Another suicide by unregistered gun
 

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:56:45 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 11:04 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:04:43 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 7:55 AM, Tim wrote:
On Apr 13, 6:45 am, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

The pistol used to kill Lincoln was a flintlock, a single-shot
Derringer. No FFL needed to buy one then or now.


I thought it was a percussion (cap and ball) that killed the
president.


My source is this:

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/06/21/infamous-weapons/


This is why you can't believe most of what media writers write.

That is clearly a cap and ball pistol.


The real point was that it was a deadly firearm you can purchase without
dealing with an FFL.

Yeah, but what was the *real*, real point?

Seems like every time you expound on your knowledge of firearms, you step on your dork.


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Another suicide by unregistered gun
 

On 4/13/13 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:56:45 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 11:04 AM, wrote:

This is why you can't believe most of what media writers write.

That is clearly a cap and ball pistol.


The real point was that it was a deadly firearm you can purchase without
dealing with an FFL.

You can buy a crossbow too, what's your point?
The federal law says that muzzle loader is not a "firearm".

You folks are certainly moving the goal posts a lot. First it was
assault weapons with high capacity magazines, now it is a flintlock
musket.
I can put a ball bearing in a capped pipe with a firecracker (or a few
hundred match heads) in it and do some damage too.
You really have to decide where you draw the line.


I think all firearms transactions should go through an FFL, with the
purchaser "background checked."

Simple enough.

Another suicide by unregistered gun
 

On 4/13/2013 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:56:45 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 11:04 AM, wrote:

This is why you can't believe most of what media writers write.

That is clearly a cap and ball pistol.


The real point was that it was a deadly firearm you can purchase without
dealing with an FFL.

You can buy a crossbow too, what's your point?
The federal law says that muzzle loader is not a "firearm".

You folks are certainly moving the goal posts a lot. First it was
assault weapons with high capacity magazines, now it is a flintlock
musket.
I can put a ball bearing in a capped pipe with a firecracker (or a few
hundred match heads) in it and do some damage too.
You really have to decide where you draw the line.


I believe an assembled crossbow in CT is about as good as carrying an
illegal hand gun... In Mass when I was a kid, nun-chucks were covered
in law as if it was a sidearm... Same penalty as carrying an
unregistered pistol.

Another suicide by unregistered gun
 

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:20:16 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:56:45 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 11:04 AM, wrote:

This is why you can't believe most of what media writers write.

That is clearly a cap and ball pistol.


The real point was that it was a deadly firearm you can purchase without
dealing with an FFL.

You can buy a crossbow too, what's your point?
The federal law says that muzzle loader is not a "firearm".

You folks are certainly moving the goal posts a lot. First it was
assault weapons with high capacity magazines, now it is a flintlock
musket.
I can put a ball bearing in a capped pipe with a firecracker (or a few
hundred match heads) in it and do some damage too.
You really have to decide where you draw the line.


I think all firearms transactions should go through an FFL, with the
purchaser "background checked."

Simple enough.

That would have stopped the massacres?

That would slow down the murders in PG County?

That would have prevented your 'special circumstances'?

Here's what I think: ESAD is full of it!


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'Name-calling' - the liberals' last stand.

Another suicide by unregistered gun
 

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On 4/13/2013 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:56:45 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 11:04 AM, wrote:

This is why you can't believe most of what media writers write.

That is clearly a cap and ball pistol.


The real point was that it was a deadly firearm you can purchase without
dealing with an FFL.

You can buy a crossbow too, what's your point?
The federal law says that muzzle loader is not a "firearm".

You folks are certainly moving the goal posts a lot. First it was
assault weapons with high capacity magazines, now it is a flintlock
musket.
I can put a ball bearing in a capped pipe with a firecracker (or a few
hundred match heads) in it and do some damage too.
You really have to decide where you draw the line.


I believe an assembled crossbow in CT is about as good as carrying an
illegal hand gun... In Mass when I was a kid, nun-chucks were covered
in law as if it was a sidearm... Same penalty as carrying an
unregistered pistol.

Cool story, bro!

Another suicide by unregistered gun
 

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:32:39 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:20:16 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 12:17 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:56:45 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 4/13/13 11:04 AM, wrote:

This is why you can't believe most of what media writers write.

That is clearly a cap and ball pistol.


The real point was that it was a deadly firearm you can purchase without
dealing with an FFL.

You can buy a crossbow too, what's your point?
The federal law says that muzzle loader is not a "firearm".

You folks are certainly moving the goal posts a lot. First it was
assault weapons with high capacity magazines, now it is a flintlock
musket.
I can put a ball bearing in a capped pipe with a firecracker (or a few
hundred match heads) in it and do some damage too.
You really have to decide where you draw the line.


I think all firearms transactions should go through an FFL, with the
purchaser "background checked."

Simple enough.

I am not sure there are a lot of criminals clamoring for muzzle
loaders. That was the ATF's thinking when congress wrote GCA68 that
came up with that definition.

I think a modern crossbow might actually be more dangerous if you
wanted to be a stealthy "sniper". This ain't Robin Hood's bow.
These things have scopes and/or lasers that will put bolts in a 5"
circle at 100 yards. Couple that with some of these new hunting heads
and you have a silent, deadly weapon that will shoot about twice as
many "rounds" per minute than a muzzle loader. They let people hunt
deer with them in most states these days.

I'm thinking of getting one for the squirrels in the back yard.

BTW, with regard to the thread title - did jps ever tell us what the hell the failure of the
previous owner to register a gun had to do with the suicide of the new owner?

I could never make the connection. I'm wondering if registering a gun makes it more safe.


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