Non "assault" assault rifle for DC? - Page 2

raimius · January 16, 2009, 01:31 AM

In my, mostly uneducated, legal opinion, DC is one of the best places to attack these laws. The incorporation issue is not a factor and the local laws are so restrictive, it is easier to show how stupid they are. Granted, there are a LOT of other factors, but those two make the idea more appealing.

maestro pistolero · January 16, 2009, 01:54 AM

Anybody have any other suggestions for our friend from D.C.? I have some friends in California who are facing the same dilemma.

Seminole · January 17, 2009, 08:35 PM

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Anybody have any other suggestions for our friend from D.C.?

My advice is to get in touch with Robert Levy at the Cato Institute and Alan Gura, who argued the Heller Case before the Supreme Court. You could be the next Dick Heller and help advance gun rights for all of us. Or, on the other hand, they might tell you that this isn't a good case. Either way, I would seriously consider talking to them.

scorpion_tyr · January 17, 2009, 08:45 PM

Move to Texas. Don't know if they still are, but a while back Dallas was hiring LEO's like crazy and paying enough people from all over Texas and Shreveport, LA were moving there. I understand that sometimes you might not be able to just pack up and leave, but that's what I would do.

maestro pistolero · January 18, 2009, 01:13 AM

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My advice is to get in touch with Robert Levy at the Cato Institute and Alan Gura, who argued the Heller Case before the Supreme Court. You could be the next Dick Heller and help advance gun rights for all of us. Or, on the other hand, they might tell you that this isn't a good case. Either way, I would seriously consider talking to them.

Excellent idea, but might turn you into a bit of a pariah at the department. Sounds like you would make a good subject.

Double J · January 22, 2009, 01:54 PM

Sounds like a good time to report a "lost" firearm. Maybe it could be "found" at a latter date.

kraigwy · January 22, 2009, 02:12 PM

First off, gun control laws are like boiling a frog.

If you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water, the frog will freak. Yet if you put the frog in cold water, and turn up the heat a bit at a time, the frog will accept his fate and not say a word.

Folks, we are the frog, its out fault for letting them turn up the heat.

You can live with it or Freak as the frog in boiling water, its up to us.

roscoe · January 22, 2009, 05:52 PM

Lots of heavy breathing and legal advice.

I say the get the Mini 14 (which nowadays are much improved), or any of the long list of effective semi-auto rifles that you can legally own:

SU16
SKS
Mini30
Saiga
Garand
M1A
M1 carbine
Hakim
Mas49
etc.

January 22, 2009, 02:12 PM	#32
kraigwy Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2008 Location: Wyoming Posts: 11,061	First off, gun control laws are like boiling a frog. If you throw a frog in a pot of boiling water, the frog will freak. Yet if you put the frog in cold water, and turn up the heat a bit at a time, the frog will accept his fate and not say a word. Folks, we are the frog, its out fault for letting them turn up the heat. You can live with it or Freak as the frog in boiling water, its up to us. __________________ Kraig Stuart CPT USAR Ret USAMU Sniper School Distinguished Rifle Badge 1071

January 16, 2009, 01:31 AM	#26
raimius Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2008 Posts: 2,199	In my, mostly uneducated, legal opinion, DC is one of the best places to attack these laws. The incorporation issue is not a factor and the local laws are so restrictive, it is easier to show how stupid they are. Granted, there are a LOT of other factors, but those two make the idea more appealing.

January 16, 2009, 01:54 AM	#27
maestro pistolero Senior Member Join Date: August 16, 2007 Posts: 2,153	Anybody have any other suggestions for our friend from D.C.? I have some friends in California who are facing the same dilemma.

January 17, 2009, 08:45 PM	#29
scorpion_tyr Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2008 Location: East Texas Posts: 1,326	Move to Texas. Don't know if they still are, but a while back Dallas was hiring LEO's like crazy and paying enough people from all over Texas and Shreveport, LA were moving there. I understand that sometimes you might not be able to just pack up and leave, but that's what I would do.

January 22, 2009, 01:54 PM	#31
Double J Senior Member Join Date: February 12, 2007 Location: So. Illinois Posts: 547	Sounds like a good time to report a "lost" firearm. Maybe it could be "found" at a latter date.

January 22, 2009, 05:52 PM	#33
roscoe Senior Member Join Date: July 16, 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 575	Lots of heavy breathing and legal advice. I say the get the Mini 14 (which nowadays are much improved), or any of the long list of effective semi-auto rifles that you can legally own: SU16 SKS Mini30 Saiga Garand M1A M1 carbine Hakim Mas49 etc.