Re: Score!!!

Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
"Bryan Heit" <bjheit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:et4q91$5k3$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Lee Bell wrote:
Bryan Heit wrote

Or maybe the idea that registration = confiscation is flawed.
Few, if any, think that the two concepts are equal,

Grumman made that link pretty clear - "As we've been saying for years, "first comes registration, then confiscation""; that is what I was referring to. The idea that one equals the other is obviously ludicrous; I was just pointing out a real-world example of it.

You would be incorrect.

Firearms have been confiscated recently, as a result of registration, in California and New York City.

Australia underwent a severe confiscation after registration, of weapons including pump and automatic shotguns (i.e., common hunting weapons).


And there are several examples where registration has not lead to confiscation - for example the 2 in Canada (1934 hand gun registry; late 90's long-gun registry). So registration != confiscation.


Between this, and your inability to remotely describe an assault rifle, you begin to see why we don't want your type of thinking governing our civil liberties.

Yeah, must be unfortunate when the will of the people actually presides over a democracy.

Bryan
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    ... The idea that one equals the other is obviously ... So registration!= confiscation. ... Perhaps you can explain what your own multi-billion dollar gun registry ... The will of the people presides now, ...
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    ... Grumman made that link pretty clear - "As we've been saying for years, ... referring to. ... The idea that one equals the other is obviously ... confiscation - for example the 2 in Canada (1934 hand gun registry; ...
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    ... The idea that one equals the other is obviously ludicrous; I was just pointing out a real-world example of it. ... And given the number of things the government registers - marriage, guns, deeds/titles, etc, the idea that registration somehow leads to confiscation is pretty absurd. ... So, you pay to register your car, a fee specifically related to ownership of the car, that is, in reality, nothing more than another tax. ... I imagine that back in the day the cost was to cover the actual cost of registration. ...
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