Posted on 10/17/2002 2:06:03 PM PDT by Vigilant1
Over at TheFiringLine.com, there are many reports from credible long-time posters that the feds are intimidating Maryland gun owners into 'voluntarily' turning over their guns for 'ballistic testing'. Please check out the following discussion threads:
5000 rifles turned-in, in Maryland?
A Special Note To Maryland Gun Owners
This is a realization of the worst fears of gunowners. Feds showing up at your door, demanding you turn over your guns. Threats and intimidation. Absolute proof that the fedgov keeps lists of who owns what guns. This is our Orwellian nightmare come true. If you turn over your guns to the feds, good luck getting them back! Perhaps Maryland is just a test case for federal gun confiscation techniques? We'll see....
Informing the JBT would be a very good move. I would advise him that the call is being recorded "for purposes of customer service and quality control".....
Well Marshal, ya plum got 'im, by crackie. Good work, sir. You've really come a long way since your days as a shipping clerk at the Baltimore Sheltered Workshop.
Yup, yer Maw would be real proud. So'd your daddy, if only you knew who -- oh, well, never mind.......
And as I recall, the battle at Thermopylae was, while horribly lopsided, a total loss for the Spartans.
Our own experiences during the US Revolutionary War might be more appropriate.
That is a nice pic though - GREAT looking hat.
VIGILANT1 ADDED: "BTW, just in case national ballistic fingerprinting passes, you can get a 'fire lapping kit' at most gunstores. It contains bullets coated with various grades of industrial grit. You reload these into cases with standard reloading equipment, and fire them in your gun. You fire the coarsest grit ones first, then move on to the finer grits. This will 'lap', or sand down the rifling grooves in your barrel, removing those nasty factory machining marks and smoothing out the interior of the barrel for better accuracy. Of course, it will also completely change the 'ballistic fingerprint' of the gun. Lots of target shooters use these kits on their guns. Best to get them now, before any ballistic fingerprinting bill passes, as they're going to be sold out & backordered soon after such a bill becomes law. Also, you might want to get a spare extractor, ejector, firing pin and to carefully polish up the bolt face with a Dremel tool and rouge pad. That will change the unique marks left on ejected brass cartridge cases, marks that are electronically photographed and added to 'ballistic fingerprinting' databases as well. Just a tip for you...."
That is VERY interesting!
Personally, I don't like guns. But I am all FOR citizens having them.
I understand the murder rate went WAY DOWN in states in which people started carrying concealed weapons---the "bad guys" weren't as likely to try something if they thought THEY might be killed by a "good guy" carrying a concealed weapon. The "Beltway Sniper" would have been STOPPED/DEAD in short order in THOSE states!
You know, isn't it AMAZING that for 200 YEARS, short guns and rifles NEVER jumped off of the mantle and went out and killed people??? But now, they apparently do---at least if you listen to the RADICAL, LEFT-WING LIBERAL EXTREMISTS, aka RATS.
HOW could this country go on for 200 YEARS without "sensible gun laws" keeping those guns on the mantle? HOW did kids RESPECT guns and NOT take them down unless he/she had PERMISSION from their parents to touch/use them? HOW did kids OWN---and USE---their OWN rifles?
Oh, this is too much for me to think about. But I don't have to---the RATS are trying to legislate to make it so nobody but LE's have access to guns so we can have another 1939 GERMANY or 2002 IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN here in the USA.
EXTREMELY GOOD observation! It's just like the govt conning us into getting a SSN because it can't EVER be used for ID. Yeah, right!
i haven't read the thread yet, but i wasn't aware that the people's republic of maryland had ccw?
I don't live in MD, but from what I am learning, you can apply, but very few permits are awarded. FOX news ran the statistics about CCW permit applications being up 500%. Maybe some Freeper from MD can clarify?
The meaning of the word "Islam" is supposed to mean "submit". The BATF/FBI/MSP/MCPD/SS et. al. demands that free citizens "submit" to their requests. Doesn't this make the powers that be 'brothers' with the Moozlim extremists?
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