Can you expand on what you mean by 'more difficult to transport'? When I get my handgun, I am going to want to take it to the range for practice. Also, I might want to take it to my in-laws (in the next state over) so my father in-law and I could go shooting at his range.
Are you talking about this kind of transporting? On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It was well established in the gun control thread that the major > >gun/crime issue is illegal handguns/illegal assault weapons (IMO). What > >are people's thoughts on stopping the trade in illegal firearms. I'm not > >sure I buy the argument to "just arm everyone else", while the > >Constitution is interpreted to guarantee the right to legally own a > >firearm, doesn't it also guarantee the right not to? > > > > have chemical taggants in all ammunition. That way tracing becomes much > easier. The last time this was proposed, the NRA was against it. > > Make ammunition much much more expensive. > > Make firearms much more difficult to transport. If the user does not have a > transportation certificate its a 3 month jail term and $5000 fine if they > cannot produce the certificate within 24 hours at their nearest police > station. > > Reduce the penalties for drugs. > > Another problem and one I cannot see how to to deal with is that most > firearm related crimes and suicides are impulsive. its very easy to pick up > a pistol and blaze away, essentially an impulse. Its much more involved and > deliberative to take a baseball bat and beat the crap out of someone else. > It also gives that person a much better opportunity to beat the crap out of > you. If you could really reduce the impulsive nature of firearms then that > would go a long way to reduce firearm related incidents. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279992 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
