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Ray Keller

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Apr 17, 2013, 7:36:48 PM4/17/13
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Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell

A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too expensive.
Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.

The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of firearms
gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be required to
sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.

The only thing that could prevent the bill from becoming law is gun rights
proponent Governor Jan Brewer. While no comment has come from the
Governor�?Ts office, a veto is unlikely.

Democrats are feverishly attempting to sway public opinion. Democratic State
Senator Steve Gillardo argued that Arizona has �?othe most liberal gun laws
in the nation and that has to stop.�?� Clearly no friend to gun rights, Sen.
Gillardo had proposed numerous amendments including one limiting magazine
sizes. All of which failed.

Recently the gun debate has taken odd turns as liberals have even sought to
make the Boston Massacre into a second amendment issue. Actor Jay Mohr
tweeted on Wednesday that the bombing at the finish line of the Boston
Marathon is reason to remove American�?Ts rights to protect themselves.

Since explosives are already illegal, the logic of Mr. Mohr�?Ts statement is
difficult to defend.

Ignorance about the repercussions of gun control is becoming more evident.
News reports have shown that people will move to confiscate guns even when
told that criminals would still have them.

Even when authorities decide to confiscate guns, they are unable to. In
California, while spending way too much time deciding which guns law-abiding
citizens should have, they�?Tve been unable to get guns out of the hands of
those clearly identified (by law) as unable to possess firearms as the state
has �?oa backlog of nearly 20,000 people to disarm�?�, says Stephen Lindley,
chief of the Bureau of Firearms for the state Department of Justice.

Maybe Arizona�?Ts Republican Senators are on to something. If citizens want
to turn in their guns for a tiny payout, the return on investment could be
great for municipalities. It�?Ts kind of a second hand store for guns where
the original owner is willing to take next to nothing for the firearm and
maybe those wanting to hang on to their second amendment rights can get a
good deal. Unfortunately, criminals don�?Tt tend to turn in guns the rest of
America actually wants to buy.


CanopyCo

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Apr 18, 2013, 8:35:03 AM4/18/13
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On Apr 17, 6:36 pm, "Ray Keller" <Lefta...@re.desperate.com> wrote:
> Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
> conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell
>
> A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too expensive.
> Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.
>
> The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of firearms
> gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be required to
> sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.
>
> The only thing that could prevent the bill from becoming law is gun rights
> proponent Governor Jan Brewer. While no comment has come from the
> Governorâ?Ts office, a veto is unlikely.
>
> Democrats are feverishly attempting to sway public opinion. Democratic State
> Senator Steve Gillardo argued that Arizona has â?othe most liberal gun laws
> in the nation and that has to stop.â?  Clearly no friend to gun rights, Sen.
> Gillardo had proposed numerous amendments including one limiting magazine
> sizes. All of which failed.
>
> Recently the gun debate has taken odd turns as liberals have even sought to
> make the Boston Massacre into a second amendment issue. Actor Jay Mohr
> tweeted on Wednesday that the bombing at the finish line of the Boston
> Marathon is reason to remove Americanâ?Ts rights to protect themselves.
>
> Since explosives are already illegal, the logic of Mr. Mohrâ?Ts statement is
> difficult to defend.
>
> Ignorance about the repercussions of gun control is becoming more evident.
> News reports have shown that people will move to confiscate guns even when
> told that criminals would still have them.
>
> Even when authorities decide to confiscate guns, they are unable to. In
> California, while spending way too much time deciding which guns law-abiding
> citizens should have, theyâ?Tve been unable to get guns out of the hands of
> those clearly identified (by law) as unable to possess firearms as the state
> has â?oa backlog of nearly 20,000 people to disarmâ? , says Stephen Lindley,
> chief of the Bureau of Firearms for the state Department of Justice.
>
> Maybe Arizonaâ?Ts Republican Senators are on to something. If citizens want
> to turn in their guns for a tiny payout, the return on investment could be
> great for municipalities. Itâ?Ts kind of a second hand store for guns where
> the original owner is willing to take next to nothing for the firearm and
> maybe those wanting to hang on to their second amendment rights can get a
> good deal. Unfortunately, criminals donâ?Tt tend to turn in guns the rest of
> America actually wants to buy.

Good grief.
What is the point of a gun buyback if you just resell them?
Hell, a pawn shop does that every day.
:-/

rbowman

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Apr 18, 2013, 9:51:41 AM4/18/13
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CanopyCo wrote:

> Good grief.
> What is the point of a gun buyback if you just resell them?
> Hell, a pawn shop does that every day.

I'll let you do the research but the police of a large metropolitan area
complained loudly about the number of firearms in their fair city. They then
got a sweet deal to rearm the force with Glocks. They offset the costs by
selling the old issue revolvers to the general public. I can't remember if
they peddled their used guns in someone else's city or were stupid enough to
sell them to their own homeboys.

Ed Huntress

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Apr 18, 2013, 11:37:11 AM4/18/13
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:35:03 -0700 (PDT), CanopyCo <Junk...@aol.com>
wrote:

>On Apr 17, 6:36�pm, "Ray Keller" <Lefta...@re.desperate.com> wrote:
>> Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
>> conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell
>>
>> A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too expensive.
>> Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.
>>
>> The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of firearms
>> gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be required to
>> sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.
>>
>> The only thing that could prevent the bill from becoming law is gun rights
>> proponent Governor Jan Brewer. While no comment has come from the
>> Governor�?Ts office, a veto is unlikely.
>>
>> Democrats are feverishly attempting to sway public opinion. Democratic State
>> Senator Steve Gillardo argued that Arizona has �?othe most liberal gun laws
>> in the nation and that has to stop.�? �Clearly no friend to gun rights, Sen.
>> Gillardo had proposed numerous amendments including one limiting magazine
>> sizes. All of which failed.
>>
>> Recently the gun debate has taken odd turns as liberals have even sought to
>> make the Boston Massacre into a second amendment issue. Actor Jay Mohr
>> tweeted on Wednesday that the bombing at the finish line of the Boston
>> Marathon is reason to remove American�?Ts rights to protect themselves.
>>
>> Since explosives are already illegal, the logic of Mr. Mohr�?Ts statement is
>> difficult to defend.
>>
>> Ignorance about the repercussions of gun control is becoming more evident.
>> News reports have shown that people will move to confiscate guns even when
>> told that criminals would still have them.
>>
>> Even when authorities decide to confiscate guns, they are unable to. In
>> California, while spending way too much time deciding which guns law-abiding
>> citizens should have, they�?Tve been unable to get guns out of the hands of
>> those clearly identified (by law) as unable to possess firearms as the state
>> has �?oa backlog of nearly 20,000 people to disarm�? , says Stephen Lindley,
>> chief of the Bureau of Firearms for the state Department of Justice.
>>
>> Maybe Arizona�?Ts Republican Senators are on to something. If citizens want
>> to turn in their guns for a tiny payout, the return on investment could be
>> great for municipalities. It�?Ts kind of a second hand store for guns where
>> the original owner is willing to take next to nothing for the firearm and
>> maybe those wanting to hang on to their second amendment rights can get a
>> good deal. Unfortunately, criminals don�?Tt tend to turn in guns the rest of
>> America actually wants to buy.
>
>Good grief.
>What is the point of a gun buyback if you just resell them?
>Hell, a pawn shop does that every day.
>:-/

If you look at their gun laws, you'll see that Arizona has forfeited
all thoughts of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. They gave
up. That's why they "export" 50% more guns used in crimes to other
states, than other states "export" them to Arizona.

