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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe case for registering firearms.
So many worry that the gubmint will come and get your guns.
Thirty eight years ago my 1911 Series 70 was stolen. Yesterday I regained possession from the Sheriff's Dept.
Without registration this would never have happened. All because I filed a report on bank fraud and they got my new contact info.
Welcome home!
I even got 40 rounds and my original soft case back along with a holster.
I never replaced it and it is my only firearm.
Register them! You never know.
hack89
(39,171 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 28, 2020, 06:23 PM - Edit history (1)
no need to do that before hand.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Weve been through this before. Too many so-called responsible gun owners, arent responsible.
At the very least, guns should be registered, notwithstanding the whining.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)Anything can be stolen with enough time. Thieves have sawed out floors and rolled safes out of houses or cut them open with cutting wheels.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)gunz, and you darn sure shouldnt tote them in public.
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)or Michael Dunn, just one fight with the wife away from killing someone.
Goes triple for most gun-toters.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)What a nice non-debate tactic.
hack89
(39,171 posts)The assumption is that any safe will be broken into. Just a question of how long it will take.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)And it would be illegal for you to own them.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)to is because you can't read in context and are trying too hard to protect your gunz.
Try reading without pointing at, and mouthing, each word.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)So I have nothing to protect, and I am now in favor of serious gun control.
hack89
(39,171 posts)So why are you so concerned?
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)Everyone who owns a gun isn't a "gun-stroker".
I own several, and I've never stroked one of them.
And the fucking Mona Lisa was stolen. Is it your educated opinion that the Louvre shouldn't be allowed to have art?
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)The Golden State Killer stole someone's firearm and later used it in murders.
When I was in the military I always had to have my weapon within arms reach or secured in an arms room and people are arguing against the protection of safes. It scares me this many people have guns.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Someone posted upthread. I shouldn't have added that part but I hope people find solutions to keep guns safe from others.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)Contact any safe manufacturer, all state they can be defeated with enough time. The purpose of a safe is to make it so difficult a thief gives up trying to steal the contents.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I wouldn't own a gun at all so no one will use it to murder someone else.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)Though if being used to murder someone is the concern, most tools are just as dangerous. An ax in the wrong hands can be very deadly. We don't lock axes up because they are cheap and common. Guns are locked up because they are expensive and a priority theft target.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)People continue to die and people continue to make arguments against gun control. It is exhausting.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)Other than limiting magazine capacities and removing assault weapons from the market, it's a quixotic quest. And it distracts from issues that should matter more like healthcare, which saves far more lives.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)But you knew that. You do seem to have a lot of these pictures collected. It makes people wonder...
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)sleep or walk down the street without them. The cost aint worth it.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)I have never had a gun stolen - I have some bigass safes.
marble falls
(57,355 posts)get away with it. Register your weapons.
mitch96
(13,929 posts)Licensing the owner also... Just like a car.. License and register.... Israel which has more of a need for people to own and carry firearms has very strict laws. License, register and yearly proof of continued training. You also have to bring your firearm into a military or police department to have the serial # verified often... Not a bad system. With such deadly force comes great responsibility and need for more than just two hands to point and shoot. YMMV
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jmg257
(11,996 posts)Response to SCVDem (Original post)
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DVRacer
(707 posts)You got it back because you filed a police report and the serial number was entered into NiCs. It was recovered during the investigation of a crime and checked against the FBI. Registration had nothing to do with it.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)It was only the bank fraud complaint which gave them my info.
They did not get it off my DMV.
Back in 1982 my roommate had a party and it got gone. As I said, I only had the one pistol.
I should have had a safe? I didn't have ammo and never fired it. I got out if the Marines and bought it a few years later.
Is there an issue with a Democrat owning ONE pistol? Why?
jmg257
(11,996 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)I am looking to pop 20 but it costs $20 for a day.
I only need an hour.
Expensive hobby in an urban area.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Good luck and, Semper Fi!
keithbvadu2
(36,962 posts)NRA has a huge registry of firearms owners and guns.
Fla_Democrat
(2,547 posts)Really.....