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friendly_iconoclast

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12. Washington Ceasefire apparently doesn't give a shit about truth- see paragraph 7:
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 01:14 PM
Jun 2012
The state law of preemption also prevents municipalities from banning semi-automatic assault weapons or reducing the number of bullets in a magazine clip from the 30-bullet capacity used by the killer at Virginia Tech.


It's rather well known that Seng-Hui Cho used 'normal' capacity magazines to go about his demonic business. Which raises a question:

Can we assume that the other things they say are of similar accuracy?


Guns don't kill people, bullets do. bupkus Jun 2012 #1
Makes one wonder where Hemenway finds (or creates) his statistics... mvccd1000 Jun 2012 #2
How do they create criminals if they post signs at city limits? Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #14
not the same thing gejohnston Jun 2012 #22
Prohibition doesn't work. House is a metaphor for town, a place people live in. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #25
Who would these laws keep out, and who would ignore them? n/t Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #27
People who want to engage in any public behavior the town deems unsuitable. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #30
When in Rome gejohnston Jun 2012 #33
That's not quite what it means GE. LOL Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #37
I know, but couldn't help it gejohnston Jun 2012 #40
Never said I supported Prohibition gejohnston Jun 2012 #29
I guess you don't spend much time on the beach Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #31
With my Scotch Irish ancestory? gejohnston Jun 2012 #32
Ah Florida. I remember it well Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #38
Its an inaccurate and misleading metaphor... beevul Jun 2012 #59
Nobody owns my soul. That would be way too Faustian for me. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #63
"Towns are collections of houses. Do you want armed strangers walking through your house?" Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #68
States without preemption are simply minefields to ensnare average people. OneTenthofOnePercent Jun 2012 #3
Sorry, but average people don't carry guns on their person. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #15
But they may have the gun in their car. GreenStormCloud Jun 2012 #19
It would be very simple to exclude interstate corridors from local gun carry laws. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #20
Except that they won't be. Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #21
It happens... sarisataka Jun 2012 #23
I'm not following you here Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #46
because NYPD gejohnston Jun 2012 #50
Too much overreaction going on all round IMO Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #54
That is what has happened. I thought is was discussed here but may be confused with another sarisataka Jun 2012 #57
Seems like it would be easy enough to set up a secure system at the airport. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #61
You got it sarisataka Jun 2012 #62
No, not easy. Clames Jun 2012 #64
There's nothing like a positive attitude for getting things done. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #65
Real world experience gets things done much faster, better. Clames Jun 2012 #67
LOL! Tejas Jun 2012 #42
So should those towns have no rights to limit speeding either? Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #26
The Constitution is silent on the subject of speeding Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #28
Fair enough, but Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #35
In the event carry is ruled to be unprotected by 2A, Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #39
I don't see this as an unsolvable problem. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #47
GPS works OK gejohnston Jun 2012 #49
LOL I know what you mean Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #53
not so much out of date gejohnston Jun 2012 #55
GPS systems available to the public... Clames Jun 2012 #66
There is constitutional right to any minimum or maximum dx/dt. OneTenthofOnePercent Jun 2012 #34
I agree. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #36
The issue is Constitutional rights. hack89 Jun 2012 #41
Sorry, but public safety is a local issue. This is not about civil rights. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #43
So the Bill of Rights has nothing to do with civil liberties? Really? nt hack89 Jun 2012 #45
The BoR has much to do with civil liberties, you know that Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #48
You must love the Patriot act then. hack89 Jun 2012 #51
I hate the Patriot Act, which has nothing to do with public safety Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #52
Of course it is a civil liberty - that is what the BoR delineates. hack89 Jun 2012 #56
Citing Hemenway and Brady? SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #4
should read : Preemption hobbles city elites from punsihing legal owners. ileus Jun 2012 #5
Preemption makes it reasonably possible to obey the law Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #6
Fuck that stupid shit. AtheistCrusader Jun 2012 #7
The lies never stop. Hangingon Jun 2012 #8
And the battle for ideological marketshare rages on. nt rrneck Jun 2012 #9
Why can't cities and states also have their own abortion laws? hack89 Jun 2012 #10
Cities and local governments have public safety laws. Starboard Tack Jun 2012 #16
Because the RKBA is an enumerated civil liberty. hack89 Jun 2012 #18
So we would be treated differently SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #24
There's only one right you can destroy progressively... ileus Jun 2012 #17
45 shot and 8 more dead this weekend - thank heavens for preemption in Chicago DonP Jun 2012 #11
Washington Ceasefire apparently doesn't give a shit about truth- see paragraph 7: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2012 #12
They got him confused with Loughner. AtheistCrusader Jun 2012 #58
I find this to be, perhaps the most ridiculous of the pro-control arguments sarisataka Jun 2012 #13
Minor correction.... PavePusher Jun 2012 #60
They tried preemption in my city. Tejas Jun 2012 #44
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