They've made it a free-for-all.

--
Ed Huntress

Richard

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Apr 18, 2013, 3:39:08 AM4/18/13
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On 4/18/2013 10:37 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:

> If you look at their gun laws, you'll see that Arizona has forfeited
> all thoughts of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. They gave
> up. That's why they "export" 50% more guns used in crimes to other
> states, than other states "export" them to Arizona.
>
> They've made it a free-for-all.
>

Maybe a different tack?

Keep cars out of the hands of criminals.

That would really limit their crime radius and make it a lot
easier to police up.

Orval Fairbairn

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Apr 18, 2013, 4:54:21 PM4/18/13
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In article <YIKdnZFWydSB0e3M...@earthlink.com>,
No -- then they will use another "Progressive" scam: public transit.

Scout

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Apr 18, 2013, 6:17:12 PM4/18/13
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"CanopyCo" <Junk...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:b37c963e-cbfe-42bf...@w3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 17, 6:36 pm, "Ray Keller" <Lefta...@re.desperate.com> wrote:
>> Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
>> conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell
>>
>> A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too
>> expensive.
>> Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.
>>
>> The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of firearms
>> gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be required
>> to
>> sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.
>>
>> The only thing that could prevent the bill from becoming law is gun
>> rights
>> proponent Governor Jan Brewer. While no comment has come from the
>> Governor�?Ts office, a veto is unlikely.
>>
>> Democrats are feverishly attempting to sway public opinion. Democratic
>> State
>> Senator Steve Gillardo argued that Arizona has �?othe most liberal gun
>> laws
>> in the nation and that has to stop.�? Clearly no friend to gun rights,
>> Sen.
>> Gillardo had proposed numerous amendments including one limiting magazine
>> sizes. All of which failed.
>>
>> Recently the gun debate has taken odd turns as liberals have even sought
>> to
>> make the Boston Massacre into a second amendment issue. Actor Jay Mohr
>> tweeted on Wednesday that the bombing at the finish line of the Boston
>> Marathon is reason to remove American�?Ts rights to protect themselves.
>>
>> Since explosives are already illegal, the logic of Mr. Mohr�?Ts statement
>> is
>> difficult to defend.
>>
>> Ignorance about the repercussions of gun control is becoming more
>> evident.
>> News reports have shown that people will move to confiscate guns even
>> when
>> told that criminals would still have them.
>>
>> Even when authorities decide to confiscate guns, they are unable to. In
>> California, while spending way too much time deciding which guns
>> law-abiding
>> citizens should have, they�?Tve been unable to get guns out of the hands
>> of
>> those clearly identified (by law) as unable to possess firearms as the
>> state
>> has �?oa backlog of nearly 20,000 people to disarm�? , says Stephen
>> Lindley,
>> chief of the Bureau of Firearms for the state Department of Justice.
>>
>> Maybe Arizona�?Ts Republican Senators are on to something. If citizens
>> want
>> to turn in their guns for a tiny payout, the return on investment could
>> be
>> great for municipalities. It�?Ts kind of a second hand store for guns
>> where
>> the original owner is willing to take next to nothing for the firearm and
>> maybe those wanting to hang on to their second amendment rights can get a
>> good deal. Unfortunately, criminals don�?Tt tend to turn in guns the rest
>> of
>> America actually wants to buy.
>
> Good grief.
> What is the point of a gun buyback if you just resell them?
> Hell, a pawn shop does that every day.
> :-/

It makes sure the guns are back in the hands of legal owners?


Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 6:33:38 PM4/18/13
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On 4/18/2013 5:17 PM, Scout wrote:
[snip]
>>> Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
>>> conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell
>>>
>>> A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too
>>> expensive.
>>> Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.
>>>
>>> The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of firearms
>>> gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be
>>> required to sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.
[snip]

>> Good grief.
>> What is the point of a gun buyback if you just resell them?
>> Hell, a pawn shop does that every day.
>> :-/
>
> It makes sure the guns are back in the hands of legal owners?

Very odd. The NRA, in it's primary role as the leading lobbyist for the
firearms industry, ought to be opposing this. I would expect the resale
of so many used guns to possibly undercut the profits to be earned from
selling more new guns.

Robert Westergrom,1900 Harvey rd.,Wilmington,D.E

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Apr 18, 2013, 7:27:46 PM4/18/13
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On Apr 18, 3:54 pm, Orval Fairbairn <orfairba...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> In article <YIKdnZFWydSB0e3MnZ2dnUVZ_h2dn...@earthlink.com>,
> No -- then they will use another "Progressive" scam: public transit.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

or free bicycles.

Robert Westergrom,1900 Harvey rd.,Wilmington,D.E

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Apr 18, 2013, 7:28:53 PM4/18/13
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I seriously doubt anybody is too worried about not selling enough
firearms. Obama is the best firearm salesman on the planet, bar none.

Scout

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"Jeff M" <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in message
news:CuydnQF8eb1U6e3M...@giganews.com...
> On 4/18/2013 5:17 PM, Scout wrote:
> [snip]
>>>> Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
>>>> conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell
>>>>
>>>> A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too
>>>> expensive.
>>>> Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.
>>>>
>>>> The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of firearms
>>>> gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be
>>>> required to sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.
> [snip]
>
>>> Good grief.
>>> What is the point of a gun buyback if you just resell them?
>>> Hell, a pawn shop does that every day.
>>> :-/
>>
>> It makes sure the guns are back in the hands of legal owners?
>
> Very odd. The NRA, in it's primary role as the leading lobbyist for the
> firearms industry, ought to be opposing this.

Sorry, but your delusions about the functions of the NRA do not make
reality.


David R. Birch

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Apr 18, 2013, 8:14:23 PM4/18/13
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Yet you can't make the connection that your premise about the NRA's
primary role is simply wrong.

David

Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 8:27:46 PM4/18/13
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I know the NRA. I was a member of the NRA for many years, before they
became the lobbying arm of the firearms industry. They have overlapping
board of directors memberships, and the NRA has, through their "Ring of
Freedom" program, which the NRA described as "geared towards your
company’s corporate interests” raked in tens of millions of dollars from
the firearms industry, including Beretta, Glock and Sturm, Ruger.
Nonetheless, the NRA continues to lie that it "is not affiliated with
any firearm or ammunition manufacturers or with any businesses that deal
in guns and ammunition.”

But I quit when I found them officially endorsing a Republican candidate
over a conservative Democratic incumbent who actually had a better
record of upholding 2nd Amendment rights than his Republican challenger.
Since then, they have fallen even further, to a new low of
intentionally spreading lies to, among other things, whip up hysteria
and drive up firearm sales.
-----
"NRA Under Fire for ‘Lying’ about Manchin-Toomey Amendment: Did They?
4/18/13 | by S.H. Blannelberry

Yesterday was a heartbreaking day for gun control advocates around the
country. After trying so desperately hard to reform the nation’s gun
laws, they failed.

