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**sjdflghd** · 07-23-2012, 07:51 PM

There is a simple problem.

it is not just in the allowance of guns and ammunition being sold in the US, but the lack of ANY kind of filter or warning system to be set up to alert us about this.

Somehow, you buy a bag of fertilizer and you could be shipped off to Guantanamo. But you buy 6000 rounds of ammo, 3 guns, extended clips, riot armor and a gas mask and you are hunkey-dorey?

There are enough people doing this, the trying to keep track of them would be functionally useless. When Obama came into office there was a wholesale panic in the shooting community that the bulk buying created serous shortages. Even if the sales were tracked, what would be done about the data? Go ask each one if they're planning a massacre.

And even trying to set up a system would kick a political hornets nest. Even if that could be done, trying to take action agains someone for just purchasing what is essentially a legal commodity would create even a bigger firestorm. Gun control has become politically radioactive for a reason.

Buying that much that fast is usually a sign. Also, someone who has these things setup in a way that would be feasible for direct use (3 weapons that could all be carried, etc) is another warning sign that should have had a background check on him.

As for pictures of him, not posting, but he looks a lot like a bunch of other social rejects that just demanded attention. We had one in our HS way back that ran through the school with a fire axe and smashed up a $250K planetarium machine (he was also known for burying cats up to their head and running over them with lawnmowers, but I digress).

We spend so much time and money tracking down pot smokers and mexican illegals and we seem to lose site of these things that really can hurt us much more directly.
Whatever you think about pot smoking and illegal immigration, these people have actually done something illegal. What you're talking about is trying to predict who will do something illegal. That's a big step.

As for our "rights", that is such a stupid paranoid argument. Until we get back to local militias (get RID OF THE NATIONAL GUARD!), the need for anything more than a small revolver is fiction.
Sorry that ship has saled. With the SCOTUS Heller and McDonald decisions, the question of whether there's an individual right to gun ownership (and not just your small pistol) has been decided, and not in the way you'd like.

But people like holding their mechanical penis in their hands. And although 99% of the people out there can stroke it the right way, there is still that 1% that feels they need to bend other people over with it.

07-23-2012, 07:51 PM	#14
sjdflghd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 498 Senior Member	There is a simple problem. it is not just in the allowance of guns and ammunition being sold in the US, but the lack of ANY kind of filter or warning system to be set up to alert us about this. Somehow, you buy a bag of fertilizer and you could be shipped off to Guantanamo. But you buy 6000 rounds of ammo, 3 guns, extended clips, riot armor and a gas mask and you are hunkey-dorey? There are enough people doing this, the trying to keep track of them would be functionally useless. When Obama came into office there was a wholesale panic in the shooting community that the bulk buying created serous shortages. Even if the sales were tracked, what would be done about the data? Go ask each one if they're planning a massacre. And even trying to set up a system would kick a political hornets nest. Even if that could be done, trying to take action agains someone for just purchasing what is essentially a legal commodity would create even a bigger firestorm. Gun control has become politically radioactive for a reason. Buying that much that fast is usually a sign. Also, someone who has these things setup in a way that would be feasible for direct use (3 weapons that could all be carried, etc) is another warning sign that should have had a background check on him. As for pictures of him, not posting, but he looks a lot like a bunch of other social rejects that just demanded attention. We had one in our HS way back that ran through the school with a fire axe and smashed up a $250K planetarium machine (he was also known for burying cats up to their head and running over them with lawnmowers, but I digress). We spend so much time and money tracking down pot smokers and mexican illegals and we seem to lose site of these things that really can hurt us much more directly. Whatever you think about pot smoking and illegal immigration, these people have actually done something illegal. What you're talking about is trying to predict who will do something illegal. That's a big step. As for our "rights", that is such a stupid paranoid argument. Until we get back to local militias (get RID OF THE NATIONAL GUARD!), the need for anything more than a small revolver is fiction. Sorry that ship has saled. With the SCOTUS Heller and McDonald decisions, the question of whether there's an individual right to gun ownership (and not just your small pistol) has been decided, and not in the way you'd like. But people like holding their mechanical penis in their hands. And although 99% of the people out there can stroke it the right way, there is still that 1% that feels they need to bend other people over with it.
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