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Originally posted by GenRadek
Although I am not too sure about the bullet-proof vests. Are those legally to own as a civilian, or are they police/military use only?
Originally posted by Astyanax
I heartily applaud the police for apprehending this dangerous lunatic.
Civilized men and women have a bargain with the State. In exchange for giving up their right to use violence, the State protects them from the violence of others. Most civilized countries do a very good job of this. The USA does it incredibly badly because of an anomalous constitutional provison that allows citizens to bear arms. Over the years, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Americans, have paid with their lives for this foolishness.
Originally posted by Ridhya
Grenades are considered faaaar worse than even an automatic machine gun because theres so much more you can do with it, concealed. Besides where'd he get them from?!!
Originally posted by Ridhya
Ive literally never heard of that definition Doc, are you referring to politician rhetoric instead of actual classification? Because some times people who want all out bans will classify something as its not to try to sway undecided minds.
Originally posted by WhiteDevil013
reply to post by Maxmars
They knew he had weapons... now that is the most disturbing part of all. Either he bought them all in a relatively short period of time and was put on some sort of "watch list," or he was stupid and showed too many people or bragged about it to his liberal neighbors. Either way, someone ratted him out for something that last time I checked was our 2nd Amendment right.
Originally posted by JBA2848
www1.whdh.com...
Theres a video on this page also.
Authorities were tipped off by the suspect’s wife, a Cambridge psychiatrist, who told police that she was afraid to go home. She plans to file a restraining order.
“He made the following statements to her, ‘Don’t talk to people. Shoot them instead. It’s fine to shoot people in the head, because traitors deserve it,'” continued a prosecutor.
Girard rarely left the house, hoarded food and medication and warned those in adjoining apartments not to be alarmed by noises that sounded like gunfire, according to his neighbors.
He had even converted his third-story loft into a firing range, according to police.
[edit on 11-2-2010 by JBA2848]
Originally posted by Doc Velocity
It was the grenades that sank this guy's boat, not the guns. As far as I know, civilians aren't allowed to own military-style explosives of any kind. It's not protected under the Constitution, so it's illegal.
Once they arrest you for one federal offense, you can kiss your other weapons goodbye, too.
— Doc Velocity