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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
50. Or mentally impaired
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 01:30 PM
Jan 2016

You speak about access. I suppose in a situation like Liddy's, his wife would be required to lock up her guns in a combination safe and not let G. Gordon know the combination? Problem with that is how would you enforce that? Nancy and Adam Lanza are perfect examples of that.

I do not know how many guns he has. They are locked up in a combination safe, by my request. I feel they are danger to me left in an unlocked drawer in the event a criminal breaks into the house when I am alone, finds a gun, and uses it on me. I do not know the combination, again by my request. The number is written down in a locked file cabinet (have that key) with the rest of our important papers.

I suppose what my point in this discussion is, even as a semi anti-gun person, is that all the laws on the books are not worth the paper they are written on if they are UNENFORCEABLE.

NO. GGJohn Jan 2016 #1
Why? DetlefK Jan 2016 #3
I stated my reasons, GGJohn Jan 2016 #5
I would say they have both. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #16
And I would disagree, as does the ACLU. GGJohn Jan 2016 #18
Where do you get your info? safeinOhio Jan 2016 #19
The ACLU opposes registration. GGJohn Jan 2016 #20
Imagine that... beevul Jan 2016 #26
I notice that quieted him down. eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #33
I've got other stuff to do. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #58
From the ACLU safeinOhio Jan 2016 #59
I don't know about deseretnews safeinOhio Jan 2016 #38
The ACLU has long opposed registration due to privacy rights. eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #42
Not quite safeinOhio Jan 2016 #44
by the way safeinOhio Jan 2016 #45
You assume far too much. GGJohn Jan 2016 #88
How about ABC News? Straw Man Jan 2016 #61
The ACLU still safeinOhio Jan 2016 #84
You keep clinging to that. DonP Jan 2016 #86
Which has squat to do with them opposing registration due to privacy concerns. eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #87
Right. Straw Man Jan 2016 #91
Yep and if safeinOhio Jan 2016 #92
respecting their opinion on one thing gejohnston Jan 2016 #93
That is a stretch as safeinOhio Jan 2016 #94
no, gejohnston Jan 2016 #95
I think I have safeinOhio Jan 2016 #96
I don't think so gejohnston Jan 2016 #97
Comparing UK and Australia to safeinOhio Jan 2016 #98
Comparisons. Straw Man Jan 2016 #99
I'd call it safeinOhio Jan 2016 #101
Is it still a false equivalence when the gejohnston Jan 2016 #104
Oh, give 'em a little time. Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #107
Odd....sounds like a gun owner registry. ileus Jan 2016 #2
Yeah, my wording there was bad. DetlefK Jan 2016 #4
really ? DustyJoe Jan 2016 #6
Well, what happened to your guns? DetlefK Jan 2016 #102
Don't We Do Something Like That For Cars?..... global1 Jan 2016 #7
that is true only if you drive it on public roads gejohnston Jan 2016 #8
How Do You Get Your Car From The Dealer To Your Private Property?..... global1 Jan 2016 #9
tow truck gejohnston Jan 2016 #11
Could you point out where in the Constitution safeinOhio Jan 2016 #17
I never said it wasn't constitutional gejohnston Jan 2016 #22
OK I can buy that. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #35
the infrastructure has to paid for gejohnston Jan 2016 #39
that might be one way to look at it safeinOhio Jan 2016 #43
That is a uniquely US definition gejohnston Jan 2016 #47
works with machine guns safeinOhio Jan 2016 #56
No it doesn't gejohnston Jan 2016 #60
Liberalism is associated with a belief in high Individual liberty. NutmegYankee Jan 2016 #89
I think Canada Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #80
Car hauler, same way I get my Jeep to the trail. ileus Jan 2016 #13
In Florida, they're called "grove trucks," Texas, "ranch rockets.".... Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #108
Cars aren't a right....also you're not right. ileus Jan 2016 #12
Just Saying... some municipalities restrict the number nykym Jan 2016 #52
That is generally the case for urban and suburban areas... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #53
I am neither nykym Jan 2016 #54
My town has similar rules discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #67
We have the same rule here in Rural Va. ileus Jan 2016 #55
In the spirit of compromise sarisataka Jan 2016 #10
THIS is a worthy idea, one backed here for years. ^^^ Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #109
No. beevul Jan 2016 #14
You saying I can keep my house without safeinOhio Jan 2016 #21
If you want to invite the TSA into your home, feel free. beevul Jan 2016 #24
TSA will not ask to... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #27
Is your bag private property? safeinOhio Jan 2016 #31
As a matter of fact it is... beevul Jan 2016 #37
Not at all safeinOhio Jan 2016 #40
And you enjoy your TSA. beevul Jan 2016 #48
Paying taxes does not allow a search of your home. NutmegYankee Jan 2016 #81
My response was to a comment about property rights and search rights. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #82
That's because all land is purchased in a legal deed concept called "Fee Simple". NutmegYankee Jan 2016 #83
I agree on the 4th however safeinOhio Jan 2016 #85
Did you not read the defintiion of Fee Simple? NutmegYankee Jan 2016 #90
Are you aware that felons cannot be legally required to register their guns? hack89 Jan 2016 #15
Seems a universal background check on purchase safeinOhio Jan 2016 #23
That's already been done gejohnston Jan 2016 #25
Not even in the US those examples safeinOhio Jan 2016 #28
they were rare before NFA gejohnston Jan 2016 #41
"Full autos are more common in" Hollywood! Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #110
Do you really think those engaged in illegal gun trafficking care? nt hack89 Jan 2016 #29
Apparently they do when safeinOhio Jan 2016 #34
There are over 300 million unregistered guns in America hack89 Jan 2016 #36
Sure are a lot of folks driving faster than the safeinOhio Jan 2016 #57
But acts of gun violence are exceedingly rare compared to the number guns and gun owners hack89 Jan 2016 #62
You don't think gangs safeinOhio Jan 2016 #64
Central America and Mexico are awash with automatic weapons hack89 Jan 2016 #65
Those same cartels and drug gangs safeinOhio Jan 2016 #66
So the Feds ignore heroin, cocaine and meth but will come down hard because of automatic weapons? hack89 Jan 2016 #68
Why can't the Feds come down hard on the cartels and drug gangs using semi-automatic weapons? hack89 Jan 2016 #69
Most of the crime here are state crimes safeinOhio Jan 2016 #70
Every major city has SWAT teams with automatic weapons hack89 Jan 2016 #71
Every city swat team safeinOhio Jan 2016 #73
Hold on a second hack89 Jan 2016 #74
City cops are not all that trained. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #75
Questions? HockeyMom Jan 2016 #30
There are a bunch of safeinOhio Jan 2016 #32
Under the Gun Control Act, gejohnston Jan 2016 #46
Or mentally impaired HockeyMom Jan 2016 #50
how mentally impaired? gejohnston Jan 2016 #51
That depends on the state you live in HockeyMom Jan 2016 #63
The Gun Control Act defines it as gejohnston Jan 2016 #72
Yes, Adjudicated is the key HockeyMom Jan 2016 #78
I don't know anything about Lanza gejohnston Jan 2016 #79
A question about NYS law. Straw Man Jan 2016 #100
You are mistaken, autism is NOT a mental illness Lurks Often Jan 2016 #103
I was not talking about Autism HockeyMom Jan 2016 #105
My post was in response to your comments regarding Adam Lanza & Nancy Lanza ONLY Lurks Often Jan 2016 #106
Here is a list from the FBI discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #76
If the law changes after you register the firearm then they know where to go to get them bolus Jan 2016 #49
I have no problem with them registering guns or gun owners. They should doc03 Jan 2016 #77
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