Posted on 02/25/2013 5:43:43 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre says he thinks the federal government wants universal background checks on gun owners to make it easier for federal officials to seize firearms.
LaPierre told a crowd of more than 1,000 people in Salt Lake City on Saturday that President Barack Obama’s call for universal background checks fails to address the problem of the nation’s gun violence.
“This so-called background check is aimed at one thing — registering your guns,” he said. “When another tragic opportunity presents itself, that registry will be used to confiscate your guns … Imagine right now your name on a massive government list.”
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one correction: Will Be Used To “TRY TO” Confiscate Your Guns.
Come and get em boys, ammo goes first.
We aren’t allowed background checks on our “leaders” and it is of course illegal to ask about someones national origin so why do they want to make it mandatory to buy a gun?
There’s a new expression making the rounds:
“Close the police loophole”
Law of Unintended Consequences, anyone? Folks are now seriously asking why the boys in blue should be more heavily armed than the citizenry whom this administration clearly distrusts & seeks to dominate.
Just because someone APPLIES for a right to carry card (background check) does not mean they own a firearm. It simply authorizes they to carry one, which by the way is your constitutional right in the first place.
“one correction: Will Be Used To “TRY TO” Confiscate Your Guns.
Come and get em boys, ammo goes first.”
Agreed. LaPierre needs to grow a spine and stop shaking in his boots.
Huh ?
The worst thing that the NRA can do right now is back down on Universal background checks, we all know where that is going.
There’s a new expression making the rounds:
“Close the police loophole”
Law of Unintended Consequences, anyone? Folks are now seriously asking why the boys in blue should be more heavily armed than the citizenry whom this administration clearly distrusts & seeks to dominate.
Why does my natural right under the Constitution have to be “authorized” by anyone?
It doesn’t...
You will note that I stated, “.......which by the way is your constitutional right in the first place.”
They won’t be able to register my guns since I lost them all in an unfortunate boating accident.
LaPierre: “that registry will be used to confiscate your guns”
What LaPierre should’ve said if he had a spine:
“that registry will be used to try and confiscate your guns, which is a wasted effort and will ultimately fail as it creates a massive backlash and non-compliance by gun owners”
Instead, he suggests a scenario of massive amounts of gun owners with their tails between their legs humbly complying and handing over their firearms at the governments command.
Many LEO’s will say they never arrested a criminal who was using a registered gun...........
Any “background check” that requires identifying information on the firearm to be purchased is for the purpose of registration and eventual confiscation and not for public safety.
... requiring background checks for more gun purchases could help, but also could lead to more illicit weapons sales.
... banning assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines produced in the future but exempting those already owned by the public, as Obama has proposed, would have limited impact because people now own so many of those items.
... even total elimination of assault weapons would have little overall effect on gun killings because assault weapons account for a limited proportion of those crimes.
Isn't it time for the leftists to stop the alarmism and sit down to a rational discussion?
Don't hold your breath - their brains are unable to think rationally about any subject!!!
“Why does my natural right under the Constitution have to be “authorized” by anyone?”
It should not be. If you can own one you should be able to carry one. Every state should have constitutional carry.
bttt
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