Comments on: Taking The Second Amendment To Court

The Supreme Court Prepares To Examine DC's Right To Ban Handguns In The Context Of The Constitution

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---"When our government or whoever, can prove to me, all the bad guys have been disarmed I will be the first to either destroy my own or donate them to a museum.
Posted by thgdriver

Well put.

However, if your wife is home alone, and at 1 a.m. she hears a noise and upon investigating sees tyhe shadows of two large men entering your 8 year old daughter''s room. Now what does she do, you turned in your guns.

[guysdigdirt]

Do you think a foolish law like "one gun a month purchase" would make a difference? That law is being touted by the Mayor of Phila. and the governor of Pennsylvania. Duh!!! Criminals can''''t buy guns and when they try they are not prosecuted.

Posted by thgdriver

So what do you propose?

[guysdigdirt]

let''''s use OUR short moment in the sun to make sound decisions based on common sense and the most good for the most people.
Posted by bombadil4

Who gets to decide what makes common sense and is good for most people? You? Me?

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I think the NRA can do a lot of good (can''''t believe I''''m saying that) if they get off the "Can''''t stop anyone getting a gun wagon" and more onto the "Some people shouldn''''t have a gun" wagon which is at least the vastly under-publicized portion of their constituency, but I won''''t hold my breath.
Posted by USBrit

If you look into what the NRA really does you might be suprised.

[thgdriver]

Gotta go. Nice chatting!

[thgdriver]

USBrit ----I don''t live in Philadelphia.

I know about the search laws and agree, I am certainly not for any kind of police state.

On the other hand. they set up road blocks for DUI drivers, all cars passing through are subject to being searched for open containers of Alcoholic beverages. I figure why not a illegal gun check?

Quite frankly though, I never thought the DUI check was legal either, but they do it all the time..

[usbrit-2009]

The criminals know the cops have guns and still don''''t give a rats aiss. What chance does an honest citizen have these days? - posted be thgdriver

I''ll have one more comment. On the bright side. Statistics show as I have said you are 200 times more likely to be killed with a gun in the US than the UK. (~ 150 times discounting suicides). Statistics also show that even with 300,000,000 guns in the US your cahnces of being shot with one is still only 400 : 1. ie for every 400 people you know 399 will not get shot. Sounds a bit better that way round doesn''t it?

[usbrit-2009]

I see DUI check points set up all over my state. Why not do the same thing for illegal guns? - posted by thgdriver -

I think reasonable cause search and seizure laws might have somthing to do with that. Now if the cop has reason to believe the stoppee is a terrorist, we know that law goes out the window!!

[usbrit-2009]

thgdriver - sorry to hear about your officers. Things here in Cinci are better but there''s still the who shot who wars on the news every night. My wife grew up in Philly; I lived in L.A. for 25 years (talk about who shot who!!). I was once brave (or dumb) enough to espouse my gun control beliefs in Georgia (not a good plan). Basically I have changed my mind about gun ownership. I still feel that it is a shame but I''ve come to the conclusion that it can be prudent under today''s conditions. I think the NRA can do a lot of good (can''t believe I''m saying that) if they get off the "Can''t stop anyone getting a gun wagon" and more onto the "Some people shouldn''t have a gun" wagon which is at least the vastly under-publicized portion of their constituency, but I won''t hold my breath.

[thgdriver]

I see DUI check points set up all over my state. Why not do the same thing for illegal guns?

The police are making a criminal out of some poor slob that took his wife out to dinner and a beer. Why not get the guns instead?

For the record--I do not drink any alcoholic beverages at any time..