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In reply to the discussion: No, I'm not going to register my guns. [View all]rickford66
(5,523 posts)24. But they can still watch FOX nt
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I could know his IP address if I included an image in my post hosted on a server I had access to
Electric Monk
Dec 2012
#57
Yeah, it's possible that MadHound is using dialup AOL still, but odds are they're not.
Electric Monk
Dec 2012
#96
No thief will be that desperate to do all the stuff it would take to find out where he is to...
Lady Freedom Returns
Dec 2012
#193
I think you just did register them into a public database known as the internet.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#4
Yes. I'm shocked that people are so naive that they think they are untraceable
abelenkpe
Dec 2012
#26
Oh you're referring to the newspaper that published names/addresses. I'm firmly against that.
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#33
your wasting your time with this group, they think tracing your ip to your address is as easy as
crazyjoe
Dec 2012
#295
This post will show you your IP address, your ISP, your Operating System, and your browser.
Electric Monk
Dec 2012
#320
let me be clearer for you, i see your having trouble keeping up with the discussion.
crazyjoe
Jan 2013
#331
I don't need to convince you, but if the gov't is compiling a database, MadHound is already in it.
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#332
when all else fails, correct my grammer. The government compiling a database has nothing
crazyjoe
Jan 2013
#342
Or pay property taxes. After all, the assessed value of your home is listed on those records!
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#16
i think another point is you dont want the bad guys to know your armed until its to late
loli phabay
Dec 2012
#25
I wouldn't want a newspaper listing me for anything that I own no matter what it is
rrneck
Dec 2012
#27
Most gun owners don't want to advertise they have guns. They are a major score for thieves.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#52
Registration info should be confidential, releasable only to law enforcement.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#95
Nobody here is claiming that a gun acts like some kind of magic force field that protects you
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#102
What you seem to be doing is parroting negative stereotypes and bogus assumptions...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#135
No. The OP has told us all about his guns, and about how putting that information out there
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#141
You keep avoiding my point, which is that having your name and address published when you want...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#142
Guns are a tremendous issue, and if they weren't, we wouldn't be having this "conversation."
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#147
What I really don't understand is a mind-set that would include giving a flying fuck whether or not
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#149
A true statement. They'll probably target those not on the list, since there aren't
shadowrider
Dec 2012
#86
Publishing a detailed map showing where all the guns are takes the mystery out of who has them
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#87
I advised a co-worker who is a gunsmith that his sign could be seen by would-be thieves
IDemo
Dec 2012
#128
Don't forget, Skinner, that "responsible" gun owners lock their weapons up when they leave
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#183
What???? A jackwagon will pick whatever house he/she wants regardless of the
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#212
You really don't think there are burglars who would use a list like the one published?
Lizzie Poppet
Dec 2012
#214
Apparently Wayne did tell you to say that. Show any of us here that the crackheads
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#239
Ahh. My poor little delicate flower. You were so upset that you put me on ignore.
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#240
Just because you put me on ignore, does not change the fact that Rush the band still sucks!!
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#321
So... perceiving a foam ball as a gun is a 'heightened sense of awareness'??
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#47
Gun holders perceived the following things to be guns and drew their weapons upon sight:
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#81
What is the homicide conviction rates of CCLs compared to general population?
Eleanors38
Dec 2012
#110
I hear even Texas CCLs commit only a small fraction of murders when compared
Eleanors38
Dec 2012
#160
poster doesn't want to secure the guns, and doesn't want to even know what happens if thieves
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#35
Yeah and I asked Santa for a unicorn that craps glitter, but he didn't answer.
Crackinrocket
Dec 2012
#224
seems to me the lanza's all had the same level of comfort with guns layin around which was all fine
leftyohiolib
Dec 2012
#22
Then I should have no problem with the government making a criminal out of you.
