they rather say that, in their opinion, the correct interpretation of 2A is as a "collective right" (militia etc), and they believe that this right is not infringed due to the existence of the National Guard and the State Defense Forces. You may disagree with them (I do), but it is not an unreasonable claim to make.
Interesting that since Heller (where the Supremes ruled that the 2nd was an INDIVIDUAL right), they haven't changed their position one iota.
They are known to be substantial contributors to distracted driving accidents that cause thousands of deaths and injuries every year
It should be noted that the number of automobile accidents in the USA has declined ~12% over the last two decades, and the number of deaths due to automobile accidents has declined by 17% over the same period.
It should also be noted that traffic death rates have declined even more dramatically by vehicle-miles travelled (~40%), by number of registered drivers (33%), by population density (31%), by number of vehicles (40%). Basically, by every measure we've come up with, during the period that cellphone usage has been increasing by leaps and bounds, both traffic accidents and deaths have been declining significantly.
At least once a month they do something that seems counter to what I think Obama and the Democratic Party stand for, and there's no outcry from either.
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I don't want to sound all paranoid about this, but I am.
Your mistake is the "I think Obama and the Democratic Party stand for" part.
It's pretty clear if you read enough history that the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for much of what their PR guys want you to think they stand for.
Ditto Obama.
And for those who are about to mod me Flamebait/Troll, ditto the Republican Party.
Alas, can't go into Romney and McCain the same way, because I didn't vote for either of them, and never even considered the possibility of voting for either of them, so I didn't listen to them enough to find out whether they were hypocrites.
That implies that Obama really is trying to keep his promise about transparency, but he is fighting his own organization. The article doesn't mention Obama at all though.
Obama supports Holder completely.
Until Holder does something REALLY unpopular, then it's "The Buck Never Got Here"....
What you (meaning in general, not you specifically) is an organization like the NRA which beats the drum for Amendments 4+ as much as the NRA beats the drum for Amendment 2
Generally, the ACLU covers that.
Of course, there's a segment of the populace that distrusts the ACLU because they've never found a single gun control law that violated the 2nd Amendment.
Note that they claim that they ignore the 2nd Amendment because the NRA has that one covered. Of course, by that reasoning,they should ignore the 1st Amendment because the newspapers/media has that one covered. But they don't.
what are the capabilities for a N.K. submarine based nucleur launch?
Zero. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that they have such a missile, they do not have a submarine capable of launching such a weapon.
And the lack of submarine to test the SLBM from means that even if they have the missile, they've never actually tested it, and are in no position to test it in the foreseeable future.
And an untested ballistic missile is about as much of a threat as another statue of the Dear Leader (or whatever the lad is calling himself).
No. According to wiki the 1+ million includes assault rifles, plus former assault rifles that have been de-militarized and are semi auto only, plus what in the US would be called "assault weapons", plus the conventional looking but functionally identical semi autos with detachable magazines in "military" calibers.
Be aware that an "assault rifle" in the USA is NOT considered an "assault weapon".
Likewise, a conventional looking rifle with detachable magazines in "military" calibers is NOT considered an "assault weapon".
As to the freedom to take those government-issued assault rifles to the range, I have read that this is one of those national hobbies - yes, you're allowed, and many people do so.
Nor do I know of anyone who specifically wants air marshals armed with automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines (or who even goes into that level of detail.)
Note that "automatic pistol" is a euphemism for "self-loading pistol".
Which is NOT synonymous with "automatic weapon", which is a euphemism for "fully automatic weapon".
It should also be noted that that sight of an "assault weapon" (self-loading rifle) doesn't bother me at all. I'm much more concerned about police officers with "assault rifles" (selective fire) shooting up random cars....
The Interstate system was built to allow movement of large bodies of troops across country quickly.
Note that Eisenhower, back before WW1 (yes, ONE), was once tasked to find out how long it would take to move an infantry division from the East Coast to the West Coast by road.
