Newtown School Shootings

[Papewaio]

How long would it take to get the law changed that weapons are deemed unlawful? Wouldn't it take weeks to months to get it through, signed off and even then it would have a set start date before being in effect.

Isn't it a case of drumming up artificial scarcity (a common marketing technique) to create demand and push up margins?

[Catiline]

It's nearly Xmas Pape - don't you want a SCAR under the tree? They're running out you know.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I really don't get why people feel the need to defend the current constitutional interpretation. The originalist interpretation is is that we need people to be armed because we need a militia for protection. We don't need a militia anymore, thus we don't need to guarantee everyone a gun. That's what the damn thing says. Arguing that the right to bear arms is tied to the natural right for an individual's self defense is an argument that stands on its own. Trying to pretend that that argument is what the 2nd Amendment argues is revisionist like a vast amount of other SCOTUS rulings.

The interpretation was made to fit the current argument by pro-gun groups, not the other way around.

EDIT: You thanked this post Catiline, but I want to make this clear, this is not an anti-gun post.

[rory_20_uk]

It appears Americans kill as many as expected, although given the rates of killings and gun ownership are so disperate from civilised countries there is some potential for error.

The most important thing is Americans concentrate on killing each other and give the rest of the world a break.

[ICantSpellDawg]

There is scarcity right now because it couldn't have come at a worse time. Most of the stores may have been sold out of these things to begin with for christmas. panzer said that he wants a gun and happened to be at a store that was packed. In ny, where I live, we have democratic assembly, democratic governor and republicans like Pete King on gun control. Act now or forever hold your peace. New legislation here will be the end of the ar15. Who knows, maybe this will kick start the economy. A lot of these sales may not have happened.

[rvg]

The most important thing is Americans concentrate on killing each other and give the rest of the world a break.

You have your monarchy, we have our guns. Let's keep it that way. After all, we don't go around suggesting that you get rid of the Monarchy, even though a good rifle is far more useful than a good king.

[Greyblades]

You have your monarchy, we have our guns. Let's keep it that way. After all, we don't go around suggesting that you get rid of the Monarchy, even though a good rifle is far more useful than a good king.

Well that's just silly.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Well that's just silly.

It's also not true, at all - one good King is infinitely more valuable than one good rifle, and the Americans are always telling us we should be a Republic like them because it is teh awesome.