Captain Nemo
Regular Member
Some of you may be interested in the following historical information.
http://www.guncite.com/journals/hardfopa.html
http://www.guncite.com/journals/hardfopa.html
Conversely, FOPA confers both substantive and procedural rights upon citizens accused of Gun Control Act violations. Scienter requirements limit application of most of the Act's sanctions to willful violators; a citizen who wins a criminal acquittal need not face civil sanctions based on the same allegation; the length of time seized property may be held without hearing is strictly limited; and the unprecedented availability of attorneys' fees awards ensures that the financial risks of a meritorious defense may well be shifted to the prosecuting agency.
[snip]for you gubmint conspiracy folks out there.
Who is your target for that remark, pray tell?
The ones that think Hillary and the UN are coming for their guns. lol
Listen. OCDO is not the place for gubmint conspiracy talk but the recommended reading covers the gun-grabbers actions since the 1934 Gun Control Act to the present.
If you feel that way, why bring it up then? You know, since this thread had nothing to do with it.
Look, I've got a lot more tolerance for people around here than most but that sir; is Trolling. .
Did you look at the title of the thread? It concerns gun control. The book I recommended gives an excellent overview from first-person perspectives on gun control and government intrusions on our rights. In what way is that trolling?
I can't remember where, but I read somewhere that the first ever American gun law was passed in the Roanoke colony. It actually required all men of " The age of manhood" to keep, rifle, ball, and powder at hand in the home and in working order for the good of the colony. How the hell did we get from there to here? Simple, by letting ourselves be convinced that we must apologize for being ourselves.
Now Spartacus has seen the entire world. You are so much better than me, I've only been to Kuwait, Iraq, Germany, South Korea and Japan, and roughly half of the states. I guess I need to get out more.
See, this is the kind of thinking that I just don't get. I mean please correct me if I'm wrong.
Any man can pretty much keep whatever the hell armaments he wants in his house even and up to fully automatic cannons after paying the appropriate taxes. I personally have a gun safe chock full of guns, ammo, reloading supplies, etc. and am thankful for all of it.
Some of you guys need to get out in the world a bit and see the way it is out there. We have it pretty damned good here and its about to get even better despite the naysayers.
In what way is that a step backwards from the colonial days? I don't get it.