The centerpiece of President Obama’s plan to reduce gun-related
violence, an expanded background check amendment drafted by Sens. Joe
Manchin (D-WV) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) failed to get the 60 votes it
needed to clear the Senate. But in the wake of this crushing defeat,
those who’ve pushed for tougher gun laws in the wake of the mass
shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, are crying
foul, claiming that the National Rifle Association lied about the
Manchin-Toomey amendment to cow lawmakers into voting against it.

At a Wednesday press conference at the White House, an exasperated
President Obama rebuked the nation’s gun lobby, saying they “willfully
lied on this bill.”

“Unfortunately, this pattern of spreading untruths about this
legislation served a purpose. Those lies upset an intense minority of
gun owners and that in turn intimidated a lot of senators,” Obama said.
“There were no coherent arguments as to why we shouldn’t do this, it
came down to politics.”

So is this allegation true? Did the NRA lie about the Manchin-Toomey
amendment, which is officially known as “The Public Safety and Second
Amendment Rights Protection Act?”

Well, in recent press release, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris Cox
wrote the following about the M-T amendment.

Today, the misguided Manchin-Toomey-Schumer proposal failed in the U.S.
Senate. This amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers
of firearms between honest citizens, requiring lifelong friends,
neighbors and some family members to get federal government permission
to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution.
However, according to the M-T amendment, only transfers at gun shows or
over the Internet would require a FFL-facilitated background check,
“family transfers and some private sales (friends, neighbors, other
individuals) are exempt from background checks.”

So, bottom line, did the NRA tell a lie? It appears so."
http://www.guns.com/2013/04/18/nra-under-fire-for-lying-about-manchin-toomey-amendment-did-they-video/

Scout

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Apr 18, 2013, 8:56:17 PM4/18/13
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"Jeff M" <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in message
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Well, apparently you were wrong about who they lobby for.

Like I said your delusions don't determine the reality.


Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 9:15:20 PM4/18/13
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Apparently not. Snipping out facts doesn't make them go away, and
doesn't make you any less wrong.

> Like I said your delusions don't determine the reality.

I established the facts. That you choose to continue to allow yourself
to be deluded is not unexpected.

Scout

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"Jeff M" <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in message
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Well, if they did as you claim, then by your own admission they would be
opposing this measure.

Since they are not, then clearly you're wrong about their position.

QED.


Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 9:27:20 PM4/18/13
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Logic error. We don't know what the NRA may do about the pending
legislation, or what reasons they may base their position on. Maybe
they think that the resale of buy-back firearms will stimulate sales of
ammunition or accessories, or will create new customers for later new
firearms purchases.

> QED.

Not.

Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 9:29:42 PM4/18/13
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Scout

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"Jeff M" <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in message
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On the contrary, if they are lobbying arm of the firearms industry then we
know what they should do on this pending legislation and we know the reasons
they would base that decision on if as you claim they are a lobbying arms of
the firearms industry.

So, if you're saying we don't know what they would do and why....then your
assertion they are a lobbying arm of the firearms industry is without merit
because clearly that isn't what they are.

> Maybe they think that the resale of buy-back firearms will stimulate sales
> of ammunition or accessories, or will create new customers for later new
> firearms purchases.

That's reaching, given the vast amount of used firearms already on the
market, and the utterly insignificant numbers of useable guns that show up
at these buybacks. But let's assume for some unknown reason they actually
wanted to get more used guns into the market...then by your own reasoning
wouldn't the NRA be pushing these buybacks, and even organizing their own?

Sorry, but your assertion doesn't reflect the events in reality. As such
your assertion fails even the most basic tests of it's validity.


Scout

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"Jeff M" <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in message
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We certainly do if they exist as a lobbying arm of the firearms industry.

Sheese, first you tell us why you think they do things they do....then you
claim we don't really know what they are going to do or why.

Make up your mind.


Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 10:35:31 PM4/18/13
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Sorry, but again, your logic is faulty. You are attempting to use a
single incident, the proposed sales of buy-back guns, to negate a far
broader proposition, that the NRA lobbies for the firearms industry.
That proposition is NOT "the NRA lobbies for the firearms industry at
all times and places, and in every incident where any firearm industry
interest may somehow be impacted."

More importantly, you are ignoring, and you snipped out, the NRA's own
description of their efforts as "geared towards your company’s corporate
interests," which certainly accords with my proposition.

>> Maybe they think that the resale of buy-back firearms will stimulate
>> sales of ammunition or accessories, or will create new customers for
>> later new firearms purchases.
>
> That's reaching,

No, it's not. If I understand correctly, the proposed law requires that
buy- back guns be sold to licensed gun dealers, not the general public.

> given the vast amount of used firearms already on the
> market,

Yeah, now is the time when gun owners are dumping all their firearms on
the market, riiiigght.

> and the utterly insignificant numbers of useable guns that show
> up at these buybacks. But let's assume for some unknown reason they
> actually wanted to get more used guns into the market...then by your own
> reasoning wouldn't the NRA be pushing these buybacks, and even
> organizing their own?

No one knows why the NRA does what it does. They clearly have some real
whack-jobs up there. Certainly, they don't mind helping out gun
dealers, which will be the only buyers of these guns at, we may presume,
a significant discount followed by a healthy markup to retail customers.

> Sorry, but your assertion doesn't reflect the events in reality. As such
> your assertion fails even the most basic tests of it's validity.

Sorry, but no. Your reasoning is faulty in this instance.

Scout

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Apr 18, 2013, 11:14:37 PM4/18/13
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"Jeff M" <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in message
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Then the NRA isn't the lobby arm of the firearms industry.



Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 11:24:20 PM4/18/13
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On 4/18/2013 9:15 PM, Scout wrote:
[snip]
> Sheese, first you tell us why you think they do things they do....then
> you claim we don't really know what they are going to do or why.

I think I see the problem you are having here. You are unaccustomed to
people who do not think their every personal opinion is necessarily
therefore an established fact. However, I do recognize the difference
between what I think the NRA is up to, and what they factually and
objectively are up to.

I agree with Adolphus A. Busch, IV about the NRA:

"The NRA I see today has undermined the values upon which it was
established," wrote Busch. "Your current strategic focus clearly places
priority on the needs of gun and ammunition manufacturers while
disregarding the opinions of your 4 million individual members."

http://www.ksdk.com/assetpool/documents/130418042829_Read%20Adolphus%20Busch%20IV%27s%20letter%20to%20NRA.pdf

Jeff M

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Apr 18, 2013, 11:28:14 PM4/18/13
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Classic non sequitur.

Scout

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"Jeff M" <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in message
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> On 4/18/2013 9:15 PM, Scout wrote:
> [snip]
>> Sheese, first you tell us why you think they do things they do....then
>> you claim we don't really know what they are going to do or why.
>
> I think I see the problem you are having here. You are unaccustomed to
> people who do not think their every personal opinion is necessarily
> therefore an established fact. However, I do recognize the difference
> between what I think the NRA is up to, and what they factually and
> objectively are up to.

So it's just your opinion. If you had simply indicated that rather than
declaring it in the form of a fact we both could have been saved some time.

