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Re: Trying to understand
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:02:13 GMT
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Dave!,
Dave Schuler wrote:
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> I heard something on the news yesterday that puzzled me, and I hoped a few of
> the more politically-savvy around here might help me to comprehend it. It
> seems George Pataki of New York favors certain measures of gun regulation
> including, among other things, mandatory trigger locks and ballistic
> fingerprinting. I understand the more popular arguments against trigger locks,
> (in that, if one can steal a gun, one can steal the gun's key), but the NRA has
> voiced its opposition against ballistic fingerprinting, and that's what
> confuses me.
> It seems they object to it on the grounds that it would establish what they
> call national gun registration. I suppose it would, but why would that be a
> problem, exactly? I'm not trying to be inflammatory here; this actually seemed
> like a good measure. I know that fingerprinting won't prevent a stolen gun
> from being used in a crime, of course, but I feel that I'm failing to
> comprehend something about the NRA's view here.
> I don't often agree with the NRA, but in this case I'd at least like to try
> to understand where they're coming from...
Ballastic fingerprinting? Well, I don't know what that is, so you need
to tell me that first. I think before we need *ANY* more gun laws, we
need to start enforcing the *22,000+* laws that are on the books, which,
BTW, won't solve any problems like the shootings in Concubine High
School, the recent one in Flint, MI (I am very close to this one, and I
know a lot about it, if you want to know), etc. The Clinton/Gore
Administration is not enforcing the laws we have, and go "ambulance
chase" every time there is a shooting, which is both pathetic and
enraging. I think we need to ban their first amendment rights to free
speech if they want to ban my second amendment rights to keep and bear
arms.
Scott S.
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| (...) (a question about gun registration and ballistic fingerprinting) (...) I think we should start licensing parents instead. It would solve a lot of problems. (Only half joking...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Scott: (...) I’m not sure if that’s the "actual" term or the term that I heard on the news. In either case, it refers to a method of gun registration in which every gun is fired before sale, and the slugs and/or casings are laser-scanned so that the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I *believe* that this refers to test firing the gun and keeping the captured bullet for a ballistic cross reference against bullets found at the scene of a crime. Similar to the human fingerprinting system in place. (...) ^^^...^^^ That's (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Trying to understand
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| Generally the more laws you have, the more selectively you can enforce them, if you so choose. 22,000 gun laws are about 21,853 (Plus or minus 12) too many. How about reducing to the following: - if you allow your gun to be misused, you're liable (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I heard something on the news yesterday that puzzled me, and I hoped a few of the more politically-savvy around here might help me to comprehend it. It seems George Pataki of New York favors certain measures of gun regulation including, among other (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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