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Speaking of guns and horses
On 11/16/2013 8:07 PM, Charlemagne wrote:
On 11/16/2013 4:52 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/16/2013 12:16 PM, Hank© wrote:
On 11/16/2013 12:03 PM, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...
I was just reading that a selectman in a town here in MA (Shrewsbury)
has raised an issue regarding gun ownership. He feels that local
police
departments should have the authority to visit registered gun owners'
homes and inspect for required safe storage of the guns. His point is
that laws exist that require locks and/or safes for guns but there are
no means of enforcing these laws.
Hmmmmm....
I pondered that one for a little bit then, because of the discussions
here about horses, I realized something.
A permit is required to have horses permanently on your property
... at
least in our town and many others.
The permit is issued yearly based on an inspection of the stables,
barn,
and grounds by the animal control inspector. She checks to ensure
sanitary and safe conditions for both the horse(s) and that may
visit in
the barn area.
Is that any different than home inspections for the safe storage of
firearms?
I don't know.
What are you going to do when they want to inspect your toilets to
ensure that you are using
low flow models. What are you going to do when you they want to
inspect your light fixtures
to ensure that you are using the light bulb they demand that you use.
The issues is when do you stand up for your rights?
There are so many deadbeats voting now that the vision of states and
individual rights is only a fading memory.
The people I get a kick out of are the ones demanding their "rights" yet
have never contributed or done anything to protect or defend those
rights. They just want them.
Here's an example:
We have a person here who *demands* his right to bear arms who:
Nope, you are lying again...
a. Never served in the military or other public service organization
like the Peace Corps, etc., to support that right (other than be
hatched here.)
You don't know that... Peace Corps, or Military aren't the only ways to
serve the public...you could be lying, but who am I to step on your ego
trip?
b. Doesn't own a firearm.
You don't know that... and if you are wrong, you are a liar, again.
Sucks that you have stooped to playing the progressive games here,
develop a convenient narrative, and run with it......
c. Doesn't even have a permit to own a firearm.
Are you sure, you could be lying... but we have already established that
you will stoop to that, just out of personal spite.. what a petty little
man you are turning out to be...
Yet, the same person complained that I was jeopardizing his "rights"
because I indicated I'd have no problem with a cop inspecting how I
stored my firearms to ensure compliance with state and local laws.
And I still say, if my neighbor allows police to do illegal searches and
seizures, they will think they can do it here too... So yes, it effects
all of us if you let them break the law...
That cracked me up. I have no problem with those who never served in
the military or other national service of some kind. That's up to them
and there's nothing wrong with it. But don't tell me I am putting their
"rights" in jeopardy simply because I choose to accept reasonable gun
laws intended to promote public safety.
Oh, that's different.. but not quite how it went... big surprise, NOT!
I earned my right to decide that.
And I have a right to feel differently, without you krausing me with
your cobbled together, holier than thou, narratives....
I am just repeating what you have said here in the past.
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