A conservative case for an assault weapons ban

[gator421]

Originally Posted by ironhead1

Confiscation means the bloodiest days in American history with literally hundreds of thousands of freedom loving gun owning martyrs.

Who will be first in line to walk up to the doors of honest law abiding citizens and say" I'm here to take your guns"?????

Totally agree. Can't imagine how this would ever take place.

[Gatoragman]

I think this is where Charston Heston says "Pry My Cold Dead Fingers"

[Minister_of_Information]

Sorry, but there is a legitimate paramilitary ("militia") tactical purpose for weapons with high capacity. It's called suppressive or covering fire. The size of magazines available to the public is something that can be regulated. But the purpose exists.

[WESGATORS]

It the war between gun nuts and the over-reactors, I side with the gun nuts.

Go GATORS!
,WESGATORS

[chompalot]

Originally Posted by ironhead1

Confiscation means the bloodiest days in American history with literally hundreds of thousands of freedom loving gun owning martyrs.

Who will be first in line to walk up to the doors of honest law abiding citizens and say" I'm here to take your guns"?????

No need to confiscate. They'll just be zap with a gargantuan fine if they're found with such weaponry on them.

[gatorman_07732]

Originally Posted by chompalot

No need to confiscate. They'll just be zap with a gargantuan fine if they're found with such weaponry on them.

wut? Under what authority and how does that work?

[chompalot]

Originally Posted by gatorman_07732

wut?

I didn't stutter.

[gatorman_07732]

Originally Posted by chompalot

I didn't stutter.

Well you're certainly not making any sense. You fail to realize our federal government has enumerated powers

[Minister_of_Information]

All this big talk is worth doodly squat. As usual the democrats will overreach and nothing will get done.

[ironhead1]

Originally Posted by chompalot

No need to confiscate. They'll just be zap with a gargantuan fine if they're found with such weaponry on them.

And what if we decide not to pay such a fine?
I normally don't carry an assault rifle on my person. So..........

What the dens want to do is turn law abiding citizens into criminals?

[Minister_of_Information]

The militia should march on Washington. Under arms. Maybe then they'll understand.

[chompalot]

Originally Posted by gatorman_07732

Well you're certainly not talking any sense

If they don't turn their AR in the perpetrator would just be fined every time the he's found with this type of weapon. It might be too "messy" and wouldn't be practical to do it any other way. The fine should have a very large minimum but also should have the ability to larger based on a persons wealth or income (some type of formulation would need to be figured out) and it would increase exponentially with each additional offense. I think a buy-back program and a fine would be a sufficient carrot and stick for most people to comply.

[wgbgator]

Really, I think the best approach to getting conservatives on board with gun control is to start arming people they fear. Get a bunch of militias consisting of leftist academics, Islamic fundamentalists, undocumented workers, Unionized state employees, inner city youth, visibly parading around with highpower guns, and people will be wetting their pants to get gun control passed.

[Gatoragman]

So you want a thug mass murder when caught after his destruction can now get a gargantuan fine.
Problem solved!!!!!! let's move on to the next topic.
Unbelievable

[chompalot]

The crazies would be dealt with.

[gatorman_07732]

Originally Posted by chompalot

If they don't turn their AR in the perpetrator would just be fined every time the he's found with this type of weapon. It might be too "messy" and wouldn't be practical to do it any other way. The fine should have a very large minimum but also should have the ability to larger based on a persons wealth or income (some type of formulation would need to be figured out) and it would increase exponentially with each additional offense. I think a buy-back program and a fine would be a sufficient carrot and stick for most people to comply.

Under what authority does this happen?

[MichiGator2002]

Originally Posted by gator996

They've used gun buybacks in other countries and from time-to-time in this country.

It would translate here about as well as soccer has. They will always rope in PT Barnum's favorite people, but the reality -- the fantastic, good, freedom-preserving reality -- is that disarming the law-abiding American citizenry would for the most part be a cold, dead finger proposition. The attempt at which would definitively prove the point of putting the 2nd Amendment in there in the first place.

[gatorman_07732]

Originally Posted by chompalot

The crazies would be dealt with.

Put them down?

[Minister_of_Information]

Originally Posted by wgbgator

Really, I think the best approach to getting conservatives on board with gun control is to start arming people they fear. Get a bunch of militias consisting of leftist academics, Islamic fundamentalists, undocumented workers, Unionized state employees, inner city youth, visibly parading around with highpower guns, and people will be wetting their pants to get gun control passed.

I'd be in favor of arming anyone that is a citizen at the age of majority, who is not a felon or mentally ill. I could care less about their politics, unless they are enemies of the US Constitution. And I would love to see them marching in the street.

[chompalot]

Originally Posted by ironhead1

And what if we decide not to pay such a fine?
I normally don't carry an rifle on my person. So..........

What the dens want to do is turn law abiding citizens into criminals?

If you don't pay the fine, liens and ruined credit would follow.