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Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 20 Jul 2001 04:33:39 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > I'm sorry, perhaps I should be more specific: the would-be gun • owner needs
> > to PASS a strict test in addition. No, it won't be perfect - • nothing ever is.
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> I support the notion that people ought to be competent users of any • powerful
> tool, especially one as powerful as a gun. However...
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> My objection to an apriori training requirement (rather than an • aposteriori
> lawsuit for negligent behaviour) is a weak one, but it exists • nonetheless,
> and is this.
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> We have the lesson in our recent past of literacy tests that any • white could
> pass but even a college grad in english lit who happened to be black • could
> not. Similarly, I fear the unscrupulous opponents of guns within the
> government would use this mechanism to keep all from owning, or all • except
> their cronies.
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> As an illustration of this I offer the factoid which I heard • somewhere (and
> which may be false but I tend to doubt it) that says that machine • guns are
> not outlawed per se, they just have been taxed (by the BATF, as it • happens)
> to the point that civilians can no longer acquire new ones. This • passed
> constitutional muster where banning them outright did not. (which • shows how
> critical the need for clarity in parts of the constitution is)
With Fully Automatic firearms and other Class III weapons (Silenced
weapons and sawed-off shotguns) are legal to own. The only caveat is
that when purchasing said weapon one must apply for a Class III tax
stamp. Said stamp costs $200. You submit all of the appropriate
paperwork, to the BATF I believe, wait about 90 days, pay the $200 and
if everything goes right you will get an actual stamp (just like a
postage stamp) from the BATF for that single weapon and can then go
and pick said weapon up from the dealer. You must do this and pay
$200 for each Class III firearm you are purchasing and I believe the
dealer must also have a special Class III Dealer License. You must
also go through the same process to modify any of your own weapons to
Class III status.
I have not yet gone through this myself, so I could have left
something out. I will be in a couple of months when I have the stock
and barrel reduced by a gunsmith on my Double Barreled 12 gauge.
--
Overkill is the only sure kill.
SR
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| (...) I support the notion that people ought to be competent users of any powerful tool, especially one as powerful as a gun. However... My objection to an apriori training requirement (rather than an aposteriori lawsuit for negligent behaviour) is (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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