, there are also magazines on the market for 10 or 25 rounds. So the gun was banned by NYC. But that's typical of nearly all bolt action rifles.

If the justice system will allow a city to take a simple .22LR bolt action hunting gun from it's legal owner, I seriously have doubts there is any reasonable limit. The problem is that anyone who attempts to call out such a blatant unconstitutional act (grandfather clause alone) is labeled an extremist. An accusation that is rather insulting given the NYPD's complete disregard for constitutional rights on a daily basis, especially their horrid use of stop and frisk. I'd be able to get behind registration only if I could be assured that actions like that in NYC wouldn't occur. And the case law is just really weak at this point.