Wednesday, August 18, 2010

And It Will Happen Here

Calgarian who failed to report gun theft gets six-month jail term [More]
Just fill out these handy registration cards...
Posted by David Codrea at 8/18/2010 09:18:00 AM

5 comments:

Chris Corona said...

And of course no explanation as to how knowing a stolen gun was on the street would have prevented any crime.

But that's not what they care about. The only reason they push these laws is because of the only possible way it could be enforced - registration of all weapons.

8/18/2010 10:23 AM
Sean said...

....but the registration scheme will be wildly unsuccessfull, sparking an insurgency that will topple the government. Many later observed that there were signs beforehand that the governments' registration scheme was doomed to failure, and viscious reprisal, but that those in power ignored the warnings. Totally passed over was the fact that nearly 4.5 million gun owners were seething with resentment at the govts. already heavy hand in too many areas of life. Millions more openly aided and abetted the insurgents, stung by ruinous taxation, a low standard of living, the brainwashing of their children, abysmal moral standards, and govt. bureaucrats living in splendor as the populace struggled.

8/18/2010 10:45 AM
Defender said...

That will probably be my first actual "crime": failure to register. ANYTHING. That should start the dominoes falling, all right. "Violent" felony conviction, leading to not getting hired, ever, leading to divorce and estrangement from my whole family. Not to mention NO TAX REFUND and probably no driver's license.
That's what I see happening here instead of an outright ban. Incrementalism works. The "black hats" won't saddle up and ride and the NRA will insist that we obey the existing laws that didn't and shouldn't exist. Remember Bill Doss.

8/18/2010 2:45 PM
Defender said...

A West Virginia newspaper editorial on the similar registration scheme proposed for the city of Charleston.

http://www.wvgazette.com/Opinion/Editorials/201008180591

On our last trip west, we stopped in West Charleston to find a motel room. After encountering an obvious prostitute hanging around at the gas station near the Super 8 motel with as many bars on the windows as our city jail, we drove past the two cop cars cooping across the street and kept on rolling.
The apartment shooting mentioned in the editorial is clarified by a commenter as an ACCCIDENT.

8/19/2010 10:07 AM
Ned said...

And of course everyone knows that had he reported it stolen it would have never been used in a crime. Because police are so good at recovering stolen property.

8/19/2010 3:52 PM

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