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John H.[_5_]

On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:57:53 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 17:29:27 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I am not ignoring your comments about the lack of penalties for illegal
weapons possession. I am suggesting that we try to prevent it in the
first place. The concept of the license requirement to buy ammo is to
get around the NRA supported 2nd Amendment "right" claims.

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If you made it difficult or expensive to purchase ammo, there would
immediately be a large number of "make your own ammo" kits on the
market. It's not difficult as evidenced by the large number of
serious target shooters that are already reloading their own. You
keep proposing solutions that penalize legitimate gun owners and
target shooters. Why not think of ways to go after the root causes?
We all know what they are. It just takes some political backbone to
enforce the laws we already have. New York City made some major
progress by enforcing strict "stop and frisk" policies for suspicious
persons. You can guess how that ended up even though it was
successful.

The political backbone, especially at the local level, is lacking. Making illegal
possession a federal offense might make the enforcement a bit easier. The idea that
we shouldn't do much of anything for illegal possession doesn't make much sense. Even
if all the laws Luddite wants were passed, the effect on *illegal* possession would
be nil.
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