tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post6284816598802977736..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Mmmm....Irresistible Meme - With Floor Pie!SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-43768681536991839202010-09-29T19:50:57.075-04:002010-09-29T19:50:57.075-04:00Do I think 30,000 gun deaths a year is too many? I...Do I think 30,000 gun deaths a year is too many? I think 1 "gun death" ever is too many. Even in the self-defense ones, someone put the defender in danger, and that's a deplorable situation.<br /><br />Naturally, the real question going unwritten there is "Don't you think x gun deaths a year is enough reason to justify stripping everyone of a natural right?" When you voice it truthfully like that...Xenoclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-33358624646313835242010-09-29T19:24:12.109-04:002010-09-29T19:24:12.109-04:00Wow, some great comments here.
Event Horizon - my...Wow, some great comments here.<br /><br />Event Horizon - my point is they don't need FFLs if you fill out the equivalent of the 4473 form online. There is nothing that can be done with paper and filling out forms that can't be done online without the whole FFL layer. All you need is secure ID, which is easy today. The FFL system is just adding a layer of people who are obsolete, but have a vested interest in keeping the system going. The whole system is designed to reflect the way things were done in the 1930s. The world has changed. <br /><br />The way I see it, there is no benefit to our country from the entire BATF system. Doesn't affect crime, doesn't deter criminals from stealing guns, and simply hassles the law-abiding. I'd rather see the whole thing gone, but replacing it with an online version would be simple and an easy first step. <br /><br />MikeH - I'm guessing the reasons might include that more congress critters are golfers than recreational shooters. Ever read the humor writer <a href="http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/" rel="nofollow">Dave Barry?</a> Once a week when there's some goofy story about someone being killed by a banana or something, he advocates for a 3 day waiting period. <br /><br />AnonymousG (good name for a rap singer, BTW) - Good summary. Having grown up in Miami when it was still a southern city, and then in other, smaller southern cities, I always thought the "he needed killin'" defense was regular case law!SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-29041690693184524952010-09-29T17:59:23.492-04:002010-09-29T17:59:23.492-04:00I suspect the motive behind transfers through an F...I suspect the motive behind transfers through an FFL is the same motive behind closing the "gun show loophole" - and it doesn't have anything to do with "public safety". Its about tracking and databasing. When the FFL transfers the gun to you there is paperwork and he is required to keep that paperwork pretty much forever. If we weren't required to go through the FFL then how would the .gov know who has the guns? Sure there's no "registration" at this time, but because of the federal paperwork hoops there is a huge, albeit untapped, database of who owns what just waiting for the right law to get passed.Event Horizonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554770386040937098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-46802594748296985972010-09-29T17:13:53.408-04:002010-09-29T17:13:53.408-04:00I'm still trying to understand why there are n...I'm still trying to understand why there are no NICS checks or three day cooling off periods for buying golf clubs, ever since the former Mrs. Woods went up side Tiger's head with a five iron.<br /><br />MikeH.MikeH.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11511925756474067012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-20230336195789826482010-09-29T00:01:48.240-04:002010-09-29T00:01:48.240-04:00I have long believed that there are only 3 general...I have long believed that there are only 3 general types of killing:<br /><br />1. Deplorable, <br />2. Justifiable and <br />3. Laudable<br /><br />Murder is type 1. Self-defense is type 2. And, hunting for food is type 2. <br /><br />But, for the guy or gal who just plain needs to be killed, there is a third category, laudable. <br /><br />Category 3 may also start to apply to politicians, if they continue to ignore the will of the people. Would anyone today, with prescient hindsight, think it other than laudable had Hitler died in the mid-1930's, or even in the bunker from the exploding briefcase, instead of much later, of a self-inflicted .32 ACP pistol bullet, after first taking out 12 Million innocents first? (Hitler was a socialist, remember!) Had a laudable killing taken place before or about the time of KristallNacht, a lot of category 1 (deplorable) killing could have been avoided.<br /><br />- G <br />IIIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com