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In reply to the discussion: $44 Million, Not A Single Crime Soved, Cuomo Tells Legislature Scrap Bullet Tracking [View all]one-eyed fat man
(3,201 posts)13. There in lies the rub.....
By any rational measure, CoBIS has been a total failure
Gun control fanatics are not ruled by logic; something being rational or not has not got a thing to do with their position.
Emotion and hypocrisy rule their fiefdom. What better example?
"Anyone found in possession of a handgun except a legitimate officer of the law goes to jailperiod."
The man who penned those words was charged for firing a gun that he did not legally own and shooting a teenager skinny dipping in the swimming pool of his suburban Washington home. Carl Rowan was arrested and tried. During the trial, he argued that he had the right to use whatever means necessary to protect himself and his family. A hung jury resulted in a mistrial and Mr. Rowan did not suffer the consequences he precsribed for lesser mortals.
Paul Helmke sang that tune long and hard It was bogus then, it's bogus now, who cares how many millions are spent on stupid laws written by idiots designed to pander to the feelings of morons?
All the more astounding is that as staunch an anti-gun advocate as Cuomo has been all his life pissing away 44 million bucks on feelgood bullshit was too much, even for him.
Gun control fanatics are not ruled by logic; something being rational or not has not got a thing to do with their position.
Emotion and hypocrisy rule their fiefdom. What better example?
"Anyone found in possession of a handgun except a legitimate officer of the law goes to jailperiod."
The man who penned those words was charged for firing a gun that he did not legally own and shooting a teenager skinny dipping in the swimming pool of his suburban Washington home. Carl Rowan was arrested and tried. During the trial, he argued that he had the right to use whatever means necessary to protect himself and his family. A hung jury resulted in a mistrial and Mr. Rowan did not suffer the consequences he precsribed for lesser mortals.
A step beyond what we see each week on CSI, this ballistic fingerprinting solidly ties bullets to guns, allowing police to determine with greater accuracy and speed which gun fired the bullets used in a crime.......
Paul Helmke sang that tune long and hard It was bogus then, it's bogus now, who cares how many millions are spent on stupid laws written by idiots designed to pander to the feelings of morons?
All the more astounding is that as staunch an anti-gun advocate as Cuomo has been all his life pissing away 44 million bucks on feelgood bullshit was too much, even for him.
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$44 Million, Not A Single Crime Soved, Cuomo Tells Legislature Scrap Bullet Tracking [View all]
X_Digger
Jan 2012
OP
Why swap barrels when you could just add a reddotthing or simply strap on an alternate or two?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2012
#4
Ammunition To Go (dot) com ... they have numerous tracer and incendiary calibers.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2012
#12
Given that tracers are used to 'walk' rounds into a target, I'm sure this was a joke
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2012
#20
How many years does it take for a suposedly "legal" gun purchase to be used in a crime?
Bloberman1959
Jan 2012
#21
IIRC, the FBI says something like an average of 11 years from retail sale to crime.
PavePusher
Feb 2012
#34
11 years is 'immediate'? Awesome, I can recover that spare room since my kid will be moving out
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2012
#36
That is already being done. State/ county/ city backed "no questions asked" buy backs
oneshooter
Feb 2012
#44