Captain! If we manipulate the nanophotonic waveguide of our phasers, the Borg won't be able to adjust the frequency of their shielding quickly enough to compensate!
Our country is supposed to be a republic, not a democracy. "Democracy" means "he who can scare the most people wins."
Part of the checks and balances on runaway legislation was the/appointment/ of U.S. Senators by the legislature of their state. This helped ensure the U.S. Senate represented the/STATES/ and provided a potent check against the expansion of federalism.
We ruined that balance with the 17th Amendment.
Since then, we've reaped. The federal government has seen runaway expansion since 1913 when 17th Amendment and the amendment allowing/direct/ income tax were both passed.
"When senators represented states as states, rather than being super House members as they are now, they zealously protected states' rights. This term became discredited during the civil-rights struggle of the 1960s as a code word for racism -- allowing Southern states to resist national pressure to integrate. But clearly this is an aberration. States obviously have interests that may conflict with federal priorities on a wide variety of issues that defy easy ideological classification. Many states, for example, would probably enact more liberal laws relating to the environment, health, and business regulation if allowed by Washington."
Try and read with an open mind. This isn't a Democrat or Republican issue. Both parties are corrupt because we unbalanced the rules of the game. While we still have a horizontal division of power, we removed the vertical division between the states and federal government.
Want to see a more "fair and restrained" federal government? Take a step BACK from the populist edge and repeal Article XVII.
Oh, darn, I can't use my family's firearm to commit suicide. I guess I'll have to resort to using the car/poison/knife/razor blade/carbon monoxide/death by cop/jumping off a tall building/playing chicken with a train technique.
All work just as well. Most are less painful than shooting one's self.
So all the thief has to do is what...steal the key, too? How many people STILL use simple passwords or write them down at their desk? What makes you think they'll exercise any better care with their firearm unlocking key, if they haven't been responsible in their firearms ownership already (and thus don't NEED the law in the first place?)
Why would I trust my life to a nine-volt battery?
I/might/ see a plausible case for this when it comes to arms that are strictly used for hunting and sporting purposes. But when it comes to handguns, rifles, and shotguns used for self-defense, the law should allow an exception. (Oops, everyone just declared their weapons are 'dual purpose.')
Do it for the children!
Oh, please. Even before this most recent law, New Jersey had some of the most restrictive laws in the country. Yet people like you whine that oh, we must do something, anything...guess what, NJ already HAS.
Step across the border to PA, and any non-felon can obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm for $19 and a background check. Oh, goodness, the horrors!
No concealed carry permitted in NJ, and that's a good bit of your problem. Let the law-abiding bear arms for self-defense, and watch as crime shrinks.
Exactly what advances are they making? We in PA have a word for that line which separates PA from New Jersey...we call it 'the U.S. national border.'
Freedom begins west of the PA border. Move while there's still time.
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Captain! If we manipulate the nanophotonic waveguide of our phasers, the Borg won't be able to adjust the frequency of their shielding quickly enough to compensate!
Part of the checks and balances on runaway legislation was the /appointment/ of U.S. Senators by the legislature of their state. This helped ensure the U.S. Senate represented the /STATES/ and provided a potent check against the expansion of federalism.
We ruined that balance with the 17th Amendment.
Since then, we've reaped. The federal government has seen runaway expansion since 1913 when 17th Amendment and the amendment allowing /direct/ income tax were both passed.
"When senators represented states as states, rather than being super House members as they are now, they zealously protected states' rights. This term became discredited during the civil-rights struggle of the 1960s as a code word for racism -- allowing Southern states to resist national pressure to integrate. But clearly this is an aberration. States obviously have interests that may conflict with federal priorities on a wide variety of issues that defy easy ideological classification. Many states, for example, would probably enact more liberal laws relating to the environment, health, and business regulation if allowed by Washington."
http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bartlett/bartle tt200405120748.asp
http://www.nhinet.org/hoebeke.htm
Try and read with an open mind. This isn't a Democrat or Republican issue. Both parties are corrupt because we unbalanced the rules of the game. While we still have a horizontal division of power, we removed the vertical division between the states and federal government.
Want to see a more "fair and restrained" federal government? Take a step BACK from the populist edge and repeal Article XVII.
Oh, darn, I can't use my family's firearm to commit suicide. I guess I'll have to resort to using the car/poison/knife/razor blade/carbon monoxide/death by cop/jumping off a tall building/playing chicken with a train technique. All work just as well. Most are less painful than shooting one's self.
So all the thief has to do is what...steal the key, too? How many people STILL use simple passwords or write them down at their desk? What makes you think they'll exercise any better care with their firearm unlocking key, if they haven't been responsible in their firearms ownership already (and thus don't NEED the law in the first place?) Why would I trust my life to a nine-volt battery? I /might/ see a plausible case for this when it comes to arms that are strictly used for hunting and sporting purposes. But when it comes to handguns, rifles, and shotguns used for self-defense, the law should allow an exception. (Oops, everyone just declared their weapons are 'dual purpose.')
Do it for the children!
Great strawman that you pulled out there, saddino. One could just as validly ask:
"Hypothetically, if your friend had not had a gun and his wife had ended up raped, would you be writing the exact same thing here?"
Oh, please. Even before this most recent law, New Jersey had some of the most restrictive laws in the country. Yet people like you whine that oh, we must do something, anything...guess what, NJ already HAS. Step across the border to PA, and any non-felon can obtain a license to carry a concealed firearm for $19 and a background check. Oh, goodness, the horrors! No concealed carry permitted in NJ, and that's a good bit of your problem. Let the law-abiding bear arms for self-defense, and watch as crime shrinks.
Exactly what advances are they making? We in PA have a word for that line which separates PA from New Jersey...we call it 'the U.S. national border.' Freedom begins west of the PA border. Move while there's still time.