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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: macsak on April 16, 2013, 04:08:56 PM

Title: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: macsak on April 16, 2013, 04:08:56 PM: that they are exempting transactions that take place so many miles from the registration site (to appease rural people like in alaska or montana)?
and even better, transactions betweens friends and family
so you could sell a gun on gunbroker, and say that the person who is buying it is "a friend"
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: lippy laroux on April 16, 2013, 05:35:06 PM: What is the mileage limit? We could use that excuse down here in Naalehu.. The local gun registration person has been on vacation or gone for a month now. Closest Police station is 60 miles.
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: macsak on April 16, 2013, 05:49:25 PM: "In an effort to win support from senators from the pro-gun rights states of Alaska and perhaps North Dakota, Toomey and Manchin were purportedly willing to alter the proposal so that gun buyers who live hundreds of miles from registrars would be excluded from the background checks, a Senate aide said. "

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/16/gun-legislation-background-check-proposal-again-uphill-60-vote-challenge/#ixzz2QgmhX9pe (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/16/gun-legislation-background-check-proposal-again-uphill-60-vote-challenge/#ixzz2QgmhX9pe)

Quote from: lippy laroux on April 16, 2013, 05:35:06 PM
What is the mileage limit? We could use that excuse down here in Naalehu.. The local gun registration person has been on vacation or gone for a month now. Closest Police station is 60 miles.
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: kevlar on April 16, 2013, 08:36:43 PM: This bill is filled with idiocy. Basing the mileage on whether or not you would be exempted is a violation of the equal protection clause in the constitution. Of course, I doubt these two clowns have even thought that far ahead.
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: Funtimes on April 16, 2013, 10:23:09 PM: Quote from: kevlar on April 16, 2013, 08:36:43 PM
This bill is filled with idiocy. Basing the mileage on whether or not you would be exempted is a violation of the equal protection clause in the constitution. Of course, I doubt these two clowns have even thought that far ahead.

The court would likely say you are not similarly situated individuals since you do not live in such a rural area.
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: bass monkey on April 17, 2013, 07:10:11 AM: Quote from: Funtimes on April 16, 2013, 10:23:09 PM
The court would likely say you are not similarly situated individuals since you do not live in such a rural area.

If the court even takes the case. They declined to hear NY case
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: BUD on April 17, 2013, 10:41:35 AM: Quote from: bass monkey on April 17, 2013, 07:10:11 AM
If the court even takes the case. They declined to hear NY case

Wasn't the NY case about CCW anyways?
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: bass monkey on April 17, 2013, 11:23:25 AM: Quote from: BUD on April 17, 2013, 10:41:35 AM
Wasn't the NY case about CCW anyways?

possibly but its a sad day when the courts dont stand with the people and offer the checks and balances its suppose to.
Title: Re: did you notice in the compromise amendment for NICS checks
Post by: Bigkahuna808 on April 17, 2013, 11:28:05 AM: Bill would need to clearly define what a friend is which could affect other cases