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Originally posted by eXia7
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by eXia7
Originally posted by Hopechest
reply to post by eXia7
And you register your guns than what?
They are going to pass a law requiring everyone to turn in their guns?
Oh wait, they are going to go door to door and take your weapons. Well considering there are probably anywhere from 4-10 million households with guns in them just how long do you think that will actually take?
10, 20, 30 years maybe?
I for one do not consider that a very effective way to remove guns from the populace....do you?
So say you don't wanna, well perhaps if little jimmy reports you to the police, he will get a reward.. Oh are you hungry? turn in your guns, and we'll give you food.. the list can go on..
Confiscation doesn't necessarily mean door to door actions, like I said, they can provide incentives for guns, therefore people turning them in for their incentive. It would be a "soft confiscation" for a lack of better terms.
Which will not get the majority of guns out of society in the long run. Most people purchase guns because they want them so once again, what makes you think they want to come after your guns?
Its not even possible in the short term. Maybe they have an ideological view that guns are bad and want to start directing us down that path but it will be decades before even a dent is made, and that's if every single Congress and President from here on out has a desire to implement gun control.
That is highly doubtful.
That still doesn't mean we shouldn't fight against infringement today, so we can still be free tomorrow. And if congress/president is ultimately controlled by the same interests, it may get worse, so who knows honestly... Right now is still important.
Originally posted by Galvatron
The constitution is much like the rules to any game. Think of them as rules to a board game. In a board game you cannot do something unless the rules explicitly state that you can. If the constitution doesn't mention anything about the regulation of firearms, then it explicitly means the US government cannot regulate them.
So many people are also ignorant as to what constitutes arms versus ordinance. There is a categorical and legal difference.
Arms: Anything man portable that constitutes a personal weapon. Knives, swords, clubs, rifles, hammers, shovels, pistols, shotguns, spears, bows and arrows, and so on... anything that can be used as a personal weapon.
Ordinance: Anything larger than man portable, may be crew served requiring more than one operator, or including explosives. Tanks, fighters, rocket launchers, grenade launchers, artillery, and so on.
There is a category that overlaps the two. It is called a destructive device. They are expensive and require an in-depth background check by the FBI and ATF which usually takes 6 months or more and requires you to give up your right to search and seizure for the duration that you own a "destructive device". Some grenade launchers fall into this category and some very specific shotguns do too. Each individual round fired or used by these destructive devices requires their own tax stamp and background check.
The DOJ and census bureau estimate that there are roughly 800,000 violent crimes deterred by the presentation (not firing) of a legally owned handgun by private citizens a year. That's more than 1.5 per minute. Violent crime is: Murder, Rape, non-negligent manslaughter, assault, and robbery. And that number only includes incidents where police were called to report the incident.
Originally posted by Hopechest
reply to post by eXia7
The Constitution says you have the right to bear arms. It doesn't specify which ones and it doesn't say any and all of them.
Of course Congress can regulate gun-control, per the Constitution. As for the Congress, well they are fighting over an issue, as the Congress was designed to do.
This is why the framers designed the system the way they did. The Congress is not supposed to react quickly, they are supposed to debate and discuss whereas the President is given powers so he can react immediately. The Congress is acting pretty much the way they have since their inception.
Originally posted by Galvatron
Exactly, so they cannot. It has to explicitly state that congress can for it to be considered "constitutional". Get it? It doesn't, so congress can't.
I'd like to see some citation. I'm fairly well versed in the powers of congress and I would like to know where exactly they have breached the constitution with their implied powers and it been upheld.edit on 9-4-2013 by Galvatron because: (no reason given)
Any rights granted in the Constitution may not be infringed upon basically.
And as I said, nothing in the Constitution says that Congress cannot regulate your firearms.
So because it doesn't specify which arms can be retained as a right that automatically means that congress has the power to regulate our right to arms? Interesting argument..I challenge you to provide evidence for this authority within the text of the constitution itself.
The 9th and 10th Amendments restrict congress from denying rights the people retain for themselves. Which defeats the logic of your previous argument
This means that any authority not granted by the constitution to the federal government is the realm of the states and the people. This further restricts government from doing anything that may violate the constitution.
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by Hopechest
Any rights granted in the Constitution may not be infringed upon basically.
So which way is it?
And as I said, nothing in the Constitution says that Congress cannot regulate your firearms.
Can't get any more contradictory.
Originally posted by Galvatron
Because implied powers are there only to help the congress use the powers explicitly stated in the constitution. It can't use the implied powers to contradict the constitution.
Think of it like Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics.
Show me that part in the Constitution and I will agree with you. Is regulation preventing you from owning a firearm?
Originally posted by Hopechest
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by Hopechest
Regulation is infringement