And so it's 2012, and rapper Ice-T is not just a television star, but a conservative hero,for his stance on guns.If nothing else in modern times showed you so vividly how twisted our politics have become, let the very existence of this ad hoc coalition
let me see more people are killed by cars then by guns more people are killed by knives then by guns more people are killed by hammers then by guns baseball bats ?more people get fat by using forks and spoons ! so should we ban all of these items !!
Why just the other day a cop accidentally blew up his son with an explosives belt after mistaking him for an intruder when he got back to the motel late at night.
Well, when the 2nd amendment was written, the "citizens" had a very limited urban/melanin content. Seems only fair to stick with the original intent, right?
And yes, we are so close to tyranny. If not for the 270-300 million guns in private hands we could wake up tomorrow and be just like North Korea. Of course, once Obama signs the United Nations treaty on arms all the guns will be confiscated so consider a killing spree while you can.
What you have to remember about the AWB, is that it was mostly very silly.
The ban on large-capacity magazines was seemed eminently sensible, but its effectiveness was seriously undermined because LCMs manufactured prior to 1994 remained legal - <em>even if made overseas and imported after the ban took effect</em> - so the ban didn&#039;t actually reduce the number of LCMs used in crime in jurisdictions studies by the National Institute of Justice.
Otherwise, there was no one feature of a gun that made it a prohibited assault weapon. You could have a semi-auto rifle with a pistol grip, as long as it didn&#039;t have a collapsible stock. You could have a rifle with a pistol grip and collapsible stock, as long as it wasn&#039;t semi-auto.
The other thing that confuses a lot of people, is that fully-auto guns were effectively banned long before the AWB, by the National Firearms Act of 1934, and remain effectively banned.
Anyway, Ice-T&#039;s interpretation is not exactly consistent with the well-ordered militia clause, which suggests the 2nd Amendment was intended to guarantee that states would be able to defend themselves both against invasion and against Federal usurpation. Given it&#039;s the states that have police powers, and that militias were associated with the states, it doesn&#039;t make sense that the 2nd Amendment was intended to guarantee a private right of defense against the police.
Supreme Court precedent has, however, found that the types of weapons the 2nd Amendment is supposed to protect is specifically those weapons of military use - when Justice Sotomayor correctly applied that precedent in a case involving nunchucks (deeming them not of military use and therefore upholding New York state law banning them), the RWNJs of course freaked out and tried to leverage the decision to persuade the GOP Senate Caucus to filibuster her SCOTUS nomination.
let me see more people are killed by cars then by guns more people are killed by knives then by guns more people are killed by hammers then by guns baseball bats ?more people get fat by using forks and spoons ! so should we ban all of these items !!
When did personal responsibility for your actions get thrown out the window !!
It&#039;s the circle of <strike>life</strike> bloody death.
Or even revolvers.
Why just the other day a cop accidentally blew up his son with an explosives belt after mistaking him for an intruder when he got back to the motel late at night.
Wait, no, that was a gun.
Well, the RWers used to like the parts about 3/5ths and fugitive returns when they were applicable.
Three, if you want to count the Mr. T one.
More importantly, have they been converted to Mormonism yet?
Does he also claim the right to hold his gun sideways?
Maybe.
Or face off at 40 paces. Either one is fine by me.
That&#039;s why the credits always read
Ice-T ................. Himself
Well, when the 2nd amendment was written, the &quot;citizens&quot; had a very limited urban/melanin content. Seems only fair to stick with the original intent, right?
The Mormons do have a knack for retroactively fixing things.
And yes, we are so close to tyranny. If not for the 270-300 million guns in private hands we could wake up tomorrow and be just like North Korea. Of course, once Obama signs the United Nations treaty on arms all the guns will be confiscated so consider a killing spree while you can.
What you have to remember about the AWB, is that it was mostly very silly.
The ban on large-capacity magazines was seemed eminently sensible, but its effectiveness was seriously undermined because LCMs manufactured prior to 1994 remained legal - <em>even if made overseas and imported after the ban took effect</em> - so the ban didn&#039;t actually reduce the number of LCMs used in crime in jurisdictions studies by the National Institute of Justice.
Otherwise, there was no one feature of a gun that made it a prohibited assault weapon. You could have a semi-auto rifle with a pistol grip, as long as it didn&#039;t have a collapsible stock. You could have a rifle with a pistol grip and collapsible stock, as long as it wasn&#039;t semi-auto.
The other thing that confuses a lot of people, is that fully-auto guns were effectively banned long before the AWB, by the National Firearms Act of 1934, and remain effectively banned.
Anyway, Ice-T&#039;s interpretation is not exactly consistent with the well-ordered militia clause, which suggests the 2nd Amendment was intended to guarantee that states would be able to defend themselves both against invasion and against Federal usurpation. Given it&#039;s the states that have police powers, and that militias were associated with the states, it doesn&#039;t make sense that the 2nd Amendment was intended to guarantee a private right of defense against the police.
Supreme Court precedent has, however, found that the types of weapons the 2nd Amendment is supposed to protect is specifically those weapons of military use - when Justice Sotomayor correctly applied that precedent in a case involving nunchucks (deeming them not of military use and therefore upholding New York state law banning them), the RWNJs of course freaked out and tried to leverage the decision to persuade the GOP Senate Caucus to filibuster her SCOTUS nomination.