Another reason not to buy a gun at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart to film gun sales in bid to fight crime

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer, unveiled plans on Monday to film its gun sales in the United States and create a computerized log of purchases in a bid to stop guns falling into the wrong hands.

Wal-Mart, which is the largest seller of firearms in the United States, agreed a 10-point code, which also includes rigid inventory controls, with a bipartisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns led by New York’s Michael Bloomberg.

The retailer said it will develop a first-of-its-kind computerized crime gun trace log that will flag purchases by customers who have previously bought guns later recovered in crimes.

“Wal-Mart currently uses a strong point of sale system,” said J.P. Suarez, senior vice president and chief compliance officer of Wal-Mart. “This code is a way for us to fine-tune the things we’re already doing and further strengthen our standards. We hope other retailers will join us.”

The Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership is designed to strengthen the points in the gun purchasing system that criminals have exploited in the past, Wal-Mart and the Mayors Against Illegal Guns said.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 46 percent of its criminal gun trafficking investigations involved cases in which someone who is not legally allowed to purchase a firearm does so through the use of a proxy, known as a straw buyer.

(h/t) Knowledge is Power

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Thomas Jefferson turns 265

Or he would have yesterday if he’d still been alive. I can’t believe I missed this! In addition to writing The Declaration of Independence and other documents, as well as being the third president of The United States.

Happy birthday Mr. Jefferson! You don’t look a day over twenty!

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A Modest Proposal

“For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places.”

-Ephesians 6:12

I was reading the bill known as Brady II and taking note of some of it’s more draconian measures, when the thought came to me. If this is what the anti-rights crowd considers “common sense” and “reasonable” gun control, then there’s no point in debating them. They keep hammering away at us, accusing us of being unreasonable and not caring for the children, etc. There’s no reasoning with this kind of person. Seriously. We could have “reasonable discourse” until the sun explodes and we’d still get nowhere. Some may flinch at my characterization of these kinds of people as evil, but how else would you describe someone bent on depriving you of a god given, constitutionally protected human right?

So, if this is what they consider “reasonable” “common sense” infringement on the second amendment, I thought it’d be interesting to apply their tactics to the first amendment and see what happened. Below is what I came up with. I don’t consider it to be a comprehensive list, but it’s a start. Feel free to add to it in comments if you want.

Make it illegal to sell or give writing implements or supplies without a license and a federally mandated background check. This includes typewriters, word processors, word processing software, paper, pens and pencils. In addition, each writing device or implement shall be registered with the state. The chief law enforcement officer of the state may be authorized to charge a fee for issuance of a license.

Require members of the media, including television and radio, to be licensed. Each license shall remain valid for a period of two years. Licensing involves a background check, fingerprinting and a photograph. In addition, the potential licensee must be able to demonstrate proficiency in spelling, punctuation and be unbiased. The penalty for lapses in any of these shall be revocation of the license and one year in prison for each “willful” violation. The chief law enforcement officer of the state may be authorized to charge a fee for these services and the license.

The exercise of “free speech” shall be limited to once per month. Every instance of “free speech” shall require a permit from the states chief law enforcement officer, who has 60 days to approve or deny the permit. This permit must be applied for at least 30 days in advance. The chief law enforcement officer of the state may be authorized to charge a fee for issuance of a permit.

The licensee must report the theft of writing supplies within 24 hours after the theft, or loss is discovered. Failure to report the theft is punishable by a civil penalty of $1,000 or such greater amount as State law may provide.

No person shall have access to writing implements or devices who is under the age of 16. No exceptions. In addition, all such implements and devices shall be stored in a manner where juveniles cannot access them. Failure to do so will result in a $1,000 fine, 1 year imprisonment, or both. “Zero Tolerance” for these offenses will be allowed.

This license or permit shall be revoked upon the occurrence of one or more of the following: any “willful violation” involving spelling, punctuation, bias or attempting to use writing implements in a manner not authorized by the state.

It shall be unlawful for a person to possess more than 20 writing implements or more than 100 reams of paper unless the person is a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer; or has been issued an store/manufacturer license. Such license lasts for three years and costs $300.

I reccomend everyone click on the link above and read for themselves what the anti-rights people think is “reasonable” and “common sense.”

Here’s a sampling of some of what would be banned if they had their way, at least a couple of which are safety and ergonomic features:

“(i) any of the firearms, or types, replicas, or duplicates in any caliber of the firearms known as–“

(I) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat
Kalashnikovs (all models);

“(II) Israeli Military Industries Uzi and Galil;

“(III) Beretta AR-70;

“(IV) Colt AR-15 and Sporter;

“(V) Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;

“(VI) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;

“(VII) Steyr AUG;

“(VIII) Intratec TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and

“(IX) revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (but not limited to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12;

“(ii) a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least 2 of the following:

“(I) a folding or telescoping stock;

“(II) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon;

“(III) a bayonet mount;

“(IV) a flash suppressor or barrel having a threaded muzzle; and

“(V) a grenade launcher;

“(iii) a semiautomatic pistol that has an ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least 2 of the following:

“(I) an ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistol outside of the pistol grip;

“(II) a barrel having a threaded muzzle;

“(III) a shroud that is attached to or partially or completely
encircles the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm
with the nontrigger hand without being burned;

“(IV) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when the pistol
is unloaded; and

“(V) a semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm; and

“(iv) a semiautomatic shotgun that has at least 2 of the following:

“(I) a folding or telescoping stock;

“(II) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon;

“(III) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds; and

“(IV) an ability to accept a detachable magazine.”

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