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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:39 PM Original message |
Judge strikes down some Philadelphia gun laws (PA) |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Philadelphia was trying to usurp the authority of the state |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. The state has no rights there either, under the Constitution. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. The state has powers |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Fair catch. (nt) |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. How do you figure? |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Of course I'm referring to the Second Amendment |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. If that's what the framers intended... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. They apparently couldn't imagine a future in which the language would |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-12-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Seriously, you need to read US V. EMERSON and educate yourself |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kudos to the NRA... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. YAY I can buy assault weapons and 10 handguns a month again... |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Yes! Your NRA membership dues go back into training you to *demand* such "freedoms!" |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. I suggest you not commit those crimes. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. self confessed felon nt |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. The gun cultists, as ever, have been traduced by the NRA |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Exactly. n/t |
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gaijinlaw (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Or, alternatively... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. No no no, we're all part of the NRA cult |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The issue is actually the rule of law, and it parallels what has happened in San Francisco |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. right. well, the NRA then will use your membership dollars to override *state* laws, too |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. And if whatever Federal laws you are talking about turn out to be unconstitutional |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. you're an ideal little NRA-bot, yes? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Actually I am not now nor have I ever been an NRA member |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Now now now, slack |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. "bot" is out of line, and I apologize. And yet, you have all their talking points down |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. If you knew me better you would understand the philosophical underpinnings of my responses |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. okay, now that we can actually talk: Is it really "rogue" if a city is dealing with out of control |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. If state law prohibits a city from making up its own gun laws, then yes it is rogue |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. And you will therefore support the state law? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Yes, of course |
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tofurkey (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. I didn't know |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. There certainly were handguns, and the rifles used by soldiers were available to anyone |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. "I would like to have a bazooka...." |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. The VPC will use your membership dollars to continue to try and violate constitutional rights. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Or as led by those that are manipulated into thinking they need "assualt weapons" bans |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I live in a city, and have an assault rifle |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The problem is that they're designed to kill lots of people fast |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. As with climate change deniers, "violence deniers" will insist assault rifles are utterly benign! |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes they'll point to one example of an AR-15 being used to stop a crime |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. exactly -- like Rushy finding some weather anomaly to deny all climate change stats... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Yet our homicide and violenc crime rates are down |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. So are you saying that an AR-15 can fire 80 rounds a second? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Stabbings outnumber rifle killings |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Ooo, look at the straw! |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. So their not better at non-discriminatory violence like drive by shootings and school massacres? n/t |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Guess not |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Yet murders with assault rifles are exceedingly rare |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 05:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
45. "Should we all be able to buy nuclear weapons?" |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
52. arms vs ordinance |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Oh great. Just what Philly needs. More gun violence. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Why will there be more gun violence? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Red herring, but I'll bite. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. so because a law that was never in effect was struck down ppl are going to go on rampages |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Historically, here in California, there are only two things that trigger increased gun sales |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hmmm... should I buy a gun or should I fill up the tank? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. The judge applied the law as it is written and generally understood |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Another judge can apply the same law and ban guns |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. A judge who goes against state law deserves to be impeached |
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