Common Folk Using Common Sense

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When Does ‘Semiautomatic’ Mean ‘Machine Gun’?

June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From The Violence Policy Center, one of the most effective anti-gun hysteria brokers in Washington:

The [Supreme] Court’s ruling today [on DC v Heller] does not appear to affect the District’s [of Columbia] ban on “machine guns,” which under DC law includes any gun “which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily converted or [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Government · Guns

NJ Gun Rationing Voided By Court

June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

From NJ.com:

A New Jersey Court recently pronounced: “There is no rational relationship between restricting the number of guns that a licensed gun dealer and a licensed gun owner can transact per month and the frequency of illegal gun possession and crime.”
In so holding, the Court voided a local ordinance that rationed firearms specifically to law [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Guns

And Congress Gets Their Money From Where?

June 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From TaxingTennessee:

Here’s the question — “Should Congress quit funding for Public Television and NPR, Public Radio?”
Richard Guess of Charleston says, “Congress should continue paying for it because if they don’t, the taxpayers will end up paying for it.”

Some people in the US are simply too stupid to vote.

Richard GuessSpread The Word:

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Tags: Absurd · Government · Money