www.gunsamerica.com/digest/un-condemns-use-of-automatic-rifle-in-kenosha-calls-for-stricter-gun-control/
Don't know why it won't let me enter this as a link, may have to copy and paste.
The UN spokesman condemns the use of the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle in Kenosha claiming it was an "automatic", and says we need more gun laws to prevent citizens
from owning that type of weapon.
To the UN spokesman: First go to the countries where a child is practically born with a fully automatic AK in his crib and clean those areas up. Then come to the US and talk about what you think needs to be done.
I don't say this to hurt your or anyone else's feelings - but we just have way too many guns in circulation (thanks, NRA!).
Just a couple of weekends ago there were "standoffs" involving two sets of "right to carry militia" - both sides armed with "long guns" (AK's, I'd say). One of these meetings was near Stone Mountain, GA, the other in Detroit (I think). Both events involved screaming and yelling which in no time gave way to pushing, shoving and a few instances of fisticuffs. I am honestly confused over how this did not become an absolute war between two armed factions ... from the same nation.
We dodged a couple o' bullets (pun really not intended) this time. But you watch. It's only a matter of time until we see an uncivil war or two between two pseudo-armies. Did I thank the NRA?
"Open carry" is an idea that can get stretched as taut as the 2nd Amendment - but I honestly think that allowing militia type groups to parade around in public poses a real threat to the public. In my opinion - the NRA has become (or always was) a Pandora's Box. The snakes are out, now.
I doubt that there are any real "solutions" at this point, but not permitting two (or more) militia-type groups with conflicting agendas to assemble same-day -same time might be a consideration.
I don't say this to hurt your or anyone else's feelings - but we just have way too many guns in circulation (thanks, NRA!).
Just a couple of weekends ago there were "standoffs" involving two sets of "right to carry militia" - both sides armed with "long guns" (AK's, I'd say). One of these meetings was near Stone Mountain, GA, the other in Detroit (I think). Both events involved screaming and yelling which in no time gave way to pushing, shoving and a few instances of fisticuffs. I am honestly confused over how this did not become an absolute war between two armed factions ... from the same nation.
We dodged a couple o' bullets (pun really not intended) this time. But you watch. It's only a matter of time until we see an uncivil war or two between two pseudo-armies. Did I thank the NRA?
Rusty, it never hurts my feelings when someone expresses their opinion, unless they try to force it on me that is.
That, I think is the main problem today. People want THEIR opinion heard, and followed, but don't want others to be able to express theirs. Heaven help those that don't want to follow the first group.
Did you follow the links to the video of the kid with the AR? I haven't seen any news outlets that have shown the entire video, maybe because it didn't fit their agenda
against civilian ownership of firearms, or they just wanted to show the end without showing what happened to the kid to make him defend himself.
The NRA was chartered to promote civilian marksmanship by promoting competitions and by selling surplus US military firearms (Wish i had bought a couple of the sealed cases of M-1 rifles back in the 1970's.)
When elected officials started trying to ban different firearms by labeling them "Saturday Night Specials", the NRA took a political turn. This was a lot different from the 1968 GCA that stopped mail order sales and pretty much put the nail in the coffin of machine gun and sub-machine gun sales. Class 3 FFL required to own one, tax stamp ($200 per sale) for transfer to another Class 3 FFL holder. To get one of those you just about have to give the FBI and ABTFE permission to check if the fuzz in your navel smells right. Background checks, application fees, application approval, transfer tax, and it doesn't stop there.
OK, I went off on a tangent there.
The "experts" that wanted to ban the "Saturday Night Specials" never could tell you what handguns would be covered under the ban. They came up with a complicated listing on metallurgy, metal strength of the barrel and/or cylinder, pressure the cylinder could withstand, melting point of the metal, and then cost. They called them cheap, unreliable, handguns only for killing.
Their definition of "cheap" didn't hold, nor did their scientific approach when they started listing the handguns they wanted to ban. Who defines "cheap"? A handgun that is cheap to a congressman, isn't cheap to the guy out there working a 40 hour work week and making less than $40. Remember this was the late 60's.
Some firearms they listed under their "scientific method" were some of the best know ones in the US and used every day by police. S&W Model 29 (Dirty Harry), Colt Python, S&W Model 10 M&P (Military and Police), and even the venerable Colt 1911. They were pretty much laughed at by everybody and few got re-elected.
The NRA made sure the information got to the public.
Then came the real crazies. Tax the bullets until nobody can afford them, ban the "cop killer" bullets (again, no indication of which bullets), designated gun free zones,
designated "safe" zones, and the list goes on.
The NRA has been there to fight against those that want to take away the civil and Constitutional rights of law abiding citizens.
Quite unlike the "Fast and Furious" program that armed Mexican criminals, sanctioned by the US government.
Note: while I support the NRA both in spirit and financially, I am not a member. I also support the 2nd Amendment Foundation, and a legal funding group to help those caught in the web of convoluted laws when travelling from state to state.
