"PLAN FOR YOUR TRAINING TO BE A REFLECTION OF REAL LIFE INSTEAD OF HOPING THAT REAL LIFE WILL BE A REFLECTION OF YOUR TRAINING!"
Yes, you did, and incorrectly at that. Hitler did not disarm his nation. He disarmed parts of the population but actually weakened or removed other gun control measures on most of the citizens.
What power are they getting that is not already present and used quite a bit? Lots of places don't let you sell at a gunshow without a background check. A smaller number require universal background checks, but that doesn't seem to have created some great problems that I'm aware of.It is not rational to give the federal government this power over us, especially when the left has so openly stated their ultimate goals.
"PLAN FOR YOUR TRAINING TO BE A REFLECTION OF REAL LIFE INSTEAD OF HOPING THAT REAL LIFE WILL BE A REFLECTION OF YOUR TRAINING!"
I would argue that I have not seen a rational argument FOR registration. At best registration inconveniences law abiding gun owners and at worst can lead down the path to confiscation. Here in Las Vegas all handguns need to registered with the Sheriff's department. When pressed for details about how many criminal investigations the registry help solved, the department could not provide any details. Here is some additional information about how registration works in Sweden.
When you look at the history of the effectiveness of gun registration in regards to preventing violent crime vs the amount of times that the registry has been abused to restrict people's right, it appears that registration causes more harm than good.
We don't live in Pre-WW2 Hitler's Germany. We live in America, a democratic government with balances of powers. That is not the same.
SCOTUS must have a compelling reason to overrule a precedent. And, since this is a recent ruling, it would not even be considered without a legislative action to overturn it. Today's Congress, including Democrats, are not going to pass a law allowing confiscation of weapons from law abiding citizens. It ain't gonna happen. This is a FEAR, not anything based on a rational basis.
Whether we like it or not, SCOTUS has ruled that the legislatures have the power to make legislation to register weapons and that is the law of the land. We, The People, through our representatives can either enact legislation that requires registration or we can take no action on registration. The government already has that power, and it comes from the Constitution whether they choose to legislate it or not. Trying to debate what the SCOTUS should do might be an interesting debate for Constitutional Lawyers, but it doesn't change the powers currently enabled. We could take that power away through a Constitutional Amendment....you really advocating for that?
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That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state;
Taken a commercial flight lately?
Talked to anyone who can't repair their Hurricane Sandy-damaged home because FEMA won't let them?
Talked to a vet about the wonderful care he or she gets from the VA?
Been to the DMV?
Are private-sector workers to blame for the fact that the cheapest insurance plan under Obamacare looks to have an annual cost of $20,000?
The issue is not with the individual government workers, it's with the government.
Albeit some of the individual workers make it worse.
http://www.stephenhalbrook.com/article-nazilaw.pdf
We have swirled so far down the drain of authoritarianism / socialism that our current position and further surrendering of basic liberties seems normal to many.
Our founding fathers understood the inherent nature of centralized power pretty well.
When we hit bottom it won't be pretty.
I'm out of this thread.
You're not looking hard enough. And I'm not sure how you can figure out how hard working people are when you're not seeing them actually working.
I know, and have worked with, some extremely lazy/unmotivated and downright dishonest government workers. I can think of at least 2 people I've worked for, directly, that lied more than they told the truth.
I can think of one director that loved to spend money at one particular vendor, and in his position there was very little oversight, all so he could stay in the "in" with them, probably just so he could get a job there when his federal time is up.
I don't even know where to begin with this.
Every government agency I've worked in has stayed pretty close to the 90/10 rule. 90% of the work is done by 10% of the employees.
Last edited by JV_; 02-15-2013 at 01:00 PM.