http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/09/gun-nuts-reach-new-level-of-nuttiness Comments On: Gun Nuts Reach New Level of Nuttiness by Chicago Fan en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
And isn't trying to restrict the way guns are bought and sold a gun control measure? This guy is using the weapons of the enemy!
Posted by gnot]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:16:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by McGee]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:12:51 -0800 The Stranger
Or gun owners could decide to take care of and secure their own guns instead of leaving them lying around like so many Legos. I tell my kids every damn day: "They're YOUR toys. You want them. You pick them up. Don't expect to get them back in one piece if you leave them for me to clean up." There wouldn't be one gun turned in to any buy backs if gun owners cleaned up their own act.

The root of the problem is that gun owners don't treat their own guns with respect. Gun buybacks are just a band-aid.
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:42:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by mikethehammer]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:39:26 -0800 The Stranger
Mostly, though, it's that all of the guns collected are usually destroyed. In any collection of back-of-closet guns there are often a few rare or collector pieces, but no exception is made for them. I've seen pictures of the piles of "unwanted" guns and thought "Hey! That looks like a perfectly good (unusual older gun)".

I think it'd be reasonable to allow dealers to bid on any items that met the BATF definition of "curio & relic"(antique).


Posted by lyford]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:55:29 -0800 The Stranger
But yeah, the guy is nuts, as expected. Big difference between "abandon" and "give away."

So confused on why gun lovers hate buybacks. If people want to sell their legal property, they have the right to, regardless of the buyer or item. It is not like there is a shortage of guns. Who the hell cares?

"...let the Pagans spill theirs,
On the dusty ground.
God shall strike them down
for each [round]
that can't be found"
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:01:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:30:21 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cracker Jack]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:29:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tiktok]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:16:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Knat]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:04:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DJSauvage]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:52:05 -0800 The Stranger
"We just go back and we tweak it and tune it up, and we work with our friends in the Legislature and fix it so they can't do it,"

So, if you can't win a lawsuit, just change the law... seems simple enough. I can think of plenty of things I'd like to be able to do that with...
Posted by FormerSeattelite]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:36:31 -0800 The Stranger
as mcginn said, if the buyback program prevents one firearm death, it will be worth it.
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:34:43 -0800 The Stranger http://www.npr.org/2013/01/09/168926749/…)
Posted by FormerSeattelite]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:34:10 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:33:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treehugger]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:25:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:20:33 -0800 The Stranger
Instead, they just put words into that person's mouth about guns having a right to "life."

Not that I think their reason would be any more logically sound, but this is just sloppy. I want to know the speaker's reasoning, not the reporter's.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:19:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fried Worms]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:17:13 -0800 The Stranger
So tell us how you feel about the taxpayer money spent on things like first-responders responding to shootings, and taxpayer money spent on counseling and aid programs for shooting victims, and taxpayer money spent on lawsuits resulting from shootings, and taxpayer money spent amping up security at courthouses, and the latest idea from the gun nuts: Spend taxpayer money for armed guards at public schools.

Wadte of money, or money well-spent "protectin' our God-given Freedom!"
Posted by Dr_Awesome]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:10:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jeffy]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:02:36 -0800 The Stranger Posted by NateMan]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:59:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sasha]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:52:01 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:26:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:16:34 -0800 The Stranger