IOW, when it's a matter of opinion you need to consider noting it as such.


Jeff M

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Apr 19, 2013, 12:33:21 AM4/19/13
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I stated an opinion, self-evidently an opinion, and further identified
as an opinion, of one specific incident, but many more facts about the
NRA. Any difficulty you're having is entirely your own problem.

Repeatedly pretending not to understand the obvious is a very weak
tactic, but one often employed by those who know they are on the wrong
side of the facts.

Too_Many_Tools

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Apr 19, 2013, 1:18:59 AM4/19/13
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On Apr 18, 6:28 pm, "Robert Westergrom,1900 Harvey rd.,Wilmington,D.E"
> firearms. Obama is the best firearm salesman on the planet, bar none.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

So why are gun loons worried about their gun rights when they can buy
all the guns they want?

You do realize that you gun loons are really looking stupid to the
normal American.

TMT

Too_Many_Tools

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Apr 19, 2013, 1:20:25 AM4/19/13
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> to be deluded is not unexpected.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Scout is a well known liar...and strawman buyer.

TMT

Too_Many_Tools

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On Apr 18, 10:14 pm, "Scout"
> Then the NRA isn't the lobby arm of the firearms industry.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes they are.

They are the industry's bitches..just like you being their bitch.

TMT

Sanders Kaufman

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Apr 19, 2013, 2:07:11 AM4/19/13
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Too bad you live in a vacuum. If you moved away from the TV and your
cartoon shows, you would realize you are not among the normal Americans.
Sloth, malingering, begging, stealing and stupidity is not normal. You
are a Democrat.

Sanders Kaufman

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Apr 19, 2013, 2:08:46 AM4/19/13
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You are a bitch because you encourage black people to fuck you in the
rectum and give you freebies.

Sanders Kaufman

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Apr 19, 2013, 2:09:37 AM4/19/13
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You are an even more well known dimwit.

rbowman

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Apr 19, 2013, 10:01:46 AM4/19/13
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:

> You do realize that you gun loons are really looking stupid to the
> normal American.
>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normality_%28behavior%29

"Normal is also used to describe when someone's behaviour conforms to the
most common behaviour in society (known as conforming to the norm)."


Personally, I prefer to be an uncommon person and would rather not live in a
mediocracy.

Jeff M

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On 4/19/2013 12:22 AM, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
[snip]
>> Then the NRA isn't the lobby arm of the firearms industry.- Hide quoted text -
>>
> Yes they are.
>
> They are the industry's bitches..just like you being their bitch.

They admit as much themselves. They actively recruit new corporate
clients in the firearms industry with a promise to promote "your
company’s corporate interests.” They are lobbyists, doing the work
lobbyists do.

There's nothing inherently wrong with that. Lots of corporations and
associations of corporations within in the same industry employ paid
lobbyists to promote their interests. Indeed, it would be
irresponsible, even foolish, for the firearms industry not to have
lobbyists working for them.

The dishonesty, even fraud, comes in because the NRA falsely presents
itself as a representing the interests of it's gun owner members.
Clearly, it does not. A large majority of NRA members want background
check requirements to be tightened. The NRA itself, in the past, before
it became the firearms industry's mouthpiece, even approved and endorsed
this. But not now. The NRA has turned its back to its members.

They chose their corporate clients over their own membership. But they
are collecting dues from those members under the pretext that they will
use the money to promote their members' interests, then diverting the
money to use to lobby for the interests of their corporate clients. I'm
sure the senior managers or directors of large firearms corporations
sitting on the NRA board of board of directors see no problem with this,
but it is dishonest, fraudulent and unethical. NRA members are being
lied to, defrauded and manipulated, but otherwise ignored, especially
when it comes to promoting gun owner interests.


Jeff M

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Apr 19, 2013, 2:59:56 PM4/19/13
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I am already sufficiently familiar with Scout.

RD Sandman

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Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in news:CuydnQF8eb1U6e3MnZ2dnUVZ_t-
dn...@giganews.com:

> On 4/18/2013 5:17 PM, Scout wrote:
> [snip]
>>>> Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
>>>> conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell
>>>>
>>>> A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too
>>>> expensive.
>>>> Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.
>>>>
>>>> The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of
firearms
>>>> gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be
>>>> required to sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.
> [snip]
>
>>> Good grief.
>>> What is the point of a gun buyback if you just resell them?
>>> Hell, a pawn shop does that every day.
>>> :-/
>>
>> It makes sure the guns are back in the hands of legal owners?
>
> Very odd. The NRA, in it's primary role as the leading lobbyist for
the
> firearms industry, ought to be opposing this. I would expect the
resale
> of so many used guns to possibly undercut the profits to be earned from
> selling more new guns.
>
>

What gives you the idea that the NRA profits from the sales of guns from
manufacturers? The only ones I am aware of are the dollied up ones that
they advertize in the magazine.

--

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be President,

And anyone who doesn't grow up can be Vice President.


Sleep well, tonight.....

RD (The Sandman)

Jeff M

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Apr 19, 2013, 3:20:25 PM4/19/13
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That was not what I wrote. I wrote that the NRA lobbies for the
firearms industry. The Firearms industry has paid the NRA millions of
dollars in return. This link has a nice interactive graph with more
details:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-14/the-nras-corporate-donors

My hypothesis was that the NRA's clients, the firearms industry, could
lose sales and profits if too many used guns were dumped on the market.
If so, we and they might expect the NRA to oppose such a plan. But
perhaps they either see it as no threat to their own sales of new
firearms, or possibly even as a boon to the firearms industry from
increased ammunition and accessory sales.

RD Sandman

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Apr 19, 2013, 3:30:31 PM4/19/13
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Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in news:yJydnXu-
rPrqMO3MnZ2d...@giganews.com:

>
>>> Maybe they think that the resale of buy-back firearms will stimulate
>>> sales of ammunition or accessories, or will create new customers for
>>> later new firearms purchases.
>>
>> That's reaching,
>
> No, it's not. If I understand correctly, the proposed law requires
that
> buy- back guns be sold to licensed gun dealers, not the general public.

Yes, so that those dealer can re-sell those guns to the general public.
Did you think they were giong to destroy them? They want those guns to
remain in circulation and be owned by the law abiding public.

>> given the vast amount of used firearms already on the
>> market,
>
> Yeah, now is the time when gun owners are dumping all their firearms on
> the market, riiiigght.

Some of them do in gun buybacks.

>> and the utterly insignificant numbers of useable guns that show
>> up at these buybacks. But let's assume for some unknown reason they
>> actually wanted to get more used guns into the market...then by your
own
>> reasoning wouldn't the NRA be pushing these buybacks, and even
>> organizing their own?
>
> No one knows why the NRA does what it does. They clearly have some
real
> whack-jobs up there. Certainly, they don't mind helping out gun
> dealers, which will be the only buyers of these guns at, we may
presume,
> a significant discount followed by a healthy markup to retail
customers.

Of course. You can't make money buying high and selling low.

