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Gun Control & RKBA

iiibbb

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5. Yes, but I am looking for a compromise

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 01:33 PM

Feb 2013

This law would interfere with no law-abiding use-- but might appease those who feel gun-rights people are bringing nothing to the table.

It does provide an opening that _if_ an officer were to encounter a person on their way to a rampage, they would have something tangible in terms of probable cause.

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So here is a modest proposal regarding magazine sizes. [View all] iiibbb Feb 2013 OP

Rampagers don't give a shit. That is why they are on a Rampage. Write all the laws you want. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #1

Indeed-- you didn't catch the "feel good" element did you. iiibbb Feb 2013 #3

no. I caught it alright. Write more laws. Words without actions are meaningless, to me. YMMV. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #4

Well, I am just trying to be a gun-rights person bringing something to the table.... iiibbb Feb 2013 #6

yeah, I know. Good luck with it. . Murder and Rampage are NOT legitimate. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #7

I don't disagree iiibbb Feb 2013 #10

There are laws already in place. We just need to enforce and abide by them. We need to define and Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #11

We have something similar already: you may own weapons, but you are not allowed to murder with them. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #2

Yes, but I am looking for a compromise iiibbb Feb 2013 #5

The cop has to take the clip and count the rounds? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #8

Nope... first count is just the magazines... iiibbb Feb 2013 #9

A cop would need a warrant (or permission), to search the trunk of a vehicle, SayWut Feb 2013 #12

Load and carry the mags in a legal fashion, have additional loose or boxed ammo, SayWut Feb 2013 #13

Magazine limits have zero effect on spree killing body count kudzu22 Feb 2013 #14