...[W]hat's to prevent those guns from being used against police officers and firefighters [?]...What does a policeman do when there's a domestic battery [call] and they're both armed? Do they enter the home or apartment or do they wait outside? ... How 'bout the neighbors? How 'bout the postman -- all the other issues that go with people coming into your home or close to your home? ... Whose responsibility is it when your son takes the gun outside and police come by?...How many guns do you have -- 50, 60? Can they have a .357 Magnum? Can they have ammunition that will go through a wall? What is the liability of the owners? ... Do you have to have insurance if you have a gun? How much ammunition can you have if there's a fire? If a fireman is going to your home and you have 40 weapons and 1,000 rounds, do we have a responsibility to notify all the neighbors?Now your turn to answer one, Bodyguarded Boss Daley: You don't trust us with guns. Why should we trust you?
[Via Dan Gifford]
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Can they have ammunition that will go through a wall?
I wish I could claim credit for this response to that bit of genius:
haha. i dunno daley. can you have a car that will go through a pedestrian?
"He wants to know just how far the Supreme Court is prepared to go to protect the 2nd Amendment."
No. How far are YOU prepared to go to destroy it. I would guess not as far as we are prepared to protect it.
Not even an industrial can opener would pry this alleged mind open...
This type of emotional hype obviously ignores all of the places (such as where I live) where guns are common and NO policemen or firemen are ever shot, nobody shoots through the walls, and nearly everyone takes personal responsibility for their guns and what they do with them. Those who do NOT are rare, and are called criminals - or dangerous fools.
Imagine that.
Well, I can at least attempt to answer some of those questions:
"[W]hat's to prevent those guns from being used against police officers and firefighters[?]"
Nothing. We expect people to be civil, that's what prevents them from shooting people. But a minority of the populace will never be, so that's why it's a good idea for the police to be armed, and firefighters to have the choice of carrying an effective defense weapon.
"What does a policeman do when there's a domestic battery [call] and they're both armed?"
What do they do now? The choices are talk them down, or overwhelm by force -- with enough help.
"How 'bout the neighbors? How 'bout the postman -- all the other issues that go with people coming into your home or close to your home?"
Unless they're trying to break in an injure or kill a defender, then there is no concern.
"Whose responsibility is it when your son takes the gun outside and police come by?"
It is a custom of our society that children are under the custodianship of their parents or legal guardians until a certain age. I can't believe that this needs explanation.
"How many guns do you have -- 50, 60?"
Does it matter? I can only shoot one at a time. For the record, I haven't counted in a while; I think it's twenty-something.
"Can they have a .357 Magnum?"
I hope so. The .357 is only a medium-powered pistol cartridge, and pretty weak compared to a low-powered rifle cartridge.
"Can they have ammunition that will go through a wall?"
I have pellet guns that will go through sheet rock. I can punch through it. Luckily, it is easy to repair.
"What is the liability of the owners?"
If it goes through the wall and kills someone? Sounds like homicide to me.
"Do you have to have insurance if you have a gun?"
I suppose that's a good idea in case of theft.
"How much ammunition can you have if there's a fire?"
Since lead and brass aren't flammable, it's more a question of explosives in primers, or propellants. Consult the National Fire Code; a mayor should know this.
"If a fireman is going to your home and you have 40 weapons and 1,000 rounds, do we have a responsibility to notify all the neighbors?"
One-thousand rounds of .357 Mag, to pick the mayor's example, easily fits into one of those ammo dry boxes. He's operating on the theory that one-thousand is a big, round number, so it must be scary. There is probably a greater amount of energy in a 5-gallon gas can, and definitely in the natural gas pipes in many homes. How does the fire department currently deal with those fire hazards?
40 weapons and 1,000 rounds ?
Sounds like your running low (about 39000 rounds) and you need to stock up.
45super: feel free to spread it. it is good propaganda, so you should use it. i don't have a blog or anything for you to cite, so you should not cite.
In my 30-some years of being interested in firearms, I have only heard of one or two cases in which ammunition "cooked off" in a fire, and no one was hurt in either incident. The empty cases tend to fly away from the bullets due to inertia, or to explode with a small pop when unsupported in a gun's chamber, launching nothing.
The man is insane. They're pulling excuses out of their ... uh, out of thin air.
A Kentucky man running from a traffic stop ran a red light and hit and killed two little girls this weekend, ages 5 and 4. They were crossing the road with their mom, legally, carefully, according to the signals. It doesn't take a gun.
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