How about answering the question?

How long would that take and how much would that cost in NYC?

I had a pig (sworn to protect and serve) come out to my place to examine an attempted break-in. I showed him the tall bushes and the screwdriver shaped enlargement to my keyhole in the deadbolt of my front door. He was more than willing to make a report… for vandalism. I said “thanks, but no thanks”, and excused myself. I had some lumberjacking to do, and then I had to buy a gun safe.

I’m going to find it hard to believe that it’s only going on over “petty crimes”.

I think the abramoff thing will affect both sides but definitely the Rs more.

As for merginalizing the democrats: I think there are more Republicans who are going to get bent over by this Abramoff deal than Schumer and Clinton bitching about a constitutionally protected right (I do believe in the whole thing).

In Colorado, from the time I decide to buy a gun (say a Glock 19, for example) to the time it is in my hands concealed in a holster walking down the street, can be less than 1 hour. That does assume that I already have a ccw, but going to the store, completing the purchase and walking out can be done in less time than I spend on lunch. Cost will be less than $600 including the gun, a spare magazine and a box of ammo.

How long would that take and how much would that cost in NYC?

Not that I’m happy with the Republicans, mind you. But they’re a damn sight better than the Democrats on the gun issue.

Putting convicted murders away for good is simply the floor. If NY is serious, they need to raise their record across the baord and start by imposing more than just a slap on the wrist on other criminals who use guns. Yes, you can get a gun in the 5 boroughs, but it aint easy and it aint cheap (though, really, is anything there cheap??) and don’t think about carrying it and your still gonna be registered (and they have been known to come around and confiscate those registered guns even without a crime occurring).

JJ – very cute. I like the effect.

I still maintain that it’s a flaw (or a deliberate feature) that I could not find the plank quickly on the party’s home page.

Hilly and Chuckaquiddick know that gun laws do not prevent gun crimes. Gun laws enable those who will break the law to have an advantage over law-abiding citizens. If law-abiding citizens no longer have guns, the Nanny-state gets even bigger.

Enjoy!

cite please?

Ten seconds at http://www.democrats.org turned up no obvious links to the official platform. But then again, I could not zero in exactly on that plank over at http://www.gop.org either (you would think it would be under Issues>>Civil Rights, but there isn’t a category like that. It was not under Issues>>Safety and Security either)

I could quickly find the planks over at the Libertarian party (http://www.lp.org/issues/issues.shtml), but this is the party that can’t seem to get itself elected to the New London City Council.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4093831&nav=3YeX

I am afraid that the above mentioned law allowing access to trace data might pass, the same way finger printing before you get you CCW and shooting tests before you CCW are now common. They seem reasonable, but we all know that those methods are a defacto registration and enables confiscation.