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Trigger Lock legislation
salzo
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Senate bozos are speaking at the moment about Madatory Trigger lock legislation.
One Senator got up, and said that only 13% of households have trigger locks on their guns- I would really like to know where they got that statistic, cause i know I sure as hell wouldnt tell anyone whether or not I have a gunb, much less a trigger lock on that gun.
The next senator got up and said that 6 in 10 gun owners approve of madatory trigger lock legislation-which begs the question. "If 6 out of ten gun owners approve of trigger lock legislation, how come only 13% of gun owners keep trigger locks on their guns?"
These gun grABBERS ARE WALKING CONTRADICTIONS.
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One Senator got up, and said that only 13% of households have trigger locks on their guns- I would really like to know where they got that statistic, cause i know I sure as hell wouldnt tell anyone whether or not I have a gunb, much less a trigger lock on that gun.
The next senator got up and said that 6 in 10 gun owners approve of madatory trigger lock legislation-which begs the question. "If 6 out of ten gun owners approve of trigger lock legislation, how come only 13% of gun owners keep trigger locks on their guns?"
These gun grABBERS ARE WALKING CONTRADICTIONS.
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
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Yep!
I have a whole bunch of locks,but none of my guns have one.
Sounds like it's time for a giveaway.[:D]
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Of course they are mandatory in MA.
If you want to keep your gun under lock and key, then do so. But if you want to store your gun in some other secured way (ie within a safe, or your locked apartment), that should be fine too.
For $12 you can buy a steel locking box at any decent pharmacy. Serves the same function as a trigger lock, plus it conceals the gun and can hold other things.
Incidentally, apparently the cable gun locks that come standard with the new Ruger automatics that are being issued in Iraq are highly prized by the locals there as *bicycle* locks.
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It's always the * innercity ethnic punk kid that found big brother crack dealer's stolen pistol under the sofa and accidently shoots the neighbor kid while pretending to pop a cap in his *.
My point is that the proposed solution will not solve the problem. P Streety and Cracky D are not going to put trigger locks on their cop poppers, and to be honest, neither am I!
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Of course they are mandatory in MA.
I hunt in New York with a couple of guys from Massacusettes. I love wathing them go through the rigamorole of taking off their locks, putting them back on-its funny.
Sometimes they lose the key-THATS A REAL RIOT! They scramble around looking for the key so that they can unlock their gun so they can go hunt. I told them they should just leave the lkey in the lock.
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
"If 6 out of ten gun owners approve of trigger lock legislation, how come only 13% of gun owners keep trigger locks on their guns?"
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
Maybe the 6 in 10 they have found a good use for them, that they haven't told us about. I never took mine out of the plastic, or out of the box for that matter.
Man's last hope... The Star Wars Kid.. Jedi Master!
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
quote:Originally posted by beantownshootah
Of course they are mandatory in MA.
I hunt in New York with a couple of guys from Massacusettes. I love wathing them go through the rigamorole of taking off their locks, putting them back on-its funny.
Sometimes they lose the key-THATS A REAL RIOT! They scramble around looking for the key so that they can unlock their gun so they can go hunt. I told them they should just leave the lkey in the lock.
"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man
HAVING the locks is mandatory in MA. . .a trigger lock by law must accompany every gun sold in the state through a dealer. . .but using them is not.
There are gun storage laws, but a trigger lock is just one of many ways to legally store a gun. (By law, they do have to be locked/stored somehow so that "unauthorized" people can't use them).
Even more silly, many new guns have *built in* key locks that render the gun inoperable (all Smith wheelguns and Ruger autos, for example). So why do you need a separate external keylock AS WELL? This tacks on a useless extra $10-15 to the cost of every gun sold in MA for the locks (which mostly get thrown in drawers).
Personally, I dislike trigger locks. They can mar the finish of the gun, they aren't always easy to take on or off, and they require separate, loseable keys. . .one PER lock. . .not good if you have multiple guns!
Good points of trigger locks? Well, they discourage theft (albeit only slightly), and they do make it harder for a stolen gun to get used. They are an OK way of storing a gun safely if you don't have any other way to do it.
In terms of solution. . .they don't fix anything. If you are responsible enough to store you gun safely you are probably responsible enough to do it regardless of whether or not you have a trigger lock. Irresponsible idiots are still going to leave loaded guns around. Trigger locks can't prevent that.
I always lock my right index finger on the trigger and exercising strict gun control firmly pull the trigger and hitting my target very time.[;)]
Hey, how about education legislation about firearms. And how about making it a crime for public school teachers to instruct or tell our children that guns are for "shooting & killing" people.
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