It took 61 DAYS!
Much later, Ike saw the Autobahns (built for much the same reason - to move troops) and decided that we really needed some of that this side of the Atlantic. Hence the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System....
If you're American, aren't your felons disallowed from voting? It would be consistent, then, to disallow them from owning guns, via background checks at gun shows.
Fortunately, we passed a law requiring that about 20 years ago.
Yep, gun dealers are required to do background checks at Gun Shows, just like in their own shops. And have been for nearly 20 years.
Note that what the proposed "background checks at gunshows" law would have done is require YOU to do a background check if you took a gun to a show and sold it.
And it would have had no legal force across the street, so if you really didn't want to bother (yes, the cost of the background check is non-zero, since you actually can't do one on your own - you have to pay a gun dealer to do it for you) you can just walk out the door, down to the next block and complete your sale PERFECTLY LEGALLY.
The worst part about it is that most of those guns will end up stolen and on the streets at some point in the very near future.
Hmm, 300+ million guns owned by Americans. Do you REALLY believe that "most of those guns" have been stolen?
Because there's not really a good reason to suppose that the guns bought this year are any more likely to be stolen than the guns bought last year, the year before, the year before that, etc.
As for your right to own a gun, I'm alright with that, unless you specifically want to own assault weapons, which is just crazy.
So, you have no problems with me owning a mini-14, then?
It's not an "assault weapon" under the definition of either Assault Weapon Ban, in spite of using the same type of ammo as an AR15, having the same rate of fire, having the same 30+ round magazines available, etc.
So, just exactly what makes owning an AR15 "crazy", while owning a Mini-14 is "alright"?
It's funny, because I would get annoyed in years past when people would say, "it's hot! Must be global warming!" Or "it's cold! So much for global warming!" Or blame GW for specific storms like Katrina or Sandy, when those are just weather events, and not climate. But, this cold spring is the first time I think you can really say, "this is a changed climate due to global warming."
So, do you get annoyed when you do the same thing as those people saying "it's hot! Must be global warming!" or "it's cold! So much for global warming!"?
Because that's what you just did when you wrote "But, this cold spring is the first time I think you can really say, "this is a changed climate due to global warming.""
This spring was weather. If you see a similar pattern repeated for the next 20 or so springs, we can start to talk about CLIMATE change.
Imagine what would happen if you didn't have a second amendment and a population who love their guns
"Please declare marshal law and put heavilly armed soldiers and tanks on the streets, I'm scared of a couple of guys on the run, please come into my house, don't mind the 4th amendment"
Oh wait.
Of course, MA is a State with strong limits on gun ownership (unless your name is Kennedy, of course). So it's not like the 2nd Amendment means much there.
Which is more than big enough to make a pistol (7" on the diagonal).
Now, whether that pistol would be safe to shoot, that's another question entirely.
Note, by the by, that you couldn't pay me enough to pull the trigger on one of them, unless it were literally a matter of life or death...for someone I liked...a lot.
Black powder can be found almost everywhere, even in societies that do not have a gun-fetish.
What does a "gun-fetish" have to do with it?
Black powder isn't used in any commercial cartridges that I know of, and the overwhelming majority of gun owners don't own or use black powder for anything but their Fourth of July fireworks.
It's mostly used by reenactors of various sorts, with muzzle-loading muskets/rifles/pistols/revolvers, and bought by the pound (I've got the best part of a pound in my ammo safe).
Though, frankly, making it is not so difficult as all that.....
Modern ammunition cartridges do not contain black powder [wikipedia.org]. They contain smokeless powder [wikipedia.org]. Much like "clips" and "magazines", or "diesel" and "gasoline", these are two different things that are not interchangeable.
A slight quibble:
blackpowder can be loaded into any casing and will work just fine (for certain values of fine - be VERY careful about loading). Note that the.45-70 cartridge was originally blackpowder, is now smokeless powder, but is the same size cartridge it always was, so can be loaded quite safely with 70 grains of black powder instead of whatever amount of smokeless it comes out of the box with.
