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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (2116)	10/11/2000 12:46:50 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 10042

Let's ask 'em. Let's not... and just say we did... "K"??

To: cosmicforce who wrote (2116)	10/11/2000 12:26:10 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Hi, Cos: to clarify my own ruminatings on the subject. If I were called to rule on the 2nd Amendment and what it meant for civil arms ownership, here's what I think right now. (This opinion constitutes a snapshot and could change at any time. Ya never know - this old dog could learn stuff.) I think that the 2nd allows the citizen to own and operate guns. By this I mean projectile weapons with chemical propulsion, from single-shot .32 blackpowder squirrel rifles on up to artillery pieces shooting inert slugs. The line I draw is between guns and cannon (explosive shells, "destructive devices") and anything guided or self-powered (bazookas, TOW missiles, yadda yadda). It's kind of arbitrary, but it is in holding more or less with how the DOJ defines a firearm. So - a belt-fed .50 machine gun firing ball ammo is an allowed gun. A belt of incendiary or HE ammo for that gun is "out of bounds". An AR-15 rifle shooting dumb slugs is OK; the grenade launcher is OK; grenades for said launcher are a no-no. There is a Federal registry and licensing program for "class 3" weapons - full-auto guns and silencers. I would not repeal that licensure requirement. However I would guide State and municipal legislatures into avoiding punitive restrictions on owning or trading class 3 weapons between duly licensed individuals. I would love to legally own a silencer can for my bolt-action .22 rifle, but no way am I gonna do it feloniously.