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]“Confiscation could be an option”

Postby 642rUS on Sat Dec 22, 2012 11:07 pm

Repost this everywhere you can."


“Confiscation could be an option”posted at 7:01 pm on December 22, 2012 on Hot Air

It’s one of the most common refrains coming from the “reasonable discussion” crew as they pave the way for upcoming gun control legislation. Whether we hear it from the clucking tongues of guests on Morning Joe or from their legions of supporters on the web, the patter is the same. “No one is coming for your guns.” You’re all just being paranoid, disingenuous or worse. All we’re talking about is making little children safer. There’s not going to be anybody kicking down your doors.

(Of course, some very high profiles voices on the Left don’t seem to be able to stay on message.)

But over at National Review, Eliana Johnson proves yet again the wisdom of my dear old Dad. Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get ya.

In a radio interview on Thursday with Albany’s WGDJ-AM, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said that he plans to work with state legislators next month to submit a proposal for new gun-control laws; in particular, Cuomo said, “our focus is assault weapons,” because current state laws regulating the weapons “have more holes that Swiss cheese.”

“I don’t think legitimate sportsmen are going to say, ‘I need an assault weapon to go hunting,’” he said.

Cuomo continued, “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option — keep your gun but permit it.”

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It really doesn’t get much more plain spoken than that, so we should probably give due credit to Governor Cuomo. But this is obviously not just on the minds of bloggers at KOS or media spokesmodels like Ed Schultz. It’s on the agenda of people like Chuck Schumer, who will vote on any future proposals in the Senate, and Andrew Cuomo, who will sign new legislation at the state level. True, they’re not owning up to it on the Sunday talk shows because they need to bring along the recently converted like Manchin, Bob Casey and Joe Scarborough. They need them to continue preaching to the wavering and mourning that nobody is coming to take away your guns. But they’re doing a very poor job of disguising their true intentions. What they’re talking about is confiscation. Or, if you prefer, “mandatory sale,” which simply means confiscation with you getting a check for whatever they deem the equipment to be worth.

Jerry Brown just signed a brand new law making it illegal to carry even long guns (bolt action rifles, shotguns) in public places in California. Maryland is already moving in the same direction. The people who have been waiting in the wings to gut the Second Amendment have not let the sudden wave of sympathy and horror escape their notice or go to waste, and they’re not waiting for the New Year to act. If you’re still sitting on the sidelines thinking that maybe if we just offer them some slightly smaller magazine capacities this will all go away, I don’t know what to tell you.

Maybe you are paranoid. But it seems fairly obvious that someone is out to get you.


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Re: ]“Confiscation could be an option”

Postby FJ540 on Sun Dec 23, 2012 1:29 am

Had this discussion with my sister today (she's libtarded) - "nobody needs assault rifles" and then I told her "that's half my collection" which drew silence. :D She realised at that point that it's not the crazies who have these guns, it's people she knows would never harm someone without really needing to.

She's also never fired a gun in her life, and her husband is an avid hunter as well. She's bought into the load of crap that assault rifles are evil and only evil people need them. She also doesn't want to have to acknowledge her error in logic so she wants to never talk about it again. Sound familiar? :roll:
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Re: ]“Confiscation could be an option”

Postby AdamZ82 on Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:20 am

My wife had a nice discussion on facebook with a mutual friend that I can only describe as perfect. Background info: The friend has (or at least has had in the past) a pet rottweiler, who was the biggest teddy bear of a dog that you would have ever known- wouldn't hurt a fly.

Friend: Forgive me for this, but I am curious... (and seriously, just curious... not trying to start a debate about gun control)... why does someone want/need an AR-15 or similar weapon?

Wife: To answer the original question, because they're fun. A vast majority of people who have them use them (me) to pursue a hobby. Unless the news starts reporting things like "millions of flights made it safely to their destination today, most people's houses didn't burn down, and thousands of people enjoyed "assault" rifles at the range without incident", people are not going to understand that it's unfair to represent any group just by the people who do it wrong. Is it fair to assume everyone with a pit bull or a rottweiler has them for unsavory purposes? The same question could be asked about "bully" breeds, why would you want one? (Disclaimer: my dog is part "bully" breed.)

Friend: I appreciate your answer! And the bully breed reference helps me get it a little more!


I think most people don't understand just how common these guns are, and that it's not just the mass shooters that this would affect. I love how my wife used the reference about the dog, because it put her in the exact same position- that something she knows is not "evil" but has gotten a bad reputation due to abuses committed by a small minority might be taken away from her. There was a lengthy discussion between this friend and others, trying to explain that the 2nd ammendment gives teeth to the others, and that they can be used for hunting and self defense, but she didn't care because it didn't affect her.
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Re: ]“Confiscation could be an option”

Postby Lunchbox on Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:01 am

AdamZ82 wrote:My wife had a nice discussion on facebook with a mutual friend that I can only describe as perfect. Background info: The friend has (or at least has had in the past) a pet rottweiler, who was the biggest teddy bear of a dog that you would have ever known- wouldn't hurt a fly.

Friend: Forgive me for this, but I am curious... (and seriously, just curious... not trying to start a debate about gun control)... why does someone want/need an AR-15 or similar weapon?

Wife: To answer the original question, because they're fun. A vast majority of people who have them use them (me) to pursue a hobby. Unless the news starts reporting things like "millions of flights made it safely to their destination today, most people's houses didn't burn down, and thousands of people enjoyed "assault" rifles at the range without incident", people are not going to understand that it's unfair to represent any group just by the people who do it wrong. Is it fair to assume everyone with a pit bull or a rottweiler has them for unsavory purposes? The same question could be asked about "bully" breeds, why would you want one? (Disclaimer: my dog is part "bully" breed.)

Friend: I appreciate your answer! And the bully breed reference helps me get it a little more!


I think most people don't understand just how common these guns are, and that it's not just the mass shooters that this would affect. I love how my wife used the reference about the dog, because it put her in the exact same position- that something she knows is not "evil" but has gotten a bad reputation due to abuses committed by a small minority might be taken away from her. There was a lengthy discussion between this friend and others, trying to explain that the 2nd ammendment gives teeth to the others, and that they can be used for hunting and self defense, but she didn't care because it didn't affect her.


Thanks for the great analogy, I'm stealing it.
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