Note that the above quibble really only matters to the few of us who own replicas of the 1873 Springfield.45-70 cavalry carbine (7th Cavalry used them at Little Big Horn, for reference) and feel the incredible urge to foul the barrels of our carbines for a more "realistic feel"....
You're better off using modern replacements for actual black powder, since the corrosive effects of that old sulfer charcoal saltpeter stuff is pretty nasty over time.
Which is why cleaning your blackpowder firearms THOROUGHLY immediately after use is mandatory.
My Civil War era revolvers get disassembled and tossed into boiling water soon as I get home. For a start....
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Interesting that since Heller (where the Supremes ruled that the 2nd was an INDIVIDUAL right), they haven't changed their position one iota.
It should be noted that the number of automobile accidents in the USA has declined ~12% over the last two decades, and the number of deaths due to automobile accidents has declined by 17% over the same period.
It should also be noted that traffic death rates have declined even more dramatically by vehicle-miles travelled (~40%), by number of registered drivers (33%), by population density (31%), by number of vehicles (40%). Basically, by every measure we've come up with, during the period that cellphone usage has been increasing by leaps and bounds, both traffic accidents and deaths have been declining significantly.
Your mistake is the "I think Obama and the Democratic Party stand for" part.
It's pretty clear if you read enough history that the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for much of what their PR guys want you to think they stand for.
Ditto Obama.
And for those who are about to mod me Flamebait/Troll, ditto the Republican Party.
Alas, can't go into Romney and McCain the same way, because I didn't vote for either of them, and never even considered the possibility of voting for either of them, so I didn't listen to them enough to find out whether they were hypocrites.
Obama supports Holder completely.
Until Holder does something REALLY unpopular, then it's "The Buck Never Got Here"....
Generally, the ACLU covers that.
Of course, there's a segment of the populace that distrusts the ACLU because they've never found a single gun control law that violated the 2nd Amendment.
Note that they claim that they ignore the 2nd Amendment because the NRA has that one covered. Of course, by that reasoning,they should ignore the 1st Amendment because the newspapers/media has that one covered. But they don't.
Zero. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that they have such a missile, they do not have a submarine capable of launching such a weapon.
And the lack of submarine to test the SLBM from means that even if they have the missile, they've never actually tested it, and are in no position to test it in the foreseeable future.
And an untested ballistic missile is about as much of a threat as another statue of the Dear Leader (or whatever the lad is calling himself).
Taxing districts aren't necessarily built using zipcode boundaries. Sometimes, it's just which side of the street you're on.
Be aware that an "assault rifle" in the USA is NOT considered an "assault weapon".
Likewise, a conventional looking rifle with detachable magazines in "military" calibers is NOT considered an "assault weapon".
As to the freedom to take those government-issued assault rifles to the range, I have read that this is one of those national hobbies - yes, you're allowed, and many people do so.
Note that "automatic pistol" is a euphemism for "self-loading pistol".
Which is NOT synonymous with "automatic weapon", which is a euphemism for "fully automatic weapon".
It should also be noted that that sight of an "assault weapon" (self-loading rifle) doesn't bother me at all. I'm much more concerned about police officers with "assault rifles" (selective fire) shooting up random cars....
Diamond is about 1/3 the density of lead. Which means it would make, at best, a very short range round.
And I live in the USA, and have yet to be killed by any of the hundreds of millions of guns here.
Your point was?
The Interstate system was built to allow movement of large bodies of troops across country quickly.
Note that Eisenhower, back before WW1 (yes, ONE), was once tasked to find out how long it would take to move an infantry division from the East Coast to the West Coast by road.
It took 61 DAYS!
Much later, Ike saw the Autobahns (built for much the same reason - to move troops) and decided that we really needed some of that this side of the Atlantic. Hence the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System....
