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  • majormadmax

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    Blah blah blah...

    You're not biased because you quote left-leaning rags, you're biased because you're a liberal douchebag!

    You'll fit in well in Austin, but be careful not to wander into the real Texas as with your attitude you're going to have a hard time spewing your leftist bullshit with a swollen lip.

    So, with this, I close this thread, at least as far as I'm concerned. The experiment has met it's goal. You can not have a friendly forum chat on this subject or I wonder if any subject with the members we have. Maybe I'll ask a moderator to close my account and go to another forum looking for adult conversation.........

    Good riddance!
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    Maverick44

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    So, with this, I close this thread, at least as far as I'm concerned. The experiment has met it's goal. You can not have a friendly forum chat on this subject or I wonder if any subject with the members we have. Maybe I'll ask a moderator to close my account and go to another forum looking for adult conversation.........

    All else aside, you know that posting about a topic you KNOW fully well is going to cause a shit show just because you want to run some kind of "social experiment" is basically trolling right? You wanted to elicit a response, and that's exactly what you got. Don't get upset because it happened exactly how it has happened in almost every thread ever made on this topic. Your posts lead me to believe that you saw the previous threads. You knew the response you were going to get before you ever made this thread.

    Most forums would have banned you on the spot for that stunt. From what I've seen, this one is FAR FAR more forgiving in that regard. Though, I see that you've asked Vaquero to close your membership anyways. So long.
     
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    Charlie

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    All else aside, you know that posting about a topic you KNOW fully well is going to cause a shit show just because you want to run some kind of "social experiment" is basically trolling right? You wanted to elicit a response, and that's exactly what you got. Don't get upset because it happened exactly how it has happened in almost every thread ever made on this topic. Your posts lead me to believe that you saw the previous threads. You knew the response you were going to get before you ever made this thread.

    Most forums would have banned you on the spot for that stunt. From what I've seen, this one is FAR FAR more forgiving in that regard. Though, I see that you've as Vaquero to close your membership anyways. So long.
    Spot on post!
     

    Dawico

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    Other states are doing it so it must be a great idea.........

    Seems to be left leaning states that don't like freedom are the ones doing it. All the more reason for Texas not to.

    Enjoy Austin. I'm sure you're fitting in just fine.
     

    Hoji

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    Other states are doing it so it must be a great idea.........

    Seems to be left leaning states that don't like freedom are the ones doing it. All the more reason for Texas not to.

    Enjoy Austin. I'm sure you're fitting in just fine.
    Or just go back to the left falling state you came from. Your views seem to be more in alignment with DC/ Northern Virginia than they do with Texas.
     

    Hoji

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    One thing I have noticed about people who clutch their BOS like an old catholic woman clutches her rosary is they all seem to have big.gov mentalities.

    Ask yourself this;
    Do you trust big.gov?

    These are folks that I inherently distrust and would never in a hundred lifetimes give them any personal information about me if I have the option not to.



    Let that sink in for a minute.
     

    Sam7sf

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    One thing I have noticed about people who clutch their BOS like an old catholic woman clutches her rosary is they all seem to have big.gov mentalities.

    Ask yourself this;
    Do you trust big.gov?

    These are folks that I inherently distrust and would never in a hundred lifetimes give them any personal information about me if I have the option not to.



    Let that sink in for a minute.
    This is an issue I have with other republicans who say they are for something but are pro police state.
     

    motorcarman

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    First, a quote from the Giffords Law Center To Prevent Gun Violence:
    "Though more than 90% of the American public supports background checks for all gun sales, a dangerous and deadly loophole in federal gun laws still exempts unlicensed sellers from having to perform any background check whatsoever before selling a firearm. With this loophole, guns easily find their way into the hands of illegal buyers and gun traffickers, dramatically increasing the likelihood of gun murders and suicides." (BS in my opinion but opinions are like butts, everyone has one)

    And this: "Eleven states (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington) and the District of Columbia require universal background checks at the point of sale for all sales and transfers of all classes of firearms, whether they are purchased from a licensed dealer or an unlicensed seller.

    Two more states, Maryland and Pennsylvania, require point of sale background checks for handguns but not for long guns, like rifles and shotguns.

    Instead of a point of sale background check, three states (Hawaii, Illinois, and Massachusetts) require all firearm purchasers to obtain a permit, issued after a background check, in order to buy any firearm."

