Boston: "We have gun powder purchase laws here"
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Will Boston Bombing increase restrictions on BP?
The title says it all.
At this time, I haven't seen that the actual explosives used in the bombs were or were not BP.
If it was BP (lots of white smoke on the scene, after all), I fear hysterical laws and regulations that will further restrict the buying of BP.
Am I being prescient or ridiculous?
Bart Noir
The title says it all.
At this time, I haven't seen that the actual explosives used in the bombs were or were not BP.
If it was BP (lots of white smoke on the scene, after all), I fear hysterical laws and regulations that will further restrict the buying of BP.
Am I being prescient or ridiculous?
Bart Noir
I am heartened by the fact...
...That we seemed not to go completely nuts after the Newtown Massacre. Although it certainly seemed that many wanted to, cooler heads appear to have prevailed.
I heard Giuliani on a morning show saying that the measure now before congress will do nothing to curb gun violence.
The other day a talking head was calling our attention to the fact that the real problem is not school shootings or theater shootings (Though they are no less terrible taken as they come.) but the high number of young folks who die every day because of a lack of regard for the sanctity of life.
All the restrictive gun laws in the world won't fix that.
...That we seemed not to go completely nuts after the Newtown Massacre. Although it certainly seemed that many wanted to, cooler heads appear to have prevailed.
I heard Giuliani on a morning show saying that the measure now before congress will do nothing to curb gun violence.
The other day a talking head was calling our attention to the fact that the real problem is not school shootings or theater shootings (Though they are no less terrible taken as they come.) but the high number of young folks who die every day because of a lack of regard for the sanctity of life.
All the restrictive gun laws in the world won't fix that.
Jim Watson
New member
What do you mean "we," Doc?
The antis are determined to not let a crisis go to waste.
The Sandy Hook sequel is not over. I expect repressive amendments to whatever so-called "compromise" or "alternative" bill is publicized.
CCRKBA has dropped support for Manchin-Toomey as a restoration of rights provision was edited out by Chuckie Schumer.
I expect gunpowder, whether black or white, to be harder to get next year.
The antis are determined to not let a crisis go to waste.
The Sandy Hook sequel is not over. I expect repressive amendments to whatever so-called "compromise" or "alternative" bill is publicized.
CCRKBA has dropped support for Manchin-Toomey as a restoration of rights provision was edited out by Chuckie Schumer.
I expect gunpowder, whether black or white, to be harder to get next year.
it funny really because the whole BP classification has no real base .
The same things can be done with any of the synthetic BP equivalents and in fact smokeless if a person were to really want to
Top that off there are other options that are in fact much easier to obtain and far more deadly
Speaking for myself , I see the current and any additional restrictions on BP nothing more then the latest attempt at gun restrictions as really having no more bearing then effecting the honest person . The reality is it doesn’t effect those who would want to use it for a crime. If they are going to do that , they would just make it
The same things can be done with any of the synthetic BP equivalents and in fact smokeless if a person were to really want to
Top that off there are other options that are in fact much easier to obtain and far more deadly
Speaking for myself , I see the current and any additional restrictions on BP nothing more then the latest attempt at gun restrictions as really having no more bearing then effecting the honest person . The reality is it doesn’t effect those who would want to use it for a crime. If they are going to do that , they would just make it
What I mean by "we"
Is that I place myself in the group which believes that the proper response to a school shooting is not more restictive firearm laws. It appears that the move against assault weapons is losing momentum. The Manchin legistlation (I think) has a clause that makes registration unlawful and attempts to gain information about gun ownership a crime punishable by up to 15 yrs in the slammer. I have to admit that I don't know what the Manchin law does for private sales or gifts.
But Florida just passed a ban on large cap magazines (IIUC).
I am not saying we can relax. The force of efforts to make firearms illegal is still very real but it is my sense that the number of folks who support that is quite small. It is perhaps right to fear that lawmakers will bypass the second amendment by making ammunition including powder harder to get.
Is that I place myself in the group which believes that the proper response to a school shooting is not more restictive firearm laws. It appears that the move against assault weapons is losing momentum. The Manchin legistlation (I think) has a clause that makes registration unlawful and attempts to gain information about gun ownership a crime punishable by up to 15 yrs in the slammer. I have to admit that I don't know what the Manchin law does for private sales or gifts.
But Florida just passed a ban on large cap magazines (IIUC).
I am not saying we can relax. The force of efforts to make firearms illegal is still very real but it is my sense that the number of folks who support that is quite small. It is perhaps right to fear that lawmakers will bypass the second amendment by making ammunition including powder harder to get.
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Well, at least some comfort can be taken from the fact that the latest/greatest compromise gun bill, backed by hunter/Senators Toomey & Manchin, just got voted down in the US Senate an hour or so ago - and got praised by McCain for "doing the right thing", even though they lost.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/politics/senate-guns-vote/index.html
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Well, at least some comfort can be taken from the fact that the latest/greatest compromise gun bill, backed by hunter/Senators Toomey & Manchin, just got voted down in the US Senate an hour or so ago - and got praised by McCain for "doing the right thing", even though they lost.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/17/politics/senate-guns-vote/index.html
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Bishop Creek
New member
johnwilliamson062
Moderator
I am sure there was a time in the US where it was widely accepted that the second amendment DID cover many explosives. It isn't the "firearms amendment." You are correct in that time was long ago when the USA was a Republic.
g.willikers
New member
Doc Hoy,
Florida restricts magazine capacity?
Where did you hear that?
Florida restricts magazine capacity?
Where did you hear that?
There are many ways to build an explosive device. All we really know is that those used in Boston were intended as anti-personnel devices and used pressure vessels to maximize the energy of the blasts. The accelerants/explosive compounds have not yet been identified to the public.
johnwilliamson062
Moderator
Guys, the founders never considered the possibility of a person being able to walk into a store and purchase a pound of black powder right off the shelf when they wrote the constitution.
Wait a second... Never mind, I don't think any sort of regulation of black powder is going anywhere.
Wait a second... Never mind, I don't think any sort of regulation of black powder is going anywhere.