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S.D. Bill Would Require Citizens to Buy a Gun
Newsroom America ^ | Jan. 31, 2011 | Jon E. Dougherty

Posted on 02/01/2011 8:44:21 AM PST by george76

A bill introduced by five state legislators in South Dakota would require all citizens over the age of 21 to purchase a firearm "sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense."

The measure would not apply to persons who are legally barred from owning a firearm. The bill also does not specify the type of firearm citizens must purchase - only that it be "suitable to their temperament, physical capacity, and preference."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; individualmandate; southdakota
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To: muir_redwoods
Assuming responsibility for a firearm is like singing. If you can’t do it capably and well, no one should encourage you to do it.
But you do recognize that your children have the obligation, in school, to sing "mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm, Barack, Barack, Obama, mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmmm, mmmmmmm", don't you?

I mean, that's constitutionally SOLID, that is.

41 posted on 02/01/2011 10:07:28 AM PST by samtheman
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To: george76
It's a stupid bill, but it does give me a chance to post some gun porn! Here's my nice tactical ParaOrdinance .45.


42 posted on 02/01/2011 10:11:59 AM PST by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: DCBryan1
Easily penetrated in the sides and rear with M2 Blacktip

Thanx. Ma Deuce penetrates too, but not with the style of the RPG :-)

43 posted on 02/01/2011 10:15:16 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government,)
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To: george76

Another reason to move to where my wife is from.


44 posted on 02/01/2011 10:21:17 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: dynachrome

So, you’re in favor of allowing the government to compel a citizen to engage in behavior that it mandates?

How does that square with America’s founding principles?


45 posted on 02/01/2011 11:02:20 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Poser
What is it? At first I thought it was a P-12, but it has a beavertail grip.
46 posted on 02/01/2011 11:04:36 AM PST by JoeFromSidney (New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
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To: JoeFromSidney
LDA Tactical. The only make a carry model with a shorter barrel now. Here's a sporterized 1903 Springfield



And the 200 yard target that goes with it!


47 posted on 02/01/2011 11:18:10 AM PST by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: davisfh
If, as people of a conservative mind maintain, it is unconstitutional to force people to buy health insurance, wouldn’t it likewise be unconstitutional to compel them to buy a firearm?

Because the militia, composed of all free citizins, was part of the Common Law at the time of the Rebellion. Ans the Constitution clearly sees it continuing.

Also Posse comitatus (common law)

48 posted on 02/01/2011 11:19:02 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce - Karl Marx)
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To: Windflier

If obozo care is Constitutional, so is this. (I was trying for a bit of sarcasm)


49 posted on 02/01/2011 11:29:53 AM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: PalmettoMason

/s forgot.


50 posted on 02/01/2011 11:32:55 AM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: davisfh

I think that very well might be the point. Soon as the lefties screech about it being unconstitutional, they’ve just set precedent for kicking Obamacare out.


51 posted on 02/01/2011 11:38:05 AM PST by Fire_on_High (Stupid should hurt.)
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To: Raider Sam
It is a brilliant ploy to make the gun haters crazy using their own saul alinsky tactics.
52 posted on 02/01/2011 11:43:25 AM PST by Dianer0839 (Due to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel will now be turned off.)
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To: samtheman

As I said, it won’t end well


53 posted on 02/01/2011 11:44:07 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Obama. Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg.)
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To: Fire_on_High; All

Just food for thought, folks. Nothing more than that. Some pretty good answers though.


54 posted on 02/01/2011 11:44:24 AM PST by davisfh (Islam is a mental illness with global social consequences)
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To: darkangel82
Makes sense to me. With a birthday gift in my hand, I've had kids walk away from my version of happy birthday.

It's not a pretty thing; my shooting is a whole lot better

55 posted on 02/01/2011 11:46:18 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Obama. Chauncey Gardiner without the homburg.)
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To: jazusamo

Sounds like the SD politicians are having some fun on several different levels.

None of us like the government telling us what to buy.


56 posted on 02/01/2011 12:01:59 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Dianer0839; dynachrome
Yes.

make the gun haters crazy using their own saul alinsky tactics.

57 posted on 02/01/2011 12:06:29 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: RC one
If the government can force a man to buy an insurance product, why not a gun as well? Right dems?

There are better ways to make this point, IMO.

58 posted on 02/01/2011 12:31:21 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: george76

There is that. Annoying marxists with their own tactics. i’ll bet the ACLU would jump in on that, but not obozocare


59 posted on 02/01/2011 12:46:42 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: george76

This is an anti-deathcare protest bill. They’re trying to illustrate a constitutional point with regard to obastard’s deathcare individual mandate. They aren’t seriously trying to pass this.


60 posted on 02/01/2011 1:20:32 PM PST by ratsreek
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