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gejohnston's JournalMark Glaze compares Armatix pistol with Diebold voting machines
Mark Glaze, spokesman for Everytown for Gun Safety, a group which, according to its website "brings together survivors of gun violence to share their stories and advocate for laws that will prevent future tragedies," said twice during the conversation, that e-voting systems are now "fool-proof."
While there were once concerns about e-voting systems, he said (see his full remarks below), those worries have now been assuaged thanks to "public and private partnerships at both the federal and state level that guaranteed that these machines were fool-proof"
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10612
In 2006 Armatix filed a patent for a "kill switch". German-English translation by Google Translate.
https://www.google.com/patents/EP1936572A1?cl=en&dq=ininventor:%22Diet
Did the ATF create a loophole in the Hughes Amendment?
here is the paragraph
So, basically they want a NICS check on anyone who picks up the machine gun for an NFA trust. Sounds reasonable, I'm OK with that.
the amended part of the Gun Control Act
(2) This subsection does not apply with respect to
(A) a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or
(B) any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machinegun that was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect.
So, the ATF is claiming that a unincorporated trust is not a person, and the Hughs Amendment says "no person"
The writer's point:
Therefore, pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5812 and 5822, an unincorporated trust may lawfully transfer and make machineguns, as it is not a person for purposes of the GCA and Section 922 only applies to persons as defined by the GCA. And yes, this opens up a lot more issues for ATF in relation to the purchase of firearms by trusts under the GCA. Someone isnt likely to be employed much longer
So, the Hughes Amendment seems to apply to "persons" as defined by the GCA, which don't include trusts according to ATF lawyers. But, trusts are people under the NFA, which was not amended by the Hughes Amendment.
http://blog.princelaw.com/2014/05/14/did-atfs-determination-on-nics-checks-open-the-door-for-manufacture-of-new-machineguns-for-trusts/
I find it interesting and amusing, but I don't claim to be a lawyer, so any lawyers out there???????????????
SYG debate at UC Berkley
My observations: I was a little surprised how few people knew that California is a SYG state; Sunny Hostin's intellect is on par with Sara Palin's and she lost the bet and became the subject of a Downfall parody; Hostin's debate partner didn't seem prepared either.
The whole thing is about 97 minutes.
What does this quote mean to you?
I found it on a Canadian gun rights website while looking for something else. I have no idea who this Jeff Snyder is, other than he wrote an essay that can be purchased on Amazon, and seems to be obscure enough that this individual with that name doesn't come up in the first several listings and any search engine I tried. I actually don't care who he is because I am only interested in the specific quote.
-- Jeff Snyder, Oct 20, 1994
worst mass murder in Calgary's history
Instead, the 22-year-old suspect identified on Tuesday as Matthew de Grood is accused of entering the kitchen at a house party, taking a large knife and using it to fatally stab four men and one woman, all of whom were students in their 20s.
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"I call it moral panic, said Janne Holmgren, director for the Centre for Criminology and Justice Research at Mount Royal University. Sometimes fear drives a lot of legislation, unfortunately.
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Holmgren, the criminology professor with Mount Royal, agreed that anything can become a weapon if placed in the wrong hands.
Even Statistics Canada lumped other cutting instruments such as broken bottles, screwdrivers and scissors into the knife category.
Instead of focusing so much on the weapons issue being used, maybe a better way to look at it is to think about addiction issues, alcoholism, drug abuse. Thats what drives crimes, Holmgren said. Its not your drawer of knives.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary-stabbings-how-knife-crime-in-canada-can-cause-moral-panic-1.2611698
My question is: why are mass murders outside the US rarely reported here, even though ours are in every paper in the world. Also, why are mass murder by firearm front page news, but other means are on page five below the fold?
I wonder how I can get one? Perfect for Wyoming winds.
The invention could have a major impact in places like Alaska, with vast swaths of land that are off the grid, and without traditional sources of power and internet access.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/altaeros-energies-wind-turbine-is-also-a-wifi-hotspot-2014-4#ixzz2yXyJ4pcE
How can we encourage safe storage?
How can we get people to move their guns from those pretty wood and glass cabinets to safes? It isn't just about small children finding a loaded one, although 62 per year are 62 too many, the larger issue is this:
Most crime guns enter the black market through theft. according to the, rather old, Wright-Rossi study, five out of six. That was before NICS. That is also the main reason most countries have safe storage laws.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=155885
If you could buy the Cleveland baseball team, or the
DC NFL team, what would you change their names to?
Why did gangs rarely use guns before the Gun Control Act?
Of course, my question is "why didn't they use them until then?" It couldn't be about access. until the Gun Conrol Act,all they needed was a Sears catalog and a money order. If they were in New York, they just needed a PO box in CT, or one of the many "undocumented pharmacies" to do it for them. Where I grew up, guns were, and are, in about 55-70 percent of the households. Yet when the cops had their "scare straight board" they would bring to health class in the 1970s they not only brought examples of various drugs and paraphernalia, but also confiscated weapons. Other than a rifle and shotgun that got the hacksaw treatment, the were knives and improvised medieval melee weapons. Which begs the question, why make a mace when you can rip off Mom's .38?
Was it because they wanted guns, but could not afford them?
Was it because guns were for "wusses", kind of like the criminal element in the UK even before UK had any gun control laws? (Starboard Tack referred to this as "the rules"
Was it because guns were associated with cops, outdoors people, and the "squares" in rifle club, while the King Bad Ass in the movies had switchblades and homemade zip guns?
http://www.ojjdp.gov/jjbulletin/9808/youth.html
http://newyorkcitygangs.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/15/nyregion/with-brass-knuckled-tales-50-s-street-gang-looks-back.html
http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/43455_1.pdf
http://researchmatters.asu.edu/stories/professor-unearths-1950s-research-gangs-2052
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