Fortunately, we passed a law requiring that about 20 years ago.
Yep, gun dealers are required to do background checks at Gun Shows, just like in their own shops. And have been for nearly 20 years.
Note that what the proposed "background checks at gunshows" law would have done is require YOU to do a background check if you took a gun to a show and sold it.
And it would have had no legal force across the street, so if you really didn't want to bother (yes, the cost of the background check is non-zero, since you actually can't do one on your own - you have to pay a gun dealer to do it for you) you can just walk out the door, down to the next block and complete your sale PERFECTLY LEGALLY.
Hmm, 300+ million guns owned by Americans. Do you REALLY believe that "most of those guns" have been stolen?
Because there's not really a good reason to suppose that the guns bought this year are any more likely to be stolen than the guns bought last year, the year before, the year before that, etc.
Ummm, no.
Those rifles in Switzerland you're thinking of are NOT "assault weapons". They are selective-fire Assault Rifles.
In other words, REAL military weapons, rather than something that looks like a military weapon but shoots like a hunting rifle....
So, you have no problems with me owning a mini-14, then?
It's not an "assault weapon" under the definition of either Assault Weapon Ban, in spite of using the same type of ammo as an AR15, having the same rate of fire, having the same 30+ round magazines available, etc.
So, just exactly what makes owning an AR15 "crazy", while owning a Mini-14 is "alright"?
Contradiction is down the hall....
So, do you get annoyed when you do the same thing as those people saying "it's hot! Must be global warming!" or "it's cold! So much for global warming!"?
Because that's what you just did when you wrote "But, this cold spring is the first time I think you can really say, "this is a changed climate due to global warming.""
This spring was weather. If you see a similar pattern repeated for the next 20 or so springs, we can start to talk about CLIMATE change.
Of course, MA is a State with strong limits on gun ownership (unless your name is Kennedy, of course). So it's not like the 2nd Amendment means much there.
It might be noted that when India & Pakistan were granted independence from the UK, many Muslims living in predominantly Hindu areas were massacred.
This went so far as to include the Indian Army stopping trains full of Muslims headed to Pakistan and killing everyone on board.
So, no, it's not just the Muslims causing problems....
Which is more than big enough to make a pistol (7" on the diagonal).
Now, whether that pistol would be safe to shoot, that's another question entirely.
Note, by the by, that you couldn't pay me enough to pull the trigger on one of them, unless it were literally a matter of life or death...for someone I liked...a lot.
"Arms" != "armaments".
Though, oddly enough, a muzzleloading cannon is legal (as long as you don't try to sell it), even though a bomb isn't.
Note also that pretty much any firecracker is a "bomb", if we get down to nitpicking...
What does a "gun-fetish" have to do with it?
Black powder isn't used in any commercial cartridges that I know of, and the overwhelming majority of gun owners don't own or use black powder for anything but their Fourth of July fireworks.
It's mostly used by reenactors of various sorts, with muzzle-loading muskets/rifles/pistols/revolvers, and bought by the pound (I've got the best part of a pound in my ammo safe).
Though, frankly, making it is not so difficult as all that.....
A slight quibble:
blackpowder can be loaded into any casing and will work just fine (for certain values of fine - be VERY careful about loading). Note that the .45-70 cartridge was originally blackpowder, is now smokeless powder, but is the same size cartridge it always was, so can be loaded quite safely with 70 grains of black powder instead of whatever amount of smokeless it comes out of the box with.
Note that the above quibble really only matters to the few of us who own replicas of the 1873 Springfield .45-70 cavalry carbine (7th Cavalry used them at Little Big Horn, for reference) and feel the incredible urge to foul the barrels of our carbines for a more "realistic feel"....
Which is why cleaning your blackpowder firearms THOROUGHLY immediately after use is mandatory.
My Civil War era revolvers get disassembled and tossed into boiling water soon as I get home. For a start....