In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.

Will the gun laws fall like a house of cards?

spanielsellsspanielsells Member Posts: 12,498
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/washington/27React.html

quote:If there was any doubt that other bans would be in peril, the National Rifle Association quickly put those questions to rest when it announced shortly after the ruling that it would file a flurry of lawsuits challenging restrictions in San Francisco, Chicago and several Chicago suburbs. The law in Washington, which spelled out rules for the storage of weapons and made it extremely difficult for most people in the district to legally possess a handgun, was among the strictest in the nation.

I know that the NRA isn't the most well-respected group on this board, but I applaud them for taking the initiative and doing what's right.

If anyone sees GOA or SAF (or any other group) doing this, please, let me know.
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • MVPMVP Member Posts: 23,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We sure can hope it is the one punch that sets up the knock out punch.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    "I consider this the opening salvo in a step-by-step process of providing relief for law-abiding Americans everywhere that have been deprived of freedom," Wayne LaPierre

    _____________________________

    +1
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,637 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can't help but feel that Daleyville is in the deck.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,692 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I saw Wayne LaPierre on an interview on NBC news.
    He said they will be suing Morton Grove, Illinois, as well as Chicago.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They will go down like a house of cards- embedded in concrete. Daley is already screaming this does not apply to Chicago. Ever notice how politicians resist common sense?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:That challenge was not long in coming. Hours after the high court's ruling was made public Thursday, the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association sued the city and the mayor in an effort to overturn Chicago's quarter-century ban on handguns.

    Who was FIRST, the NRA OR SAF?
    SAF didn't have to do any chest puffing, they just did it.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • footlongfootlong Member Posts: 8,009
    edited November -1
    If I can Draw a comparison without bringing hostility. I dont
    Believe the gun ban laws will faster than any other laws against
    basic freedoms have fallen in the past. The segrigation laws of
    the 60's didnt go away overnite . Just as the homosexual laws are
    still evolving. We didnt get all these gun laws overnite. Chicago will be a special hard nut to crack. I had a 1900 Sears catalog
    years ago. I loved seeing the gun section. One item that stuck
    out was a requirement that you have a statement from friends saying
    you were an honest and upright citizen of the City of Chicago for
    residents to purchase a hand gun from Sears IN1900
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • wsfiredudewsfiredude Member Posts: 7,769 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    originally posted by cartod:

    "I consider this the opening salvo in a step-by-step process of providing relief for law-abiding Americans everywhere that have been deprived of freedom," Wayne LaPierre

    I posted this on another thread, but i will also put it here.

    What a hypocrite! Wayne and the NRA tried to kill this case before it went to the court of appeals, but now that it has been upheld by the SCOTUS, he now supports it? Which one is it Wayne? Just goes to show you, Wayne is a politician at heart.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • HighballHighball Member Posts: 15,755
    edited November -1
    quote:I speak publicly about our 2nd Amendment rights every chance I get at
    I am sure you do all those things. The problem with that is...you have no understanding of what those rights are. You have expounded many times on this forum about your support for gun controls.

    You do not represent the Second Amendment..you represent the New American viewpoints.

    Not Rights...Privileges. That is ALL you understand.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • HighballHighball Member Posts: 15,755
    edited November -1
    Well, hobby guy;
    Prove me wrong. Merely answer one question.

    Does the federal government have the authority under the Constitution to pass gun laws ?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • WoundedWolfWoundedWolf Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    By 2028 there will be 80,000 gun laws and the NRA will still want your money to "fight" them.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    + spanielsells.

    Within days, he said, the NRA will file lawsuits against handgun restrictions in at least six cities: San Francisco, Chicago and the Illinois communities of Wilmette, Evanston, Oak Park and Morton Grove.
    What's next?
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • minitruck83minitruck83 Member Posts: 5,369
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Highball
    Well, hobby guy;
    Prove me wrong. Merely answer one question.

    Does the federal government have the authority under the Constitution to pass gun laws ?



    Waiting with bated breath.











    hope I don't pass out.




    Allen
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,234 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by minitruck83
    quote:Originally posted by Highball
    Well, hobby guy;
    Prove me wrong. Merely answer one question.

    Does the federal government have the authority under the Constitution to pass gun laws ?



    Waiting with bated breath.











    hope I don't pass out.




    Allen

    Ya pass out yet?[;)]
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Well Hobbyguy,
    I would like to hear your answer to Highball's question. Seriously.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • MossbergboogieMossbergboogie Member Posts: 12,211
    edited November -1
    Actually the ISRA was first. A branch of the NRA.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.