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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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11. re: "A movement to repeal the 2nd is a political move..."
Fri Jun 30, 2023, 09:21 AM
Jun 2023

I'm fairly sure there are currently more than one movement to repeal the 2A.
A search engine would likely turn up some.

I'm not seeing much in the way of political momentum. I agree that there is work to be done but asking folks to use their time and skills to fuel a train that doesn't leave the station only generates frustration. I'm not seeing either the Constitutional Convention path or finding 34 states bringing an amendment that 38 states will pass.

In the realm of the possible:
UBCs- would make a lot of sense once the database is complete enough.
- Current federal reasons for being a prohibited person:
~A person who has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or any state offense classified by the state as a misdemeanor and is punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than two years.
~Persons who are fugitives from justice.
~An unlawful user and/or an addict of any controlled substance; for example, a person convicted for the use or possession of a controlled substance within the past year; or a person with multiple arrests for the use or possession of a controlled substance within the past five years with the most recent arrest occurring within the past year; or a person found through a drug test to use a controlled substance unlawfully, provided the test was administered within the past year.
~A person adjudicated mental defective or involuntarily committed to a mental institution or incompetent to handle own affairs, including dispositions to criminal charges of found not guilty by reason of insanity or found incompetent to stand trial.
~A person who, being an alien, is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.
~A person who, being an alien except as provided in subsection (y) (2), has been admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa.
~A person dishonorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.
~A person who has renounced United States citizenship.
~The subject of a protective order issued after a hearing in which the respondent had notice that restrains them from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such partner. This does not include ex parte orders.
~A person convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime which includes the use or attempted use of physical force or threatened use of a deadly weapon and the defendant was the spouse, former spouse, parent, guardian of the victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited in the past with the victim as a spouse, parent, guardian or similar situation to a spouse, parent or guardian of the victim.
~A person who is under indictment or information for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.

bans on violent offenders purchasing guns- We have that now. See the above list. Fixing the inputs to the database would help a lot.

may-issue laws- I'm not a fan of arbitrary laws and restrictions. These types of laws have been going away. In terms of states carry laws, may-issue states have been decreasing in number over the last 30 years. I believe there are now 26 states that require no license or permit at all to carry; if you pass the check to buy the gun you can carry the gun.

I support instantly opening the NICS to local LE for the purpose of allowing private sellers to have their buyers checked.
I'm not a fan of open carry and I like a state issued permit for concealed carry.

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The people on birdsite responding to this are mad AllyCat Jun 2023 #1
They're everywhere too. czarjak Jun 2023 #2
Mass murder shouldn't be a tool of population control IronLionZion Jun 2023 #3
Profiles in Cowardice Maine Abu El Banat Jun 2023 #4
Repeal the 2nd! The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #5
We can have gun control TexasDem69 Jun 2023 #7
No we cannot have gun control the right will not allow it. The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #8
Whether the right TexasDem69 Jun 2023 #9
Americans are dying and the right is standing firmly in the way. The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #10
re: "A movement to repeal the 2nd is a political move..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2023 #11
You have made a extensive list of reasons to be denied gun ownership. Thanks The Jungle 1 Jun 2023 #12
Thanks for the dialog. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2023 #13
Calm dialog is valuable. The Jungle 1 Jul 2023 #14
Such is the consequences... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2023 #15
Got the beard, got the scowl, got the traitor flags... Paladin Jun 2023 #6
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