Since 1986, "discovered" machine guns cannot be legally registered. The only legal course of action is to surrender them to the authorities. As far as I know, there is no other legal option.
As far as powder (I assume black powder?) pipe and cannon fuse, isn't the principle of "constructive possession" a wonderful thing???
(hugely sarcastic by intent...)
that is PART of the scary part to me. The other part is the mindset of "do something NOW, so people feel safe, and we'll obey the law later...maybe..."
That kind of outlook put Americans of Japanese ancestry (and some others who were Asian ancestry) into prison camps during WWII. They called them Internment camps but that's a distinction without much of a difference.
Personally, I think such laws are spawning grounds for intentional abuse. If someone is so dangerous to others don't take their guns and let them go free, LOCK THEM UP!
However, there is a problem with that, when they haven't committed any actual crime...one of those pesky Amendment thingys, you know, the one about not being deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process...
and some of the other ones as well...
As far as powder (I assume black powder?) pipe and cannon fuse, isn't the principle of "constructive possession" a wonderful thing???
(hugely sarcastic by intent...)
The scary part is that legislators AND JUDGES in these states think these red flag laws are constitutional.
that is PART of the scary part to me. The other part is the mindset of "do something NOW, so people feel safe, and we'll obey the law later...maybe..."
That kind of outlook put Americans of Japanese ancestry (and some others who were Asian ancestry) into prison camps during WWII. They called them Internment camps but that's a distinction without much of a difference.
Personally, I think such laws are spawning grounds for intentional abuse. If someone is so dangerous to others don't take their guns and let them go free, LOCK THEM UP!
However, there is a problem with that, when they haven't committed any actual crime...one of those pesky Amendment thingys, you know, the one about not being deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process...
and some of the other ones as well...