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#30
Fine, but when you pass on... hopefully who ever inherits them would be law abiding
bettyellen
Dec 2012
#31
Deer hunting season in northern MI scared me every year. Somebody riding in a car
catbyte
Dec 2012
#68
I have friends in northern MI with the same problems. In both cases it's their OWN LAND.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2012
#106
Still? It was like that 30 years ago growing up. I hope your friends stay safe.
catbyte
Dec 2012
#157
RIght now I'm completely confused. You seem like a reasonable person. Tell me:
Squinch
Dec 2012
#255
Somehow I doubt criminals are going to be lining up for your musket, single-shot .22,
Downtown Hound
Dec 2012
#48
Yeah, your dad being an idiot really has nothing to do with whether or not one should register their
Downtown Hound
Jan 2013
#334
Well gursh nubbit, you gun folks is gittin your stories all which ways, taint ya.
Care Acutely
Dec 2012
#50
Or is it time to begin to arm the guns themselves? They're in danger, you know.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#256
I'd vote for a law to register your guns or put you in jail...and you'd need a license too...
Sancho
Dec 2012
#71
The Journal News's reprehensible behavior provides a powerful argument against gun registration
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#82
Would you register them if the info was confidential and not releasable to the public?
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#109
I thought of that same analogy. Here's the Diamond necklace owners in each county.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#168
The gun, no. Having personal possessions mapped for everyo who had no f'ing business to know does.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#268
I wear my nicest jewelry in public. People advertise possessions in tag sales and estate sales.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#275
Then stand behind your beliefs and publish all of your private info on the internet.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#276
That's just silly, and not equivalent to having gun licensure, already public information,
Squinch
Dec 2012
#279
Here is the information about my family that has been published -in the Journal News, as it happens:
Squinch
Dec 2012
#283
As I said, it's already been done. Your demanding I do it here is simply silly. And you know that.
Squinch
Dec 2012
#285
I guess you needed to get the namecalling off your chest. You seem to be really upset and think
Squinch
Dec 2012
#288
Call you names? No, I won't do that. And this conversation seems to have gotten to
Squinch
Dec 2012
#294
I used to know a man who was a reformed burglar. He told me how they usually choose houses...
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#118
I'm opposed to publishing info on gun owners in the paper. But I do think you should register yours.
proud2BlibKansan
Dec 2012
#123
I really don't think anyone is asking you to register your black powder gun...
Taverner
Dec 2012
#127
I'll bookmark this thread for the next time someone says gun owners obey the law.
Kaleva
Dec 2012
#145
I can't believe I put forth the effort required to actually read this dumb-ass post.
TroglodyteScholar
Dec 2012
#185
So you fear that the release of public info about gun owners puts their other possessions at risk?
TroglodyteScholar
Dec 2012
#272
So if someone steals or borrows :) your unregistered gun(s) and uses it in a criminal act..
Tikki
Dec 2012
#189
How will they know who the gun owner is if the gun is not registered to an owner?
Tikki
Dec 2012
#192
In Norway, a gun loving country, they allow the police to check in with gun owners to
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#281
that's good to hear. Others on this board have said categorically NO to this idea when I
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#310
It is easier to take than a car. A car can be seen going down the street, a gun can be hid under...
Lady Freedom Returns
Dec 2012
#205
Drunk drivers are arrestred whetrher or not they cause an accident, so what's the harm of mere gun
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#218
Go ahead, break the law and refuse to register your guns, but don't whine later
mokawanis
Dec 2012
#220
As the OP pointed out, you can break into safes. I don't know how, though.
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#329
I love all these gun owners who are so willing to become criminals so they can avoid
jmg257
Dec 2012
#236
"they can still get the electronics and other valuables lying around." So why would your
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#267
I've heard a lot of paranoid ranting in that regard, but NO actual evidence of it
Orrex
Dec 2012
#312
Great point! Some gun owners are apparently much more worried about being targeted by thieves
jmg257
Dec 2012
#307
It sounds like the value of these guns isn't really the security they provide.
allrevvedup
Dec 2012
#317