Re:Stop-And-Seize Turns Police into Self-Funding Gangs
by 15charlimit on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:27AM
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The only real reason blatantly anti-constitutional law such as blanket seizure/confiscation hasn't happened on a large scale yet (because they've sure as hell tried) is that, if such laws were passed, the powers that be would suddenly find themselves in front of an enormous number of very angry gun owners who (hopefully) would be less than willing to cooperate peacefully.
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Re:Stop-And-Seize Turns Police into Self-Funding Gangs
by drabiega on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:51AM
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Most gun legislation dies pretty quickly in congress. I don't think the threat of violence from gun owners has particularly affected that process.
Re:Stop-And-Seize Turns Police into Self-Funding Gangs
by ska on Friday November 13, 2015 @12:02PM
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To me it seems unclear that the threat of this sort violence from gun owners has actually been a significant consideration or relevance for many decades, despite the mythology surrounding it. As opposed to the demonstrably effective threat of organized political action by gun right advocates, say.
Re:Stop-And-Seize Turns Police into Self-Funding Gangs
by spacemanmatt on Saturday November 14, 2015 @07:40AM
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Yeah, I'm still waiting for the first time gun owners raise their weapons in the interest of freedom. From all I can tell, the vocal pro-gun people are ale vocally pro status-quo.