Jeff M

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Apr 19, 2013, 4:18:17 PM4/19/13
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On 4/19/2013 2:30 PM, RD Sandman wrote:
> Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in news:yJydnXu-
> rPrqMO3MnZ2d...@giganews.com:
>
>>
>>>> Maybe they think that the resale of buy-back firearms will stimulate
>>>> sales of ammunition or accessories, or will create new customers for
>>>> later new firearms purchases.
>>>
>>> That's reaching,
>>
>> No, it's not. If I understand correctly, the proposed law requires
> that
>> buy- back guns be sold to licensed gun dealers, not the general public.
>
> Yes, so that those dealer can re-sell those guns to the general public.
> Did you think they were giong to destroy them?

No, obviously. Did you?

> They want those guns to
> remain in circulation and be owned by the law abiding public.
>
>>> given the vast amount of used firearms already on the
>>> market,
>>
>> Yeah, now is the time when gun owners are dumping all their firearms on
>> the market, riiiigght.
>
> Some of them do in gun buybacks.

Very, very few, as a percentage of total guns and gun owners, hundreds
or a few thousands, at most, out of millions. I strongly suspect the
cops seize far more firearms for various reasons than they obtain from
buy-backs.

>>> and the utterly insignificant numbers of useable guns that show
>>> up at these buybacks. But let's assume for some unknown reason they
>>> actually wanted to get more used guns into the market...then by your
> own
>>> reasoning wouldn't the NRA be pushing these buybacks, and even
>>> organizing their own?
>>
>> No one knows why the NRA does what it does. They clearly have some
> real
>> whack-jobs up there. Certainly, they don't mind helping out gun
>> dealers, which will be the only buyers of these guns at, we may
> presume,
>> a significant discount followed by a healthy markup to retail
> customers.
>
> Of course. You can't make money buying high and selling low.

Correct.

RD Sandman

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Apr 19, 2013, 4:49:19 PM4/19/13
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Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in
news:IdKdna7JKYdhBezM...@giganews.com:
Oh, I agree that they get paid as lobbyists.

> My hypothesis was that the NRA's clients, the firearms industry, could
> lose sales and profits if too many used guns were dumped on the market.

Huh? Have you seen the results of gun buybacks? They are miniscule and
even the government says that they are a ridiculous attempt at gun
control although not in so many words. You can find that in a paper put
out by the DOJ entitled: Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't,
What's Promising. Sorry don't have a URL off the top of my head.
Oh.....wait.....yes, I do:

http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/171676.pdf

See if that works......it was handwritten on my copy of the report.

> If so, we and they might expect the NRA to oppose such a plan. But
> perhaps they either see it as no threat to their own sales of new
> firearms,

You keep conflating the NRA in here. The NRA doesn't sell any arms other
than those gussied up ones that they claim are for special occasions or
commemorations.

or possibly even as a boon to the firearms industry from
> increased ammunition and accessory sales.

For just a relatively few guns? Many of the guns in those buybacks won't
even fire or are in such bad shape that I wouldn't fire them. You are
talking about an industry that sells between 4 and 6 million of its
product every year and they would be worried about a pitiful few beat up
guns coming on the market?


> The only ones I am aware of are the dollied up ones that
>> they advertize in the magazine.
>>
>
>



Jeff M

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Apr 19, 2013, 4:56:34 PM4/19/13
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After a further review of buy-back programs, I agree with you that the
impact of such sales is likely miniscule in terms of the overall market.

RD Sandman

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Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in news:G9-dnRE7t58RO-
zMnZ2dnUV...@giganews.com:

> On 4/19/2013 2:30 PM, RD Sandman wrote:
>> Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in news:yJydnXu-
>> rPrqMO3MnZ2d...@giganews.com:
>>
>>>
>>>>> Maybe they think that the resale of buy-back firearms will
stimulate
>>>>> sales of ammunition or accessories, or will create new customers
for
>>>>> later new firearms purchases.
>>>>
>>>> That's reaching,
>>>
>>> No, it's not. If I understand correctly, the proposed law requires
>> that
>>> buy- back guns be sold to licensed gun dealers, not the general
public.
>>
>> Yes, so that those dealer can re-sell those guns to the general
public.
>> Did you think they were giong to destroy them?
>
> No, obviously. Did you?

Nope, not being able to destroy them has been in Arizona law for some
time.

>> They want those guns to
>> remain in circulation and be owned by the law abiding public.
>>
>>>> given the vast amount of used firearms already on the
>>>> market,
>>>
>>> Yeah, now is the time when gun owners are dumping all their firearms
on
>>> the market, riiiigght.
>>
>> Some of them do in gun buybacks.
>
> Very, very few,

Yep, which was the point.

as a percentage of total guns and gun owners, hundreds
> or a few thousands, at most, out of millions. I strongly suspect the
> cops seize far more firearms for various reasons than they obtain from
> buy-backs.

At least ones that work.

David R. Birch

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On 4/18/2013 8:29 PM, Jeff M wrote:

>>> Very odd. The NRA, in it's primary role as the leading lobbyist for the
>>> firearms industry, ought to be opposing this. I would expect the resale
>>> of so many used guns to possibly undercut the profits to be earned from
>>> selling more new guns.
>>>
>> Yet you can't make the connection that your premise about the NRA's
>> primary role is simply wrong.
>
> We don't know what the NRA may do about the pending legislation, or what
> reasons they may base their position on. Maybe they think that the
> resale of buy-back firearms will stimulate sales of ammunition or
> accessories, or will create new customers for later new firearms purchases.

Like other gun controllers, you have the advantage of not needing to
base your positions on reason.

David

Jeff M

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Apr 19, 2013, 8:52:25 PM4/19/13
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I try to base my positions on facts and information, unlike the
regressives, who actively reject fact and reason in preference for
propaganda and dogma. Also, your assumption that I am a "gun
controller" is incorrect and indicates your thinking in stereotypes,
unless by "gun controller" you meant that I have a good stance, sight
picture, posture, grip, etc.

Winston_Smith

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On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:37:11 -0400, Ed Huntress
<hunt...@optonline.net> wrote:

>If you look at their gun laws, you'll see that Arizona has forfeited
>all thoughts of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. They gave
>up. That's why they "export" 50% more guns used in crimes to other
>states, than other states "export" them to Arizona.
>
>They've made it a free-for-all.

Wouldn't have anything to do with the Mexican border and all the
illegal migrant and drug running neither the Rs nor the Ds seem to
want to bother stopping, would it?

I mean those guys probably never think of having guns and they never
think of moving their "merchandize" to other states, do they?

Just how much drugs does, oh, say Illinois, smuggle into Mexico?

Ed Huntress

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On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:33:09 -0700, Winston_Smith
<inv...@butterfly.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:37:11 -0400, Ed Huntress
><hunt...@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>>If you look at their gun laws, you'll see that Arizona has forfeited
>>all thoughts of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. They gave
>>up. That's why they "export" 50% more guns used in crimes to other
>>states, than other states "export" them to Arizona.
>>
>>They've made it a free-for-all.
>
>Wouldn't have anything to do with the Mexican border and all the
>illegal migrant and drug running neither the Rs nor the Ds seem to
>want to bother stopping, would it?

I doubt it, because they've made it easy for any illegal migrant or
drug runner to get a gun. They even cross the border to buy them in
Arizona. Hee-haw! It's a free-for-all. Guns for everyone!

