Having their cake and eating it too

Not that I should be surprised, But has anyone besides me noticed the anti-gunners rapid change of heart now that National concealed carry reciprocity is working tis way through congress?

The same folks who have been calling for NATIONAL  licensing, NATIONAL  Gun Bans, and NATIONAL registries and now screaming about STATES rights in the face of NATIONAL  concealed carry.  Nothing lends credibility to your position like turning 180 degrees to keep the party line going, no matter how moronic it makes you look.

The ‘Microstamping” lie and its uterior motive

There is a lot of talk about “microstamping”  and elected moonbats cannot WAIT to co-sponsor any bill than includes this.  As a constituent, for or against gun ownership you should be insulted at how stupid you representative thinks you are.

The THEORY goes like this;  Gun makers etch a serial number on the the head of the firing pin on a semi automatic pistol, thus it would leave the number imprinted on the back of the casing.  Police arrive that the crime scene,pick up the spent casing, read the number off the back, look up the number, drive to the criminals house and arrest him.  Case solved faster than last weeks episode of  C.S.I.

The REALITY ( there’s that word moonbats hate so much) is much different.

1.  The technology does not actually exist yet. While state governments in places like CA and NY want to make it the law of the land, gun manufactures are unable to make guns that meet the requirements.  They would therefore be unable to sell guns in the states with this legislation.  Well, would you look at that?  It would become a back door gun ban!  How convenient for the gun banners!  After Microstamping fails to stop crime with semi-auto pistols, what is to stop them from including rifles and shotguns?  Why, nothing! In one fell swoop the antis could get rid of everything but revolvers! As long as we are legislating non-existent technology, what not pass a law that says car dealers can only sell cars that get 200mpg or better?

2. lets say for the sake of argument that the technology exist and actually was viable.  If I bought a microstamped gun, how would the police know to arrest me if committed a crime with it?  Why, they would have to have a list with my name on it! Isn’t that convenient?

3. Now lets say the technology were to exist and the registry now exists.  What Happens if I want to sell my gun to a buddy of mine  what then?  How would big brother be able to match the microstamping mark to the correct criminal?  Well I guess we would have to go to  gun dealer and got through a NICS check sothe new owner can be registered.  Say, as long as we do that for Microstamped guns, might as well do that for all of them huh? Wait, wouldn’t that get rid of that  “Gun show loophole”?  well what do you know about that?  This of course ignores the fact that Canada just spent a few BILLION on a gun registry only to find out that it doesn’t work and they are now scraping it.  Upon hearing of the failure of the gun registry, California has decided it wants to start a gun registry.

4.  Since new guns can only be legally sold through gun dealers and criminals cannot buy their guns legally, no one has mentioned how the micro stamped guns are going to get into the hands of criminals so they can commit these solvable crimes.  I am especially interested in how they are going to get criminals to register the microstamps?   The Supreme Court ruled in 1968 that criminals cannot be punished for failing to register their guns as it violates their 5thAmendment rights.

5.  If my microstamped gun is stolen and then used in a crime, the microstamp will tell police who USED TO own the gun, not who committed the crime.  I’m not a detective, but that does not strike me as a terribly useful piece of information

At this point does anyone but me see that the crime solving ability of this technology hinges solely on lawful gun owners suddenly turning to a life of crime?  I do see that it has spent a lot of money without solving any crimes yet.

So how easy would this be to defeat? TOO EASY

1. Use a revolver.  Revolvers don’t eave brass behind so stamping them would be pointless

2. Pick up your spent brass, better yet drop some casing picked up at a gun range as red herrings.

3.  Put a bag over your hand to catch the spent brass.  A 1 gallon zip lock and a  zip tie just like in the movie Mr Brooks should do the trick

4.  File Down the firing pin.  A monkey could do it.

5. Use a stolen gun

6. Change out the firing pin.  The thing is the size of a one inch nail used to set floor edge trim, can you imagine how easy it would be to smuggle those around?

 

There you go…. five reasons why microstamping won’t work and six ways to defeat it for little or no cost. Any politician who is supporting this idea is deliberately  wasting time and money.

100 years of the 1911

Dear President Obama and Members of Congress

This is a Colt Model 1911A1 chambered in .45 ACP.  The design turns 100 years old this year and in celebration, I thought I would take this opportunity to remind you of a few things.

In 1911, (120 years after the Second Amendment to the Constitution was adopted) John Browning designed this gun for American’s to defend themselves against the forces of a tyrannical government that tried to increase its power subjugate rights of free people.  This was the Central Powers in World War 1.  They lost.

In 1942, this particular gun was issued to my Grandfather to defend himself against the forces of a tyrannical government that tried to increase its power and subjugate the rights of free people.  This was the Empire of Japan in World War II. They lost.

When he passed away, he left it to me in case I ever needed it to defend myself against the forces of a tyrannical government that seeks to increase its power and subjugate the rights of free people.  You might want to keep that in mind….

Just so we are clear, this gun is mine and I will NEVER give it to you. I will not register it, surrender it, allow you to “Buy it back”, submit it to you for “ballistics finger printing”, allow you to see that is “stored properly”, or modify it with “smart gun technology or micro-Stamping technology” (if they ever get developed).  I will not “store it in a locked container” with the ammunition “stored separately” unless I feel like it.  I will never place in a mandated “safe storage facility” like a gun club and certainly not a police station.  I will not use “numbered bullets” in it.  I will always use the magazine it was designed to use regardless of whether you think that is too many rounds or not. When I pass away, I will “transfer” it (among many others) to my children for the same reasons my grandfather gave it to me.  And I will NEVER ask you for your “permission “to do so.   This is my RIGHT as an American, given to me by God, and preserved and protected through for over 100 years by Millions of brave men and women in uniform, many of whom have carried  the Colt model 1911A1 and continue to do so today.

100% investment for 2.7% return?

The Anti-Gun forces and their congressional allies are spending millions of dollars (some of it taxpayers) to promote their continuing shopping list of freedom restrictions for the American gun owner, chief among them are the “assault weapons ban”, Closing the fictitious “gun show loophole” and the perennial”registration” schemes.  It should be noted that registration will require the “gun show loophole”  legislation to pass first to ensure that no one can sell a privatelyowned firearm without checking in with big brother, but I digress.

Apparently, if all of these restrictions pass, the U.S. and Mexico will be peaceful Utopias free of all crime and violence-or so we are told.   However, the math seems a bit fuzzy.

According to the Bureau of Justice, about 1.7% of crime guns originated at gunshows (Federal Firearms Offenders 1992-1998)

According to the ATF, “assault weapons” are used in about 1% of crimes (no specific citation available, copied from a BOJ report)

According to the U.S. Supreme Court (Haynes v. U.S. 1968)  A criminal CANNOT be convicted of possessing an unregistered gun, because to register a weapon when you are a prohibited person is a violation of  5th amendment rights against self incrimination. Interestinglyenough both the Heller  and Miranda  decisions passed with a 5-4 margin, but Haynes  passed 8-1!  In short, registration will have a 0% effect. (That is assuming crime reduction is the actual goal, not just the stated one!)

So, if we ban “assualt weapons” close down gunshows and enact registration, the BEST CASE SENARIO is a 2.7% reduction in crime guns?  Even for the Government that is a pitiful return of investment both of money and effort.

Of couse, I say best case senario becuse in reality the same criminals who would have bought guns from a private party, or used an “assualt weapon” would just go somewhere else to buy and/or use a different kind of gun so the reality is a 0% reduction.  Gee, why wouldn’t I support a thing like that?

The better question is why would I vote for someone who does?