Drlee wrote:That would be fine if it were done every year or even six months for the obvious reason.
Why?
If a person completes a background check, it's done. If he's later deemed unfit through either a medical diagnosis or running afoul of the law, then his record in the database is flagged. There's no need to conduct routine background checks...
I have no problem with the government knowing that I own guns and what kinds.
That's fine.
I do. Many people do. Believe it or not, many good, sane Americans have an issue with it. You not having a problem with it doesn't trump someone else having a problem with it...
But then I do not own guns so that I might have to deploy them against the soldiers of my own country.
The very reason we are the country we are today is because of the presence of an armed citizenry...
I find the very possibility reprehensible.
As do I.
But, as reprehensible a thought as it might be, if it's necessary would you rather be the citizen or the subject?
I will admit that the rise of an increasingly fascist state gives me pause though. Especially this week in the light of a president who pardoned war criminals.
Who pardoned what war criminals?
I agree provided the state is assiduous in policing those who have them against their criminal database.
And that would go back to my original point about a background check database. There would be nothing precluding someone with a CCW from having their record flagged.
I purchased a very nice Kimber Pro Carry .45 not long ago. When I bought it, I handed the dealer my CCW. He checked to make sure it was valid. It was, so he sold me the gun...
I assume you mean 48 hours form the completion of the background investigation.
Yes, which should take no longer than 48 hours...
I sill set aside the idea of a gasoline truck driver needing to arm himself as a bit of an overreaction even in those days but I would point out that a CCW would do an interstate truck driver little good because the license he holds would not cover all states.
Well, truck drivers were being killed for the gasoline they were hauling. Nice to see you weren't in favor of those folks being able to defend themselves.
As for interstate drivers, reciprocity is recognized in most states. Only the most liberal cesspool states have a problem with it. See the lavender states? Those are all of the states where someone with a Florida CCW can carry concealed:
If you believe that magazine capacity is irrelevant you also understand that we soldiers, disagree with you. So does the US military which increased magazine capacity from 20 to 30. Some souls even taped two 20 round magazines together but I never did. (In those days you were smart to only load 18 rounds anyway because the piece of shit magazines were subject to jamming.
Your fatal mistake is in comparing everything to the military. Simmer down there, Patton, not everything can be compared to the military...
The Mini-14 is often referred to as a "ranch rifle".
Why?
Because its commonly used to shoot predators and varmints which target a ranch. Not much in the way of military operations going on there, but they're highly effective. As I've mentioned, though, nobody talks about banning those, but operationally they're identical to the AR-15.
There's only one variant of the Mini-14 which is select-fire (which is what a true assault rifle is), but it's never been made available to the public. If you go into your local gun dealer you cannot buy an "assault rifle" because the rifle you would be buying cannot be switched into and out of automatic fire.
But, all that aside, your chosen way to describe what you're like to see banned is pretty telling. You said "assault
style rifle" as opposed to "assault rifle". "Style" is about appearance, and really nothing else, especially when you consider a comparison of the AR-15 and the Mini-14.
Style: "a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed."
You, and gun haters like you, don't like the AR-15 because you're afraid of its menacing appearance, and nothing else...
Courage is knowing that something will hurt and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same thing. That's why life is hard...