Notice that General Stanley McChrystal does not support private use of assault weapons. And Stan is the authority on counter terrorism. I was on active duty for seven years, was Unit Property Book officer for 5 years in three different units during which time I held all of my units’ weapons locked up safe and secure in my unit arms rooms. So perhaps our Constitution does permit Congress to require that all civilians who would chose to own military style weapons to secure them in a “well regulated” militia’s arms room! Five weapon safes cost less than $300. If that’s good for the active duty geese, it ought to be good for the ganders, too.
Dale Whiting
Chandler
bobunf posted at 3:31 pm on Sun, Jan 27, 2013.
Thank you for your service Dale.
truth posted at 3:53 pm on Sun, Jan 27, 2013.
American has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world, with 9 guns for every 10 people. Not suprisingly, the U.S. "also has by far the highest level of gun violence "among 23 advanced nations. Bloomberg business Week
Take this proposed ban on assult rifles. These weapons are just "ordinary rifles tricked out and blinged up to resemble something else: military arms designed for the battle field." Few criminals use them. In 2011, 6,220 people were killed with hand guns, compared with 323 by all rifles, including so called assault weapons. Increased background checks won't slow gun violence eighter, because, "as a rule, the people who sell guns to criminals are criminals, who do not make a fetish of compling with federal regulations. Chicago Tribune
Rich posted at 7:04 pm on Sun, Jan 27, 2013.
Why is it when "gun violence" is mentioned so are terms like "wealthy nation", "advanced nation." It's a form of cherry picking facts to make an erroneous point. The terms are not defined and therefore are picked to show something that is pure fantasy.
And Dale, if failing to regulate the militia well, or at all were the worst incompetence of the government then I guess we should be grateful. What I can't see is why we need to concede essential freedoms to them because they are incompetent.
downtownresident posted at 7:39 pm on Sun, Jan 27, 2013.
Leon,
In Rolling Stone, as I recall.
remo303 posted at 2:37 am on Mon, Jan 28, 2013.
Thank you for your service, Dale.
Your fries are done.
valleynative posted at 10:29 am on Mon, Jan 28, 2013.
The flaw with the idea of having my guns locked up in some central location is that they would be useless to me for home protection. If you believe that it would be impossible for a homeowner to ever need a "military style" weapon to defend his home, you either haven't looked at the definition, or you haven't given much thought to the types of threats we might face in our lifetimes, or both.
chatmandu002 posted at 11:44 am on Mon, Jan 28, 2013.
Dale,
Thank you for your service. However, that was an interesting interpretation of the 2nd amendment. "well regulated militia arm's room", now that a funny one. By the way if the congress regulated that weapons where to be stored in gun safes. The safes would have to be governments approved which would drive the cost of gun safes up to over $1,000. More punishment and government control for the law abiding citizen while the criminals and mentally ill just ignore the rules.
sockratties posted at 6:54 am on Tue, Jan 29, 2013.
Dale,
No wonder you quote scripture so much. To have done all the BS you have attested to over the years you would have to use the same kind of calendars the ancients used to track the lives of Noah and Methuselah. I'm guessing you're at least 500 years old.
DonMey posted at 12:53 pm on Tue, Jan 29, 2013.
Keep and bear arms. Not someone else keep and bear them for me.
Dale Whiting posted at 5:52 pm on Thu, Jan 31, 2013.
OK, kids,
Allow me to be more specific. Word limits make submitting a detalied proposal impossible.
I would store a personal pistol, automatic or not, meant for self defense in a drawer near my bed. I would store my rifles, assault or hunting in a safe. Safes large enough for rifles can hold up to 5 and cost less than $300. If the lady in Newtown CT had locked her weapons of mass destruction, that AR15, in such a safe, perhaps she would be alive today, as would 27 others, 20 children, 6 teachers, and her son.
If today's well regulated militia store their huge numbers of assault rifles in secure arms rooms, as did I years ago, then today's non-militia ought to be required to do the same. After all, the second amendment is founded on well regulated militia.
Dale Whiting posted at 5:54 pm on Thu, Jan 31, 2013.
And tonight my fries are sweet potatos. Ever had any? They are fantastic!