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In reply to the discussion: A Guy Now On CNN Just Criticized The NY Newspaper That Published Names/Addresses Of Gun Owners By... [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)132. Are you suggesting that people in that category should have not gotten permits for their guns?
That would be illegal.
But you do make a good case against gun registration and permits.
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global1
Dec 2012
OP
HA!!, I knew some nitwit would say that, didn't think it would only take 4 posts though.
crazyjoe
Dec 2012
#45
Searches are conducted to secure incriminating evidence. Seizures secure the evidence.
rrneck
Dec 2012
#82
The FFs didn't anticipate computers or the Internet either, yet the First Amendment still applies.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#8
So all government data should be published? Like names of people receiving public assistance?
hack89
Dec 2012
#53
Publishing the address of someone who might be hiding from an abusive spouse is one reason.
randome
Dec 2012
#89
And the liklihood that legally obtained guns will be used to kill innocent people is also high
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#30
I'm curious. Is "painfully stupid" just an expression, or are you actually in some discomfort?
11 Bravo
Dec 2012
#47
That is not accurate. Part of the penaly for a sex crime conviction is having to register.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#74
I don't think anyone is saying it's not legal. They are talking about ethical. nt
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#20
So your argument is that technology can be used to bolster prior amendments....
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#19
It is possible to keep your name out of public property records. I know a man who did that...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#75
Has it ever occurred to you that some of those several thousand people could be crime victims?
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#91
Very few murderers DON'T have guns, so I hope you can see why it is relevant
BlueStreak
Dec 2012
#103
Very few people who DO have legally owned guns ever commit murder or any other violent crime
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#127
Then perhaps they shouldn't have voluntarily released that information publicly?
Nevernose
Dec 2012
#130
Are you suggesting that people in that category should have not gotten permits for their guns?
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#132
Our Forefathers Did Not Anticipate Semi Automatic Weapons And The Gun Enabler Clan Called The NRA
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#123
The First Amendment was written at a time when nobody anticipated computers or the Internet
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#133
If a very clever gunsmith in the 1780s had managed to craft a semiautomatic breech-loader...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#135
Times Change - Still False Equivalency i.e. Misdirection - More NRA Nonsense
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#136