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Rockrz wrote:

BigBlueDodge wrote:With the Heller vs D.C. decision, our right to own firearms has been cemented into government law.

Oh yeah? All it takes is for two justices to be replaced by liberal justisces...ad they bring a challenge to this back to the court...and suddenly we've LOST our right to bear arms! This is exactly what the democraps have planned.

NOTHING is cemented into government law because they've done the same thing hitler did, and that is start teaching the kids liberalism and when they get old enough to vote, they vote liberal...which means we are turning into a socialist country.

Democracy is worthless when everyone votes our rights away, and that's where we're going.
Once the cat is out of the bag, you can't get him back in there.

I'm not a lawyer, or a professed expert on the judicial system, but once the Supreme Court makes a decision, it sets precedence and all follow on cases are weighed against the prior court decisions. It is not common that the Supreme Court rules in a case that conflicts with previous decisions, as that could undermine the authority and integrity of the court system and cause thousands of lower court rulings that were based on the original supreme court decision to be repealed. Look at it this way, it took over 200 years for the Supreme Court to weigh in on what rights the 2nd Amendment guaranteed to individuals. Why you think the rulings will change in this next election, or even your lifetime is beyond me. I don't think that you have anything to be scared of.

Personally, I do not choose to run and hide myself or my actions for fear of what MIGHT happen to my gun rights. Instead, I would rather focus on confronting, and fighting for those rights. I am proud to be a gun owner, and I will not hide that fact from anyone nor try and skirt the system for fear of being identified. I will not live in fear!

I'm also a law abiding citizens. If Ultra Liberal politicians do find a way to take away my gun rights, I will always abide by the law, even if I don't like it. A gun is just a tool for self defense. If that tool is made illegal, I will find another tool for self defense. I'm literally surprised by the number of folks that openly admit that they would break the law and hide their firearms if that firearm was made illegal by the government. One thing I constantly read about CHL holders are that they are law abiding, but it appears that some are only law abiding .... if they have their guns.

Rockrz wrote:

drw wrote:In that case, I hope you have never purchased a firearm from a dealer.

If I did that, I'd be on the government's list of people to go after if/when the ultra liberals get into power.

Nope, just face to face purchases for me.

I just wait to find the good deals from guys that love guns enough to take care of them.
Buying a good used gun is very similar to buying a good used truck. Ya gotta be patient.

I'm always perplexed by the ever paranoind, Big Brother is out to get me type of people. With the Heller vs D.C. decision, our right to own firearms has been cemented into government law. Ultra Liberals cannot come after you for owning a gun, they can now only try and restrict what kinds of guns you can purchase. Given the the ruling said that citizens can use guns that are in common use at the time, revolvers and semi-auto handguns are here to stay. I firmly believe that you have nothing to worry about.

Honestly, I worry about the ones who go out of their way to hide things than the ones who prefer to do thing legit, and by the book. So let's say that you bought a 17 round Glock pistol, and all of the sudden Ultra Liberals take control and by an act of god, they manage to restrict handgun capacity to 6 rounds and anything above that is illegal. What you are saying is that you would rather they not know you have a illegal 17 round pistol. Since they won't know, then you can willingly break the law by continuing to possess your 17 round magazine. What is gained by trying to be so secretive?