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ScottDLS wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 2:04 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 12:19 pm

thatguyoverthere wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:40 am Here's a thought that just hit me. I'm no historian, so an honest question here. And I know it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, but the answer might be of some interest in relation to the current situation: how did it go when fully auto machine guns and short barrel rifles and shotguns were effectively banned with the GCA of 1934?

They were not actually banned at that time. They were required to be registered. That was the first step toward banning them.

Since the $200 registration tax on NFA weapons was the equivalent of $3800 today, it was very close to a ban. Imagine a $3800 tax on a handgun, alo ng with a yearlong wait for registration today. I'd call it a 99% ban. Now time for a $1,000,000 tax on each 'blog site' (the modern printing press)...just a simple exercise of power to regulate interstate commerce....

thatguyoverthere wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:40 am Here's a thought that just hit me. I'm no historian, so an honest question here. And I know it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, but the answer might be of some interest in relation to the current situation: how did it go when fully auto machine guns and short barrel rifles and shotguns were effectively banned with the GCA of 1934?

Excaliber wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:21 am

RoyGBiv wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:25 pm I read that article this morning and thought.... Passing a confiscation law/rule would result in open rebellion.
Even if 0.5% of AR owners took to the streets, that's a big number.

I think this is a better read.

THE 2ND AMENDMENT IS OBSOLETE, SAYS CONGRESSMAN WHO WANTS TO NUKE OMAHA

That was a really good article.

However, it didn't address the central point in the first article - the viability of the boiling frog strategy of bans without confiscation likely followed by ammo bans to grind down the population without the door to door forcible confiscation flash point that would trigger massive active resistance.

Both articles contain much valid food for thought in our turbulent times.

Oldgringo wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:08 pm

RPBrown wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:11 am Sad but true. It is already happening in some blue states where they "detain" someone, then search his home and find a legally purchased few guns and ammo. Then he is placed under arrest for a felony gun violation. He is then paraded all over the media as a home grown terrorist because he has a few guns. Or another scenario would be a Ruby Ridge all over again.

As far as I am concerned, R.Francis Opuke is a Hitler wanta-be and most of the ilks on the left are just as bad

This whole situation is not going to end well for anyone. Both sides will lose in the long run because eventually, the left will get enough people believing their nonsense that it will come to a head, one way or another.

Do the names, Hitler and Stalin, ring any bells? I'm kinda' glad Mrs. Oldgringo and I are septuagenarians.

Good luck and goodnight, y'all.