>
>I mean those guys probably never think of having guns and they never
>think of moving their "merchandize" to other states, do they?

So when Arizona says they're small-business friendly, they're
including illegal aliens who can set up a straw-buying shop,
collecting them in private sales, with no way to trace them. Now
*that's* a business-friendly state.

>
>Just how much drugs does, oh, say Illinois, smuggle into Mexico?

'Don't know. Compared to Arizona, how many guns do you think Illinois
supplies to cross-border gun runners?

--
Ed Huntress


Richard

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Not near as many as Fast And Furious...

RogerN

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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
news:9s5rn81ln7s23102t...@4ax.com...

>On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:33:09 -0700, Winston_Smith
><inv...@butterfly.net> wrote:
>
<snip>
>>Wouldn't have anything to do with the Mexican border and all the
>>illegal migrant and drug running neither the Rs nor the Ds seem to
>>want to bother stopping, would it?
>
>I doubt it, because they've made it easy for any illegal migrant or
>drug runner to get a gun. They even cross the border to buy them in
>Arizona. Hee-haw! It's a free-for-all. Guns for everyone!
>
>>
>>I mean those guys probably never think of having guns and they never
>>think of moving their "merchandize" to other states, do they?
>
>So when Arizona says they're small-business friendly, they're
>including illegal aliens who can set up a straw-buying shop,
>collecting them in private sales, with no way to trace them. Now
>*that's* a business-friendly state.
>
>>
>>Just how much drugs does, oh, say Illinois, smuggle into Mexico?
>
>'Don't know. Compared to Arizona, how many guns do you think Illinois
>supplies to cross-border gun runners?
>
>--
>Ed Huntress

Wow, Ed goes from defending Obama's illegal operation "Fast and Furious" to
blaming in on the gun shops Obama ordered to sell them the guns.

RogerN


RD Sandman

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"RogerN" <re...@midwest.net> wrote in
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None of the shops were under orders to sell those guns....it was just a
strong suggestion when they called the local F Troop.

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Sleep well, tonight.....

RD (The Sandman

You can be young without money, but you
can't be old without it.

Scout

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"RD Sandman" <rdsandman[remove]@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Yea, and we all know how....extreme... those suggestions can become. For
example Randy Weaver whom the ATF strongly suggested he inform for them.

Na, I suspect their "strong suggestion" would tend to amount to something
more like blackmail.


Too_Many_Tools

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On Apr 19, 2:01 pm, RD Sandman <rdsandman[spamremove]@comcast.net>
wrote:
> RD (The Sandman)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

LOL...you really are naive aren't you?

Want to buy a bridge in New York?

TMT

Too_Many_Tools

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On Apr 19, 2:30 pm, RD Sandman <rdsandman[spamremove]@comcast.net>
wrote:
> Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote in news:yJydnXu-
> rPrqMO3MnZ2dnUVZ_sOdn...@giganews.com:
LOL..thought only junk guns were traded in..that's what the gun loons
say.

Are you saying that they are liars?

TMT

Too_Many_Tools

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On Apr 19, 3:49 pm, RD Sandman <rdsandman[spamremove]@comcast.net>
wrote:
> Jeff M <NoS...@NoThanks.org> wrote innews:IdKdna7JKYdhBezM...@giganews.com:
> RD (The Sandman)- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

So you are saying that gun loons worry about gun buy backs because
they don't work?

Are you saying that gun loons are crazy?

Sounds like it.

TMT

Too_Many_Tools

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Apr 28, 2013, 11:07:21 PM4/28/13
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On Apr 28, 9:49 pm, "Scout"
> more like blackmail.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

LOL...poor little Randy Weaver...got what he deserved.

TMT

Winston_Smith

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On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:00:26 -0700 (PDT), Too_Many_Tools
<too_man...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Want to buy a bridge in New York?

Probably mortgaged to ten times what it's worth and no clear title.

Winston_Smith

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On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:46:12 -0400, Ed Huntress
<hunt...@optonline.net> wrote:

>On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:33:09 -0700, Winston_Smith
><inv...@butterfly.net> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:37:11 -0400, Ed Huntress
>><hunt...@optonline.net> wrote:
>>
>>>If you look at their gun laws, you'll see that Arizona has forfeited
>>>all thoughts of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. They gave
>>>up. That's why they "export" 50% more guns used in crimes to other
>>>states, than other states "export" them to Arizona.
>>>
>>>They've made it a free-for-all.
>>
>>Wouldn't have anything to do with the Mexican border and all the
>>illegal migrant and drug running neither the Rs nor the Ds seem to
>>want to bother stopping, would it?
>
>I doubt it, because they've made it easy for any illegal migrant or
>drug runner to get a gun. They even cross the border to buy them in
>Arizona. Hee-haw! It's a free-for-all. Guns for everyone!

You miss the point. That is where the illegal traffic starts. It
diffuses to supply all the states, taking the tools of their trade,
guns, with them. If the border were controlled there wouldn't be that
illegal traffic and no reason for the guns to migrate.

>>I mean those guys probably never think of having guns and they never
>>think of moving their "merchandize" to other states, do they?
>
>So when Arizona says they're small-business friendly, they're
>including illegal aliens who can set up a straw-buying shop,
>collecting them in private sales, with no way to trace them. Now
>*that's* a business-friendly state.
>
>>Just how much drugs does, oh, say Illinois, smuggle into Mexico?
>
>'Don't know. Compared to Arizona, how many guns do you think Illinois
>supplies to cross-border gun runners?

The guns go with the criminals. They transport contraband from the
border to all states. A fact you conveniently overlook. The other
states do not send contraband into Mexico. Can you really not see that
the one way traffic is enabled by government's lax control of the
border?

Ed Huntress

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On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:20:10 -0700, Winston_Smith
I don't see it because the evidence doesn't support it.

To be fair, I should have pointed out that the crime-gun export/import
ratio of Arizona, at 1.5:1, is only middling. Some are much higher. In
terms of crime guns "exported" to other states, and recovered there
and traced, Arizona is only 11th, at 19.5 guns/100,000 inhabitants.
The highest is West Virginia (41.0), followed by Mississippi (39.0),
South Carolina (30.6), Kentucky (29.7), Alabama (29.4), and Virginia
(29.3).

In most of those states, it's the lack of regulations on private sales
and (in the cases of Virginia and South Carolina, which are big
suppliers of crime guns to the Northeast) pockets of crooked FFLs.

In most states, it isn't because of borders and it's only peripherally
connected with drugs, perhaps supplying drug dealers but also
indiscriminantly supplying a variety of other types of criminals.

So the evidence taken as a whole connects it to a lack of regulations
on gun sales and to a criminal element of FFLs and straw purchasers.
Arizona makes it into the top 11 and has a typical pattern of lax
gun-sale regulation. It's possible that the borders have something to
do with it but the evidence all points to the common fact among the
top crime-gun "exporting" states: no sales record, no ID, and no
qualifications for private purchases.

--
Ed Huntress

rbowman

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Apr 29, 2013, 12:58:48 AM4/29/13
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:

> So you are saying that gun loons worry about gun buy backs because
> they don't work?

They work fine, like the gentleman who traded in a non-functioning shotgun
for a $100 gift card. Sportsmen's Warehouse was happy to apply the gift card
to a nice new .40.

Too_Many_Tools

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Apr 29, 2013, 5:04:16 AM4/29/13
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On Apr 28, 5:47 am, Richard <cavel...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 4/28/2013 4:46 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:33:09 -0700, Winston_Smith
> > <inva...@butterfly.net>  wrote:
>
> >> On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:37:11 -0400, Ed Huntress
> >> <huntre...@optonline.net>  wrote:
>
> >>> If you look at their gun laws, you'll see that Arizona has forfeited
> >>> all thoughts of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. They gave
> >>> up. That's why they "export" 50% more guns used in crimes to other
> >>> states, than other states "export" them to Arizona.
>
> >>> They've made it a free-for-all.
>
> >> Wouldn't have anything to do with the Mexican border and all the
> >> illegal migrant and drug running neither the Rs nor the Ds seem to
> >> want to bother stopping, would it?
>
> > I doubt it, because they've made it easy for any illegal migrant or
> > drug runner to get a gun. They even cross the border to buy them in
> > Arizona. Hee-haw! It's a free-for-all. Guns for everyone!
>
> >> I mean those guys probably never think of having guns and they never
> >> think of moving their "merchandize" to other states, do they?
>
> > So when Arizona says they're small-business friendly, they're
> > including illegal aliens who can set up a straw-buying shop,
> > collecting them in private sales, with no way to trace them. Now
> > *that's* a business-friendly state.
>
> >> Just how much drugs does, oh, say Illinois, smuggle into Mexico?
>
> > 'Don't know. Compared to Arizona, how many guns do you think Illinois
> > supplies to cross-border gun runners?
>
> Not near as many as Fast And Furious...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Fast and Furious.. the illegal gun operation that Bush ran.

TMT

RD Sandman

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Apr 29, 2013, 3:08:57 PM4/29/13
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Ed Huntress <hunt...@optonline.net> wrote in
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In any case, purchasing guns by non resident or selling guns to non
residents is still breaking federal law. Regulation is there, it is
simply ignored like other laws are.

> In most states, it isn't because of borders and it's only peripherally
> connected with drugs, perhaps supplying drug dealers but also
> indiscriminantly supplying a variety of other types of criminals.
>
> So the evidence taken as a whole connects it to a lack of regulations
> on gun sales and to a criminal element of FFLs and straw purchasers.
> Arizona makes it into the top 11 and has a typical pattern of lax
> gun-sale regulation. It's possible that the borders have something to
> do with it but the evidence all points to the common fact among the
> top crime-gun "exporting" states: no sales record, no ID, and no
> qualifications for private purchases.

That is true for straw sales. It makes no difference if it crosses a
state line or not it is still illlegal.



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Sleep well, tonight.....

Ed Huntress

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Apr 29, 2013, 3:46:43 PM4/29/13
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Uh, like other straw-purchasing laws, it's ignored because there's no
way to enforce it. How could you convict the seller, if there's no
requirement that he even ask for ID?

That could be because the legislators who enacted those laws are not
very bright, or...no, I think that's it. <g>

>
>> In most states, it isn't because of borders and it's only peripherally
>> connected with drugs, perhaps supplying drug dealers but also
>> indiscriminantly supplying a variety of other types of criminals.
>>
>> So the evidence taken as a whole connects it to a lack of regulations
>> on gun sales and to a criminal element of FFLs and straw purchasers.
>> Arizona makes it into the top 11 and has a typical pattern of lax
>> gun-sale regulation. It's possible that the borders have something to
>> do with it but the evidence all points to the common fact among the
>> top crime-gun "exporting" states: no sales record, no ID, and no
>> qualifications for private purchases.
>
>That is true for straw sales. It makes no difference if it crosses a
>state line or not it is still illlegal.

Oh, so how do you catch the straw seller? Um....er....

"Arizona....it's hot, it's dry, but it's guns for all!"

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RD Sandman

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Ed Huntress <hunt...@optonline.net> wrote in
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Begorrah, methinks you figgered it out. ;)

>>> In most states, it isn't because of borders and it's only
peripherally
>>> connected with drugs, perhaps supplying drug dealers but also
>>> indiscriminantly supplying a variety of other types of criminals.
>>>
>>> So the evidence taken as a whole connects it to a lack of regulations
>>> on gun sales and to a criminal element of FFLs and straw purchasers.
>>> Arizona makes it into the top 11 and has a typical pattern of lax
>>> gun-sale regulation. It's possible that the borders have something to
>>> do with it but the evidence all points to the common fact among the
>>> top crime-gun "exporting" states: no sales record, no ID, and no
>>> qualifications for private purchases.
>>
>>That is true for straw sales. It makes no difference if it crosses a
>>state line or not it is still illlegal.
>
> Oh, so how do you catch the straw seller? Um....er....
>
> "Arizona....it's hot, it's dry, but it's guns for all!"

No more than 34 other states.

Ed Huntress

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On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:13:43 -0500, RD Sandman
Now THERE'S a good argument for a national law.

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Richard

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On 4/29/2013 5:02 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:

>>> "Arizona....it's hot, it's dry, but it's guns for all!"
>>
>> No more than 34 other states.
>
> Now THERE'S a good argument for a national law.
>

Ok, we've pretty well beaten this dead horse to death.

So, since it's for the chillens, how about those drone strikes?

Should they be under nation law as well?

Or just let the CIA do what it feel is right?

Ed Huntress

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Apr 29, 2013, 10:31:06 PM4/29/13
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On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:03:50 -0500, Richard <cave...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>On 4/29/2013 5:02 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
>
>>>> "Arizona....it's hot, it's dry, but it's guns for all!"
>>>
>>> No more than 34 other states.
>>
>> Now THERE'S a good argument for a national law.
>>
>
>Ok, we've pretty well beaten this dead horse to death.
>
>So, since it's for the chillens, how about those drone strikes?
>
>Should they be under nation law as well?

Hell, yes!

>
>Or just let the CIA do what it feel is right?

Speaking of horses, did I ever tell you that my great uncle used to
skin horses on his front lawn? That was right in the middle of town,
in Greenland, NH. He wore his suit and tie while doing it.

People used to be so proper about dress...

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John Doe

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Apr 29, 2013, 10:44:13 PM4/29/13
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speaking of Amazon...

I wonder why they didn't charge sales tax on my last order, today.

They had started charging sales tax several months ago. But,
strangely, seems that the legislation hasn't even passed Congress.
Now I'm wondering if they sent that sales tax to the state like they
were supposed to.

I'm not in a state were Amazon would usually charge sales tax.

Richard

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And they didn't "smile for the camera" either.
I think they were a lot more serious than today.

Ed Huntress

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Apr 30, 2013, 2:07:43 AM4/30/13
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On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:59:01 -0500, Richard <cave...@earthlink.net>
My ancestors were very serious. They're New Englanders, and they've
been plowing rocks since 1657. That will wipe the smile right off of
your face.

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Too_Many_Tools

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Apr 30, 2013, 3:11:38 AM4/30/13
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On Apr 29, 9:31 pm, Ed Huntress <huntre...@optonline.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:03:50 -0500, Richard <cavel...@earthlink.net>
You see that behavior in societies that are very class conscious.

