The OK case

[hollodero]

(04-05-2017, 12:06 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Like most national characteristics, the answer is complicated.  The Framers were a mix of Federalists and anti-Federalists, so our government is an odd mix of deference to a central authority and a profound mistrust of the same.  National loyalty is stressed while at the same time the states are given, individually, a large amount of power and autonomy.  Add the fact that, for a large amount of the country's history it was a frontier nation.  I have several firearms that have been passed down from four generations, from my great grandfather in WW1.  My maternal uncle has a pistol that was used by a direct ancestor in the civil war.  Firearm ownership is ingrained in many American families.

I get that. I might not understand it, but I do get it.

(04-05-2017, 12:06 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The resistance to a registry is due to the perception that registration is the last step before confiscation.  Despite the bemused skepticism of people like xxlt the progressive states have shown that such concerns are rooted in some reality.

That I do not get. Confiscation would be a clear breach of your Constitution, that's not likely at all. If you think confiscation is on the table, I would like to know where this perception comes from. You said some reality, so what reality?

(04-05-2017, 12:06 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: How often does your house burn down?  Doesn't stop people from having fire insurance.  In CA many people have earthquake insurance as homeowners insurance doesn't normally cover it.  As Roto will agree with me, it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

That I do get again. I don't advocate against said insurance, I just would like everyone owning a deadly weapon to know how to handle it, much like with the deadly weapon "car". I don't think that's unreasonable.