tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post304764983037645581..comments2023-04-16T07:54:12.935-07:00Comments on North Mesa Mutts: Barking Back in Bombtown: A Modest Proposal Sure to Piss Everyone OffKhalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195112818766531495.post-9208286917189856482018-06-07T06:59:30.304-07:002018-06-07T06:59:30.304-07:00Well you failed, you didn't piss me off! :)...Well you failed, you didn't piss me off! :)<br /><br />I did find a lot of your points perplexing.<br /><br />#1: Why do hunting arms get the free pass? I understand you're a hunter, and that you're older than me and from that era.<br /><br />I've read reports that hunting is on the decline, I don't necessarily trust those reports, but the reality is that the people who are buying all the guns right now are younger, and majority are non-rural (mostly from population dynamics) and this is why at the NRAAM my friends and I were bored to tears at all the AR-pattern rifles and double-stack, striker-fired, polymer-framed pistols. These are the guns these people are going for.<br />This group is primarily owning guns for personal defense, and club shooting. They might not be opposed to hunting, but it's not on the top of the ticket.<br /><br />Also the Second Amendment has NOTHING to do with hunting.<br /><br />Furthermore with the number of people returning from our massive overseas escapades, and who often took their first shots in basic training, these are people who when they might choose to get into hunting, either as a simple hobby, or as a means to combat PTSD, these are people who will gravitate to the AR-15 which can be configured easily for any kind of hunting in much of the world.<br /><br />And really its no different from previous generations. The Winchester Model 70 is essentially a Mauser Rifle....or a Springfield 1903. We have always hunted with "Military Style Rifles" in this country.<br /><br />#2. Your FOID idea isn't a terrible one, except that it reeks of poll tax. I would counter with the more libertarian proposal that if somebody is convicted of a prohibitive crime, all their state and federally issued IDs must be seized and they are re-issued an ID with a Scarlett "F" for "Felon" (I'll take a less literary suggestion) and all future ID will bear that "F" until the charge is expunged (which there should be an avenue for).<br /><br />This will also have an added effect of showing people just how petty our Felony convictions have become. Back in '68 when Felonies were officially legislated as a exemption for your 2nd Amendment Rights, there were not nearly as many felonies, and they were for more egregious anti-social crimes.<br /><br />#3 I love the ID for opening up the NICS....except why do we need Serial numbers and gun models? If the seller legally owns the guns, and the buyer can legally own guns, let them exchange goods however they see fit. Serial numbers just lead me to think of registries, and registries are used so infrequently by law enforcement that they easily can be approximated as zero.<br /><br />Of course in the end, we're just two dudes talking, as currently the 2nd Amendment Lobby isn't pushing very hard for changes I think need to be made, and the ONLY push for changes on the other side comes directly from Michael Bloomberg, and Michael Bloomberg alone....and if you are not reading his statements and seeing that he wants to ban all firearms in private hands, I think we have something more important to talk about first.Weer'd Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528978001340070552noreply@blogger.com