    Jeff Knox, noted 2A activist, wrote in a 2006 Op Ed on "Ammoland" pretty much predicting this turn of events in his piece on how to defend personal sales and how to defend against using the non-existent "Gun Show Loop Hole". "Title 18, Section 922 of the U.S. Code, the 1968 Gun Control Act, covers sales and transfer of guns. The law forbids transfers between residents of different states except through an FFL in the buyer's state. Of course it is also illegal for a federally “prohibited person” – a felon, fugitive, someone dishonorably discharged from the service, etc. – to purchase a firearm from anyone, FFL dealer or not. If the seller has any indication that the prospective buyer is a “prohibited person,” selling the gun is a crime. It is also illegal for anyone to purchase a firearm on behalf of someone else – even if that someone else could legally purchase it himself – and a seller can again be held criminally responsible if they had any indication that such a “straw” transaction was taking place. But not all sellers are that prudent. A foolish few think they are “safe” if they take a “don't ask, don't tell” approach, avoiding any question of the buyers’ legal status and studiously not noticing if the buyer says something that might indicate ineligibility. They delude themselves."

    I've read many posts in this forum basically stating that if you keep your head in the sand, you can't be held criminally responsible. Or that if the buyer looks okay and has cash, take it and run. Or the time honored a BOS is bullsh*t and won't help your in criminal court. All could be true. But, no one ever mentions that the civil court doesn't have the exacting standards of a criminal court. A law school professor I once had said to sue everyone remotely connected to an incident and let the trier-of-fact (judge) decide who stays in the suit.

    Ask Remington, now the owner of Bushmaster, how that civil lawsuit is going on the Sandy Hook school shooting. It's costing them a lot of money to fight what should not be their involvement in the suit, but the court is letting it go forward. I wonder if Remington will settle out of court eventually to save money?

    Think you'll have the resources to fight any civil suit against you if you sell the handgun used by some dirtbag to kill some kids? I can't and will perform "due diligence" if I ever sell another firearm on this forum. That includes using a BOS developed by a pro-2A lawyer to cover all the bases of me meeting the US Code and proving, at least I hope, to a civil jury that I did due diligence.

    Who knows, you may never be sued. And you may never be audited by the IRS. But then I've been audited three times, two because they made a mistake and once because I gave to much cash to charity for what I earned. I'm going to try and keep the stats as they are.

    I thought the QUOTING of material was deemed unacceptable??

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    benenglish

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    I thought the QUOTING of material was deemed unacceptable??
    You are correct. However, the proper way to report it would have been to hit the report button. For this time, I'll do all this mod business out in the open. In the future, I'll respond to copyright callouts with no action other than advice to hit the report button.

    Material on that site, according to their site rules, may not be reproduced except where permission is explicitly given for particular documents. Their press releases, for example, are available for sharing.

    I -
    • assumed this was a quote from a press release, because that's what it sounded like,
    • scanned it quickly and didn't realize it was two sentences (in the first quoted section) instead of the discouraged but allowable single sentence, and
    • erroneously failed to take action.
    Thanks for pointing this out. Since the quoted text was not a part of a press release and there is no permission granted on that page to reproduce, I'll fix it. Give me a few minutes to figure out exactly how I can do that without killing the entire context of the thread to which so many people have devoted so much effort. I don't want to render everyone's writing into gobbledygook just because the OP violated a rule.

    ETA: OP edited to keep it in compliance with site rules. Other actions taken.
     
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    oldag

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    You are correct. However, the proper way to report it would have been to hit the report button. For this time, I'll do all this mod business out in the open. In the future, I'll respond to copyright callouts with no action other than advice to hit the report button.

    Material on that site, according to their site rules, may not be reproduced except where permission is explicitly given for particular documents. Their press releases, for example, are available for sharing.

    I -
    • assumed this was a quote from a press release, because that's what it sounded like,
    • scanned it quickly and didn't realize it was two sentences (in the first quoted section) instead of the discouraged but allowable single sentence, and
    • erroneously failed to take action.
    Thanks for pointing this out. Since the quoted text was not a part of a press release and there is no permission granted on that page to reproduce, I'll fix it. Give me a few minutes to figure out exactly how I can do that without killing the entire context of the thread to which so many people have devoted so much effort. I don't want to render everyone's writing into gobbledygook just because the OP violated a rule.

    ETA: OP edited to keep it in compliance with site rules. Other actions taken.


    Well, we'll let you slide this time. ;)
     

    majormadmax

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    So are we pro BOS or nah???

    Bos is a genus of domestic cattle.

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    So being a fan of steaks and hamburgers, I guess you could call me "pro bos!"
     

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    jordanmills

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    Give me a few minutes to figure out exactly how I can do that without killing the entire context of the thread to which so many people have devoted so much effort. I don't want to render everyone's writing into gobbledygook just because the OP violated a rule.
    Appreciate that. A lot people on other forums wouldn't give that any kind of consideration or effort.
     
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