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Postby KaosDad » Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:38:47

Saw that today. All I could think was; "Aren't ALL of those, basically, stolen handguns????"
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby gunderwood » Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:27:20

KaosDad wrote:Saw that today. All I could think was; "Aren't ALL of those, basically, stolen handguns????"

Yes, but if those stupid rednecks didn't own any, then the poor unfortunate soul wouldn't have had to steal the gun and kill the officer.

Now get back to the education camps because your brainwashing has failed!
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby user » Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:55:26

...Yes there was, but I think it was a violation of Florida law and not federal law.

I did a brief search and couldn't find it though, link? What Flordia law would regulate an FFL?


Simple answer to that last - if the FFL is located in Florida, then all of Florida's laws regulate that FFL. The FFL doesn't acquire sovereign immunity by virtue of participation in interstate commerce. And the states are pre-eminent in the power to regulate the ownership, possession, and use of firearms.

But what do I know - I stopped reading the Washington Pravda in the early 1970's.
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby KaosDad » Mon, 22 Nov 2010 11:49:00

gunderwood wrote:
KaosDad wrote:Saw that today. All I could think was; "Aren't ALL of those, basically, stolen handguns????"

Yes, but if those stupid rednecks didn't own any, then the poor unfortunate soul wouldn't have had to steal the gun and kill the officer.

Now get back to the education camps because your brainwashing has failed!


Dang....OK. (hangs head in shame!)
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby gunderwood » Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:44:16

KaosDad wrote:
gunderwood wrote:
KaosDad wrote:Saw that today. All I could think was; "Aren't ALL of those, basically, stolen handguns????"

Yes, but if those stupid rednecks didn't own any, then the poor unfortunate soul wouldn't have had to steal the gun and kill the officer.

Now get back to the education camps because your brainwashing has failed!


Dang....OK. (hangs head in shame!)

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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby Goldie » Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:21:19

I realize I'm in the *extreme* minority on this site, and that's fine. We have a common interest in firearms, and it's called VAGunForum.net (as opposed to VAPoliticalOpinions.net). That said, I read the WashingtonPost (well, on my iPhone...what's a newspaper?), and bashing subscribers as brainless libs that take WashingtonPost investigations as gospel, and lumping them all together makes roughly as much sense as the 'other side' saying "all gun owners are inbred hillbillies so I refuse to hear their arguments."


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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby Drewsifer » Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:44:40

Doesn't anyone think it is a little weird that the shop in question has such a high number of straw buys? And it's not a close margin either. Just saying.


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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby Taggure » Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:16:36

Goldie wrote:I realize I'm in the *extreme* minority on this site, and that's fine. We have a common interest in firearms, and it's called VAGunForum.net (as opposed to VAPoliticalOpinions.net). That said, I read the WashingtonPost (well, on my iPhone...what's a newspaper?), and bashing subscribers as brainless libs that take WashingtonPost investigations as gospel, and lumping them all together makes roughly as much sense as the 'other side' saying "all gun owners are inbred hillbillies so I refuse to hear their arguments."


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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby KaosDad » Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:44:59

Taggure wrote:
Goldie wrote:I realize I'm in the *extreme* minority on this site, and that's fine. We have a common interest in firearms, and it's called VAGunForum.net (as opposed to VAPoliticalOpinions.net). That said, I read the WashingtonPost (well, on my iPhone...what's a newspaper?), and bashing subscribers as brainless libs that take WashingtonPost investigations as gospel, and lumping them all together makes roughly as much sense as the 'other side' saying "all gun owners are inbred hillbillies so I refuse to hear their arguments."


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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby CowboyT » Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:21:44

I think he's saying basically to be careful not to lump all "non-conservatives" into the same pot. The Washington Post editors and plenty of others like them (e. g. those of the LA Times and NY Times) try to lump all gun owners as essentially inbred, bigoted hillbillies. We see this all the time. Seems to me like Goldie's saying that we should be smarter, better educated, and classier than they are...because we are.

Goldie, can you provide some clarification on this?
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby GS78 » Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:51:55

Jim wrote:Once again, I say, we need to go back to public hangings at 3 PM on Sunday afternoons. Popcorn and pony rides for the kids and brats and cold beer for the adults. Maybe even door prizes to motivate attendance.

sounds like a good idea, until you have to endure all the holier-than-thou crowd who would be giving sermons about casting stones...... :whistle:
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby VBshooter » Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:46:00

Hang them too???
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby ShortMan » Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:24:52

Have noticed a LOT more anti-gun articles in papers all across the country since the supreme court started siding with the 2nd amendment.
Normally I chastise people who accuse the press of being "liberal" but stuff like that makes me wanna believe it.


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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby GS78 » Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:10:59

ShortMan wrote:Have noticed a LOT more anti-gun articles in papers all across the country since the supreme court started siding with the 2nd amendment.
Normally I chastise people who accuse the press of being "liberal" but stuff like that makes me wanna believe it.
......the Press? Liberal?......rubbish... :whistle:
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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby gunderwood » Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:11:39

VBshooter wrote:Hang them too???

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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby Goldie » Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:46:41

CowboyT wrote:I think he's saying basically to be careful not to lump all "non-conservatives" into the same pot. The Washington Post editors and plenty of others like them (e. g. those of the LA Times and NY Times) try to lump all gun owners as essentially inbred, bigoted hillbillies. We see this all the time. Seems to me like Goldie's saying that we should be smarter, better educated, and classier than they are...because we are.

Goldie, can you provide some clarification on this?


Right on the money.


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Re: WaPo "Investigation" into illegal guns....

Postby zephyp » Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:27:05

Goldie wrote:
CowboyT wrote:I think he's saying basically to be careful not to lump all "non-conservatives" into the same pot. The Washington Post editors and plenty of others like them (e. g. those of the LA Times and NY Times) try to lump all gun owners as essentially inbred, bigoted hillbillies. We see this all the time. Seems to me like Goldie's saying that we should be smarter, better educated, and classier than they are...because we are.

Goldie, can you provide some clarification on this?


Right on the money.


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While I am not truly a conservative I do harbor conservative values. I consider myself more of a Constitutionalist. Yes, there is such a party. With that, some progressives may share our view of the 2nd Amendment but what about the remainder of the Constitution. Its not a menu based document and must be taken in the entire true context to be effective. By the way, I try to avoid the label liberal because there is much confusion about what it truly means. When someone like Cowboy calls himself a liberal he is referring to the true meaning not the current vernacular.

Bottom line IMHO is that fans of rags like the Washington Post and NY Times need a vector check if they truly like their 2nd Amendment rights... :whistle:
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