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November 14, 2012
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You may find this an interesting read.
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/06/168714436/without-broader-action-conn-town-writes-its-own-gun-laws
What the hell has happened to Connecticut. When I lived there it was a very gun friendly state.
I purchased my first firearm, a rifle at sixteen, with just a letter of permission from my parents.
Is it true that if you own certain "assault" style weapons, when you die they cannot not be left to family members but must be turned in to the state for disposal?
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March 2, 2008
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I don't know when you lived here, CT is one of the states that continued the Federal AWB after the sun set on it at the Federal level, with the exception of the magazine capacity limit.
At least two cities in CT have regulations prohibiting CCW, that are unenforceable because they cannot supersede State law.
I do believe that CT may well be headed pretty quickly to some pretty restrictive new laws, I think a 10 round magazine restriction is inevitable at minimum.
Ironically, the headquarters of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (the firearms manufacturers trade and lobbying organization) is in Newtown, CT
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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May 2, 2009
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I've heard rumors of a national 5 round magazine capacity--more in line with civilian hunting capacity guns. Worthless, as there are millions of mags already out there.
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November 14, 2012
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I was born there and moved to FL in the mid seventies.
What is really ironic is that at one time most of the countries small arm manufacturers were in CT.
Boy times have changed. In high school I had a rifle rack in my car and friends and I almost always had a rifle with us to hunt or shoot with after school.
We got in fights, but none of us would ever consider going to our cars and getting our guns to shoot someone. Because we like most people are reasonable. A nut job will use whatever method they can find to kill someone. If guns are banned, a can of gasoline and a match will do just as well.
All banning guns does is take away our ability to defend ourselves.
November 14, 2012
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The above post got me thinking (dangerous, I know!) and I dimly remembered that someone set fire to a club and killed a large number of people. I found this on wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Land_fire
Using the anti gun crowds logic, we must ban people from purchasing large amounts of gasoline.
How about a pint at a time, as you can kill many more people with a gallon.
Seriously, I am not trying to be funny and joking here, but it is the person not the type of weapon, that kills. The operative word in gun control is control.
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May 11, 2011
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This thing is real, It is heading right at us, and there may not be a thing we can do to stop it.
They probably will ban what we have, and make it illegal to use anywhere. They'll be like Hitler's
youth league, and turn us in wherever they can.
We have to fight this with everything we have.
Write your Senator, Congressman, Governor, Mayor. Get in touch with local officials, zoning board
and anyone else you can think of.
willy
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March 2, 2008
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Here's the height of absurdity- the legislators most fervently assaulting our guns in CT are very actively supporting this:
"state law should be changed so these folks don't need to provide proof of legal immigration status in order to get their license."
?????
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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Dans Club
December 4, 2011
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On so many levels I can see problems with that. Can you imagine what would happen if somebody said 'lets allow people to buy guns without presenting ID'? Well that is exactly what is going to happen here. You will have 54,000 newly licensed drivers with valid CT ID who can use that to go out and legally purchase guns. Why do we constantly grant priveleges to illegals and have liberals calmboring all over themselves to ensure that these illegals 'rights' are not infringed, when at the same time they work to DENY rights of LEGAL US citizens?
I don't understand.
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February 22, 2009
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um, aren't they criminals, already, by definition? Why grant a criminal privileges? Immigration is complex. IMO if they are already in the country, they need to declare themselves. Give them 3 years to complete requirements to become citizens and viola- problem solved; a new tax payer...or welfare recipient 
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Technically, the glass is always full; half liquid, half air....
November 14, 2012
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I just renewed my drivers license. My old license could not be used as identification. I had to provide:
1) An original state seal stamped birth certificate.
2) My original social security card.
3) At least 2 dated bills proving residency.
In addition my wife had to provide a copy of our marriage license to prove legal name change.
Are these people effing nuts! They want to impose draconian gun laws on the law abiding, yet will freely give an illegal the means to secure firearms. Am I missing something here? What are these people smoking?
February 11, 2010
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This is what gets me, read story closely...
Quote: "About 10,000 people live in Weston"
Quote: "About a dozen residents showed up for the public meeting"
Now if people don't get off their @$$ and this $h!+ don't some real
support against it they will just keep rolling over your rights !
-Blacktop
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March 27, 2009
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January 24, 2009
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markyboy57 said
I just renewed my drivers license. My old license could not be used as identification. I had to provide:1) An original state seal stamped birth certificate.
2) My original social security card.
3) At least 2 dated bills proving residency.
In addition my wife had to provide a copy of our marriage license to prove legal name change.
My brother told me a story when we were together for Christmas...a guy at his work recently renewed his DL. When he was 11 years old, his parents split up sometime in the 70's, his mother went back to her maiden name & the kids all went with her name. Every bit of his ID since then had had that name...except his birth certificate. So he brings in all the items you mentioned above & the fine folks at the DMV issued him a new license with (you guessed it) the name on his birth certificate.
So now he has an alias?
They refused to change it back to the name he's had all these years, so now he gets to pay for a legal name change, thanks to the DMV & the bureaucrats at Homeland "Security". Absolutely ridiculous!
November 14, 2012
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I had to drop my middle name because it is not on my birth certificate.
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December 4, 2011
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Looks like the pres. isn't going to wait for a legislative solution, he's going to take 'executive action'. Which means he side steps congress and does what ever the heck he feels like. I guess he can nullify the Constitution if he wants from the sounds of things.
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November 14, 2012
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I was at my FFL's today picking up my Christmas present (I'll add pics in the other guns forum). He said he saw Biden today on TV. Biden said he does not believe he can get enough support in the house and maybe the senate also. So he and Obama will use their "executive power" to make the necessary changes they would like to see. My friend believes they will give the BATFE more leeway in determining what they deem "sporting" features or "sporting" type firearms. Like the way they limited what could be used on imported parts kits. Realize this is just his opinion and take on what he saw and has seen done in the past.
February 11, 2010
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SCORPIO said
Looks like the pres. isn't going to wait for a legislative solution, he's going to take 'executive action'. Which means he side steps congress and does what ever the heck he feels like. I guess he can nullify the Constitution if he wants from the sounds of things.
This says O can't use executive order , can't change a law Congress has passed. Needs Congress to get it done.
-Blacktop
June 29, 2012
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Why is this country even speaking of democracy?
That would be the right moment to ask the people to vote for what he thinks!
February 11, 2010
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Lohr64 said
Why is this country even speaking of democracy?That would be the right moment to ask the people to vote for what he thinks!
Exactly, neither democracy nor excutive order should even be a consideration,
your second amendment rights are just that, a right. Nothing else, pretty cut and dry.
This whole media driven idea of democracy (I've been guilty of using the word time ago)
infringes on an individuals God given and constitutional rights.
Here is good refresher of our rights , something that has been all but forgotten to be taught
in our schools today. The video is seven parts and lengthy, the instructor is strong liberal,
and although I don't agree with a lot of Mike's liberal idea's he does a good job of reminding
us of what we have been slowly losing.
-Blacktop
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