On 11/15/2014 7:27 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 20:33:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/14/2014 7:47 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:44:20 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:

You
should not be able to buy or sell or gift a firearm without paperwork
recording the giver, seller and buyer.

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That's your opinion because it is the party line of all weenies just
like you.



You can add me to your "weenie" file because I agree with him.


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I've never regarded you as a weenie but if you want to be one, I can't
stop you.

BTW, it's not the Federal Government you need to worry about so much.
State governments can and do create and enforce their own gun laws.

If everyone remains unwilling to give a bit, Florida may end up
like Massachusetts.


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That is extremely unlikely. There are a lot of people in Florida who
would advocate seceding from the US before they'd let that happen. Let
me understand this however. As a resident of a state with highly
restrictive gun laws, some of which seem to make little or no sense,
you think it is your duty to export that nonsense to other states
where sanity still prevails?

That's why I am an advocate of uniform and standardized laws that
everyone can live with.

BTW ... state laws for guns on board vary also. Wouldn't it be nice if
they were all the same when you travel?

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I've never felt the need to carry a gun on the boat in this country.
If I did feel the need, I could always carry a long gun. Most likely
I'd just stop cruising however.



Wayne, there is no question that Massachusetts has gone overboard in
some of it's gun control measures IMO. The worst in my mind is the
convoluted and mysterious way in which the types and models of handguns
are "approved" for sale in the state. It's a case of government
over-reaching .... or a case of outright bribery and corruption. I am
not sure which.

Although it doesn't really affect what I do I think limits on magazine
sizes doesn't make a firearm any safer nor does a requirement for a 10lb
trigger pull. IMO, those are "real good" laws that don't really add to
any safety issues.


The only gun control regulations that make sense to me a

A gun handling and safety course requirement that includes an overview
of federal, state and local laws governing the use of firearms and:

A background check for a license and an instant background
check when making gun purchases, and:

The registration of purchased firearms tying it's serial number
to the original and subsequent owners.

I'd love to see reciprocal recognition of licenses or permits throughout
all the states. It may be possible someday if all
the states had the minimum requirements of background checks and
registration.

I don't see any of those requirements as being unreasonable or an
infringement on the right to own a firearm. I see them as being
responsible gun ownership.