Monday, October 31, 2005

"Machine Gun Sammy"

Anybody who can provoke such hysterical fearmongering from the Brady Bunch has gotta be doing something right...

[Via Xavier Thoughts]
Posted by David Codrea at 10/31/2005 09:49:00 PM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uh,isn't the private ownership of machine guns legal,as long as you pay the tax and pass the background check,um,like already? The Brady Bags remind me of what Pa usta say,"Boy,when them whiners get wound up in Washington, I feel like 5 pounds of @#!* in a 2 pound can".

11/01/2005 8:46 AM
David Codrea said...

I believe it would go beyond that, Sean--what is it, we can't get any mg's manufactured after 1986 by federal law--so the $200 tax is the most minor economic consideration (albeit a MAJOR Constitutional one) as this drives the prices of the limited stock of pre-'86 guns through the roof...

Somebody jump in if I misstated things--this is off the top of my head.

11/01/2005 9:44 AM
Anonymous said...

Hi, David. My friend found this on Alito's opinion:


U.S. v. Rybar, 103 F.3d 273 (3rd. Cir. 1996)

If you actually read that you would know that he, in fact, WOULD support a ban had the government gave evidence to show that the "intrastate possession of firearms substantially affects interstate commerce". In fact, he writes "That responsibility, it seems to me, requires us to invalidate the statutory provision at issue here in its present form. This would not preclude adequate regulation of the private possession of machine guns." AND "I would view this case differently if Congress as a whole or even one of the responsible congressional committees had made a finding that intrastate machine gun possession, by facilitating the commission of certain crimes, has a substantial effect on interstate commerce."

So, it appears as if he's just another shill for the neo-conservatives at this point. We don't know if he's truly pro-gun yet. Please spread the word, as many gunnies don't know the whole truth so far.

11/01/2005 3:01 PM

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