Posted on 01/19/2010 10:41:42 PM PST by Texas Fossil
Reports were coming in from forums and elsewhere that the Austin PD and the BATFE have mandated no private sales will be allowed. Thing is, there is no federal or state law giving them this authority. So I asked them if the reports were true and how they could do this:
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Agree completely. What were these cops even thinking—or were they? Exceeded authority, but this surprises me coming from Texas.
YYes only in Austin, Texas’s liberal bastion.
How does the line from that song go?
“...I don’t care, who’s in Austin, Bob Wills is STILL the king!”
Yup. Austin needs liberation. And it may be coming soon. If Mass. can pull it off, they can too. Unless everybody reasonable has left already...
And how about Calif?
Any crap neeeded unloaded there?
Also Marine Dad,
How is your Marine doing?
Giev that Marine a hug from us all.
God bless.
It's bad because it allows the Austin PD and BATFE to assert authority in an area where they have none. The ONLY entity that has that authority in Texas is the legislature. If I lived in Texas, I'd be at that show, in the parking lot, with a gun for sale. And the promoter of the show should be hounded out of business for going along with this usurpation of authority.
Yes they have become that bad... many years ago.
The show was just this past weekend so it hasn’t had time to make it to any NRA monthly publication. The summary of the bad: no legal authority at either state or federal level for any of the involved agencies to issue edicts controlling sales by non-FFL holders. The facility used by both promoters is the same but the promoter of the 1/16-17 show is new to the business/area so it was easy to push him around as he had significant funds at risk if the landlord rescinded his rental agreement.
Well, you've certainly gotten enough responses to your question from various legal aspects, but I note that one vital moral aspect has been missed here. The purported reason for this illegal action is a textbook example of how "authorities" tend to allow criminals to determine the freedoms allowed the law abiding, existing law be damned. That approach is exactly the opposite to American jurisprudence.
Yes, I am well aware. My daughter lives in Williamson County just "outside" Austin. Enough said.
Old Sandinistas, old LBJ machine, old hippies, old radical feminists, meth, pot, the university.
Ugh. I was so glad to leave. Like California, a beautiful place ruined by the population.
“Power corrupts and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely” Lord Acton
Power tends to be concentrated in the large cities, State captial cities especially. Hence the insanity the is common in State capital cities. Not excuse, just an observation.
Of course I must state that I live in very rural Fly Over Country.
Thanks for asking, Joe. Our Marine is pre deployment run up right now. How about yours?
As a native Californian, it makes me sick to see what’s happened to this once fine state. When I was a kid, we had the best roads, the best schools, a booming economy, and we were a proud bunch.
And now? Just take a look at our fleeing middle class, a growing illegal population that only sends money out of the country, empty retail and manufacturing space, foreclosures everywhere, and tone-deaf liberal politicians still intent on their bankrupt schemes.
Boxer has been a boil on my butt ever since she was a Marin County supervisor. I can’t wait until she’s gone.
It's really not that hard to understand, except if you live in Austin. They've gotten so smart in Austin that they have gone all the way back to stupid.
Yep, you’re right about Austin. Arrogant, elitist educated (brainwashed) idiots.
I am not being critical about people with degrees (I have one), but only those who want to subject the rest of us to their wishes. Open slavery was eliminated many years ago in this country, except that which comes from the Government.
“A people ignorant and free never was and never will be” ~ T. Jefferson.
“The purported reason for this illegal action is a textbook example of how “authorities” tend to allow criminals to determine the freedoms allowed the law abiding, existing law be damned.”
About that, I have no doubts, no illusions. A perfect example is the Patriot Act.
Thank you.
Your reasons are only some of why I, also a native, moved out of my beloved home State.
My family will pray for your Marine.
An American hero.
GOD bless/
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