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Gun Control & RKBA

upaloopa

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30. I am asking you to trade the rapist getting

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #29)

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 03:33 PM

Dec 2014

shot with your kid getting short with the unregistered gun.
See it makes no difference who gets shot the penalty for an unregistered gun would be the same.
Somehow shooting a rapist gives your gun fetish more legitimacy and makes registration laughable.

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If gun registration became mandatory what should the penalty be for [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 OP

A $100 fine... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2014 #1

A sliding scale should be employed here: NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #2

I'm still waiting to find out what they think registration will achieve? DonP Dec 2014 #3

Registration will allow us to find/end intentional straw purchasers. People who move AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #16

Registration doesn't allow for the tracking of guns (Hint: traffickers won't be registering guns). Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #18

Registration happens at point of sale for new guns. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #21

What should be the penalty for shooting a rapist with an unregistered gun? nt Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #22

I already answered your question. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #23

No, you explained the process of being criminally charged and tried. The penalty is another matter. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #25

No, I described what happens when you are found to be out of compliance with XYZ law, during the AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #27

Why are you so reluctant to answer? You're skirting the issue with all this jabber. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #28

I'm not skirting it. I'm answering it directly. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #32

you gunners, always wanting to disobey the law and be unkind to the needy. ileus Dec 2014 #4

You're right. I forgot. I'll start carrying a can of beans or a bicycle tyre. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #24

It should be based on the type of gun used SkatmanRoth Dec 2014 #5

Good point if you don't care enough to send the very best... ileus Dec 2014 #6

You know what they say... DonP Dec 2014 #7

You convinced me...I'm going to stop pocket carrying my LCP ileus Dec 2014 #8

I alternate between a Kahr CM9, the version of the PM9 for cheap SoB's ... DonP Dec 2014 #10

funny you should mention the CM9 ileus Dec 2014 #19

Its a good carry option DonP Dec 2014 #20

What if using a caliber larger than that... S_B_Jackson Dec 2014 #9

That would be bad logistics. ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #12

Over penetration SkatmanRoth Dec 2014 #15

Assuming things stay the way they are now, ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #11

What should the penalty be? Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #13

One dollar, ManiacJoe Dec 2014 #14

Two 'Our Fathers' and six 'Hail Marys'? pablo_marmol Dec 2014 #17

What should the penalty be if your kid got your gun upaloopa Dec 2014 #26

There are already penalties for that with civil liabilities. Would you care to answer the OP now? Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #29

I am asking you to trade the rapist getting upaloopa Dec 2014 #30

I recommend not letting your kid play with firearms. ileus Dec 2014 #31

Seeing as gun registration does nothing to prevent any shooting, accidental or otherwise, Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #33