Gun Legislation, Crime, and Events

[mtutiger]

 

[CMRivdogs]

30 minutes ago, romad1 said:

My position as a gun owner who has built more than one AR by myself (way too easy to do that).  

• You need personal liability insurance to own a firearm
• You are obligated to keep them under lock and key
• If you can't rent a car you can't buy a guy
• Background checks to which you self-certify annually. 
• Fees for the background checks should fund some sort of mental health clearing house. 
• No ghost guns allowed
• Federal Tax stamps for ARs of any kind (these are required for fully automatic weapons and silencers now). 

I could think of a few more.  The nutters who are into this for boogaloo Civil War won't like all that. 

I'd like to add some sort of certification. Similar to a drivers license test, including a written test. All preformed by a reputable certified organization, none of these fly by night guys I see on facebook. Minimum of 16 hours training before taking test.

[Motown Bombers]

Why does a civilian need an AR-15? They make pills for erectile dysfunction. 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

At very least, Beto is going down giving it everything he has.

I love what he is doing, would vote for him any day.

[gehringer_2]

39 minutes ago, romad1 said:

My position as a gun owner who has built more than one AR by myself (way too easy to do that).  

• You need personal liability insurance to own a firearm
• You are obligated to keep them under lock and key
• If you can't rent a car you can't buy a guy
• Background checks to which you self-certify annually. 
• Fees for the background checks should fund some sort of mental health clearing house. 
• No ghost guns allowed
• Federal Tax stamps for ARs of any kind (these are required for fully automatic weapons and silencers now). 

I could think of a few more.  The nutters who are into this for boogaloo Civil War won't like all that. 

This a fine start Romad, but I still say the weapon has no useful purpose. Single action long guns for public sale only.

[CMRivdogs]

Good for them. 

Now spend your free time doing something useful

[Tigeraholic1]

Things you can't buy/do at 18:

Tabacco

Alcohol

Rent a hotel room

Rent a car

Things you can buy

Assault Rifle

 

Can we at least start here? 

[CMRivdogs]

 

[ben9753]

18 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Good for them. 

Now spend your free time doing something useful

They will be slammed by MAGA. In their eyes giving an inch, under any circumstance is a sign of weakness. 

[CMRivdogs]

11 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Things you can't buy/do at 18:

Tabacco

Alcohol

Rent a hotel room

Rent a car

Things you can buy

Assault Rifle

 

Can we at least start here? 

I'd be ok with allowing an 18 year old have an assault type rifle if they signed up for a three year military tour first.

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

"We need to do a better job with mental health" = "we need a more effective way to blame Democrats for mass shootings".

[Motown Bombers]

There were a lot of former military nutcases at the insurrection. I'm not sure I'm fine with them having assault rifles. 

[romad1]

8 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

This a fine start Romad, but I still say the weapon has no useful purpose. Single action long guns for public sale only.

The useful purpose is to protect Northern Virginia from Putin

 

[Tiger337]

You will cry when you watch this.  

 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

What a mess.

Feels like the least likely scenario here is that this is all an honest mistake.

[Tigerbomb13]

23 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Things you can't buy/do at 18:

Tabacco

Alcohol

Rent a hotel room

Rent a car

Things you can buy

Assault Rifle

 

Can we at least start here? 

This makes too much sense

[chasfh]

23 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

They need every possible vote.

[gehringer_2]

41 minutes ago, romad1 said:

The useful purpose is to protect Northern Virginia from Putin

 

I'm sure the guys at Quantico would be disappointed in your lack of confidence in them. 

Edited May 26, 2022 by gehringer_2

[mtutiger]

45 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Feels like the least likely scenario here is that this is all an honest mistake.

That would be a surprise.

The basic job of LEO in this situation is to lay out basic facts with as much clarity as possible. You don't need to be a PR expert to understand that.

They have failed to do so and have only created more questions as to how this incident was responded to. At this point, there needs to be an investigation by the FBI or something into this.

[mtutiger]

More good PR from the DPS

[RatkoVarda]

 

[chasfh]

4 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

That would be a surprise.

The basic job of LEO in this situation is to lay out basic facts with as much clarity as possible. You don't need to be a PR expert to understand that.

They have failed to do so and have only created more questions as to how this incident was responded to. At this point, there needs to be an investigation by the FBI or something into this.

Not 100% sure, but I think you're agreeing with me that the messaging here is probably influenced by state politics.

I also notice in the tweet that the original statement was attributed to the director of the Texas DPS, while the statement changing that story was issued by the Texas DPS, not the director. I wonder whether that's an intentional or accidental distinction. If it's accidental it might mean nothing, but if it's intentional, that would mean the institution DPS would be at odds with and is contradicting the messaging of its director.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

 

[Tigerbomb13]

19 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

 

Absolute horror show. 

[RatkoVarda]

they interviewed a guy who now does not exist?