Comments on: The lies they tell

By: Gunstar1

Gunstar1 — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:38:34 +0000

Five months after hosting the first Mayors� Summit on Illegal Guns at Gracie Mansion.

Did you know that Mayors Group is funded by a $175,000 grant from the Joyce Foundation.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:36:15 +0000

k-romulous:

The database the state police are keeping was supposed to be illegal under state law. The State Supreme Court, in a twist of words, ruled that because it was a database of sales, and not a comprehensive registry of firearms, that it didn’t constitute a registry under the law. I talked to my rep about this when I was in Harrisburg yesterday, and he said there was a legislative remedy in the works that would put an end to the state police regist… err.. I mean database.

Pennsylvania does ban private transfers of handguns, but there was never supposed to be any registration, but we know how bureaucrats are.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:09:25 +0000

Why are they still illegal now that the Assault Weapons Ban has lapsed?

Because AK-47s are machine guns and have been banned from transfer to civilians since 1986.

By: Sean Braisted

Sean Braisted — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:05:54 +0000

“So many lies, so little time. There are no friendly local AK-47 dealers because AK-47s are illegal.”

Why are they still illegal now that the Assault Weapons Ban has lapsed? Are you talking about fully automatic AK-47s or the Semi-Auto variety?

By: drstrangegun

drstrangegun — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:17:15 +0000

*rage*

GUNS ARE NOT TOBACCO. Nobody picked one up and got addicted and started winging the people around them. If you have a gun you want a gun, if you use a gun it is YOU who are responsible for the consequences, not the seller, not the manufacturer, and for Christ’s sake not the “gun lobby”.

I hate liars, worse than I hate indoor bugs. And I really hate indoor bugs.

By: k-romulus

k-romulus — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:15:43 +0000

Oh, yeah, the stupid story about a “victim of the Second Amendment” is actually a LTE that inlcuded this tidbit about said “victim”:

The Linn County District Attorney recently found that the shooting met the state�s standards of an act of self-defense.

By: k-romulus

k-romulus — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:14:00 +0000

It should be noted whenever this “lax PA gun laws” nonsense is bandied about that PA has the same handgun registration system as MD (without the waiting period):

1) all transfers of handgun ownership must take place at a gun shop or state police station where the prospective owner must fill out paperwork for a state police background check (i.e., licensing)

then

2) if the background check comes back clean, the transfer is registered with the state police so it can go into their handgun owner database (i.e., registration).

So PA, like NYC/NY, MD, MA, and CA has handgun registration and owner licensing. Anti-gun-owners can put that in their pipes and smoke it.