People used to dress in their best when using machine tools...to set
themselves apart from those who were not skilled.

TMT

John Doe

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Apr 30, 2013, 10:31:28 AM4/30/13
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oops, nevermind

But off topic is off topic, I guess

RD Sandman

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John Doe <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in news:klnb5t$d2r$2@dont-
email.me:
Amazon was part of the original ruling where it was supposed to charge
sales tax in states where it had brick & mortar presence. Arizona is one
of them since they have warehouses here. That was passed a couple years
ago. If you were not charged a sales tax for your state it was because
Amazon has no physical presence there or you have no sales tax on the
items you ordered.

The current thing on sales tax is to have those online stores charge
sales taxes, collect them, and pass them on to the state of residence for
the purchaser. It is an asinine request that will be extremely difficult
for small suppliers to comply with. Big ones like Amazon or Costco, etc.
will have no problems with it but the small ones will.

Too_Many_Tools

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On Apr 17, 6:36 pm, "Ray Keller" <Lefta...@re.desperate.com> wrote:
> Arizona on verge of turning gun buybacks into revenue
> conservativedailynews.com | 17 April, 2013 | R. Mitchell
>
> A major argument against gun buybacks has been that they are too expensive.
> Arizona may have solved that problem in a most controversial way.
>
> The Arizona state Senate voted to prohibit the destruction of firearms
> gathered by cities and counties. Instead, municipalities will be required to
> sell the firearms to recoup buyback costs.
>
> The only thing that could prevent the bill from becoming law is gun rights
> proponent Governor Jan Brewer. While no comment has come from the
> Governor ?Ts office, a veto is unlikely.
>
> Democrats are feverishly attempting to sway public opinion. Democratic State
> Senator Steve Gillardo argued that Arizona has ?othe most liberal gun laws
> in the nation and that has to stop. ? Clearly no friend to gun rights, Sen.
> Gillardo had proposed numerous amendments including one limiting magazine
> sizes. All of which failed.
>
> Recently the gun debate has taken odd turns as liberals have even sought to
> make the Boston Massacre into a second amendment issue. Actor Jay Mohr
> tweeted on Wednesday that the bombing at the finish line of the Boston
> Marathon is reason to remove American ?Ts rights to protect themselves.
>
> Since explosives are already illegal, the logic of Mr. Mohr ?Ts statement is
> difficult to defend.
>
> Ignorance about the repercussions of gun control is becoming more evident.
> News reports have shown that people will move to confiscate guns even when
> told that criminals would still have them.
>
> Even when authorities decide to confiscate guns, they are unable to. In
> California, while spending way too much time deciding which guns law-abiding
> citizens should have, they ?Tve been unable to get guns out of the hands of
> those clearly identified (by law) as unable to possess firearms as the state
> has ?oa backlog of nearly 20,000 people to disarm ? , says Stephen Lindley,
> chief of the Bureau of Firearms for the state Department of Justice.
>
> Maybe Arizona ?Ts Republican Senators are on to something. If citizens want
> to turn in their guns for a tiny payout, the return on investment could be
> great for municipalities. It ?Ts kind of a second hand store for guns where
> the original owner is willing to take next to nothing for the firearm and
> maybe those wanting to hang on to their second amendment rights can get a
> good deal. Unfortunately, criminals don ?Tt tend to turn in guns the rest of
> America actually wants to buy.

So what we see here is an admission by rightards that gun buybacks
work...why else would they be fixated upon them?

And obviously good working guns are being turned in...why else would
rightard buzzards line up to try to buy them before the buy back
program can.

Gun loons are a cult...and they are trying to save as many sex toys as
possible.

TMT

John Doe

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RD Sandman <rdsandman[remove]@comcast.net> wrote:

> John Doe <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in news:klnb5t$d2r$2@dont-
> email.me:

>> I wonder why Amazon didn't charge sales tax on my last order, today.
>>
>> They had started charging sales tax several months ago. But,
>> strangely, seems that the legislation hasn't even passed Congress.
>> Now I'm wondering if they sent that sales tax to the state like they
>> were supposed to.
>>
>> I'm not in a state were Amazon would usually charge sales tax.
>
> Amazon was part of the original ruling where it was supposed to charge
> sales tax in states where it had brick & mortar presence. Arizona is one
> of them since they have warehouses here. That was passed a couple years
> ago. If you were not charged a sales tax for your state it was because
> Amazon has no physical presence there or you have no sales tax on the
> items you ordered.

I am aware of the sales tax charged when a business has a physical
presence in the state.

Amazon started charging me sales tax a few months ago. I don't
know why, for some reason I assumed it was because of the
legislation that hasn't passed. But then, this last order they did
not charge sales tax (on some cat medicine and some engine oil).
If it happens again, I might try to figure out what's going on.

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Richard

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On 4/29/2013 9:31 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
----------------------------------------------------
In upstate New York, 31 people were arrested Sunday at the Hancock
Air Force Base as they protested the killing of innocent civilians
by drone strikes they say violate the U.S. Constitution. The base
is a departure point for U.S. drones. Roughly 300 people held a
funeral procession to condemn the use of drones in Yemen, Somalia,
Pakistan and Afghanistan. The protesters were members of the
Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars. They
attempted to deliver an indictment charging President Obama, the
military and servicemembers at Hancock Air Base with crimes against
humanity.

http://www.democracynow.org

RD Sandman

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John Doe <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in
news:klq52h$egp$3...@dont-email.me:

> RD Sandman <rdsandman[remove]@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> John Doe <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in news:klnb5t$d2r$2@dont-
>> email.me:
>
>>> I wonder why Amazon didn't charge sales tax on my last order, today.
>>>
>>> They had started charging sales tax several months ago. But,
>>> strangely, seems that the legislation hasn't even passed Congress.
>>> Now I'm wondering if they sent that sales tax to the state like they
>>> were supposed to.
>>>
>>> I'm not in a state were Amazon would usually charge sales tax.
>>
>> Amazon was part of the original ruling where it was supposed to
>> charge sales tax in states where it had brick & mortar presence.
>> Arizona is one of them since they have warehouses here. That was
>> passed a [some time] ago. If you were not charged a sales tax for
>> your state it was because Amazon has no physical presence there or
>> you have no sales tax on the items you ordered.
>
> I am aware of the sales tax charged when a business has a physical
> presence in the state.

A physical presence does not necessarily mean a store you can go into and
shop. It may simple be a set of warehouses that they ship from.

> Amazon started charging me sales tax a few months ago. I don't
> know why, for some reason I assumed it was because of the
> legislation that hasn't passed.

It was probably for the previous legislation. If Amazon charged you
sales tax it was most likely because they have some physical presence in
the state, like a warehouse that they ship from. The new legislation
won't care if they have a physical presence or not. It will require all
online stores to charge taxes no matter what state you live in. That
means that they have to have some mechanism to know what to charge you
depending on what state you live in. Like 40 some tax levels. Easy
enough for a store like Amazon, not so easy for Joe and Mabel's coffees.

But then, this last order they did
> not charge sales tax (on some cat medicine and some engine oil).
> If it happens again, I might try to figure out what's going on.
>



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