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GO Cuomo!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 8:40 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Quote:Lawmakers in New York are poised to pass a new set of gun laws intended to fortify the state's assault weapons ban, limit the number of bullets in magazines and strengthen laws that keep the mentally ill from firearms. If passed, it would be the nation's first gun control bill since last month's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, where a gunman killed 27 people, including 20 children. New York's GOP-controlled Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure in a 43-18 vote late Monday night, one week after Gov. Andrew Cuomo spelled out tough new gun control proposals in his annual State of the State address. Cuomo, a first-term Democratic governor, called for a tightening of the state's assault weapons ban, background checks for people who purchase guns in private transactions and more restrictions on high-capacity magazines. A Democratic-controlled Assembly, which has been largely in favor of tight gun laws, is expected to pass the measure Tuesday afternoon. The tentative deal would include a statewide gun registry and add a uniform licensing standard across the state, altering the current system, in which each county or municipality sets a standard. Residents would also be restricted to purchasing ammunition magazines that carry seven bullets, rather than 10. "The one change that arguably will have the greatest impact is the amendment to Kendra's Law, which will permit closer monitoring of the mentally ill," CNN Legal Contributor Paul Callan said. That 1999 law grants New York judges the authority to require residents to undergo psychiatric treatment if they meet certain criteria. The proposed measures would extend Kendra's Law through 2017, expand outpatient treatment from six months to one year and require reviews before such treatment is allowed to end. Authorities could suspend or revoke licenses based on those reviews by mental health professionals. The bill would also create mandatory life sentences for anyone who murders certain first responders, a provision that comes after two firefighters were killed in a shooting ambush as they battled a blaze in the town of Webster in upstate New York. Lawmakers in at least 10 other states are reviewing some form of new gun regulations in the new year. More at http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/15/us/new-york-gun-bill/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:18 AM
BYTEMITE
Quote:That 1999 law grants New York judges the authority to require residents to undergo psychiatric treatment if they meet certain criteria. The proposed measures would extend Kendra's Law through 2017, expand outpatient treatment from six months to one year and require reviews before such treatment is allowed to end. Authorities could suspend or revoke licenses based on those reviews by mental health professionals.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:19 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 9:49 AM
JONGSSTRAW
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:10 AM
CHRISISALL
Quote:Originally posted by Niki2: And yes, of course I know this will set off a firestorm amongst our gun bunnies, but I'm afraid I don't give a damn.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:39 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:44 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Cheering for constitutional rights to be stripped... nothing short of horrific.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:59 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: Cheering for constitutional rights to be stripped... nothing short of horrific. THAT'S entertainment!
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 1:04 PM
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 1:37 PM
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 2:46 PM
Quote:Originally posted by AURaptor: This is nothing short of 1930's era hysterics, orchestrated on a mass scale.
Quote:A baseball bat is an " assault weapon ".
Quote:Will America ever wake the fuck up?
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:09 PM
RIONAEIRE
Beir bua agus beannacht
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:42 PM
FREMDFIRMA
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: So much for "common sense" gun laws. This law is a de facto ban on pretty much any semi-automatic handgun, and many rifles, even those that don't fall into whatever an "assault weapon" is this week. Folks who used to shoot 60 year old M1 rifles (the ones used in WWII) in competition will no longer be able to. Lots of other firearms used in competition also just be came illegal. The criminals and sociopaths will pay as much attention to this law as they do the others.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:58 PM
HERO
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:28 PM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:02 AM
AGENTROUKA
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: I note for the record this is the Firefly fan website. Not one person on Serenity would pass a background check. All had criminal histories, mental issues, some were former enemy combatants. They hated taxes and the govt interfering with their lives. I've always said the show was full of conservative characters.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2:40 AM
M52NICKERSON
DALEK!
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Tens of millions of Americans are arming themselves. I strongly urge the liberals to reconsider the direction they have chosen.
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Regardless of your good intentions you are driving a wedge between us that cannot be easily crossed. As a class you are dividing yourselves from the most prosperous and productive including majorities of the armed forces, national guard, reserves, police, and firefighters. They are also better armed then you.. You'll have who? They FBI, ATF, black militants, some Hispanics, but they'll splinter too. Entire states will side against you. The states with oil, gas, coal, electrical surplus, food, tech, industry, and resources. Your states are mostly cold and poor or hopelessly in debt.
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: This direction leads to a fight you can't win but that everyone can lose and our side is willing to fight that fight and your side might be willing, but lets face it...your best weapon is sitting on your ass complaining about Wall Street.
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: People are going to push back against you. I guess my question is 'what is your endgame'?
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2:45 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: This law is a de facto ban on pretty much any semi-automatic handgun, and many rifles, even those that don't fall into whatever an "assault weapon" is this week. Folks who used to shoot 60 year old M1 rifles (the ones used in WWII) in competition will no longer be able to. Lots of other firearms used in competition also just be came illegal. The criminals and sociopaths will pay as much attention to this law as they do the others.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2:47 AM
Quote:Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA: Watching folks cheer the shredding of the Constitution always offends me
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:21 AM
Quote:Originally posted by The only characters who truly match your description of conservative are Mal, Zoe and Jayne.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:35 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Every person on that ship is guilty. Theft, theft of govt property, receiving stolen property, felony murder (lots of that), smuggling, drug offenses, kidnapping, etc. They are also on watch lists.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:04 AM
Quote: You have to imagine them them as girls and stripping your rights as a euphemism. I am not sure why they are leaving your left side alone however.
Quote: Your states are mostly cold and poor or hopelessly in debt.
Quote: Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games, movies and TV shows, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. Three-quarters of Americans said they reacted to the Connecticut massacre with deep anger, while 54 percent said they felt deeply ashamed it could happen in the United States.More at http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/AP-Poll-Majority-want-gun-controls-187121771.html] More than 90 percent of Americans want background checks for buyers at gun shows, and 62 percent want to forbid the sale of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. More at http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2013/01/14/as-gun-control-debate-rages-the-nations-gun-industry-thrives
Quote: A new survey from the Pew Research Center, for example, shows that 85 percent of Americans support background checks for private and guns show sales, 80 percent support preventing people with mental illnesses from buying guns, and 67 percent support a federal database to track guns.More at http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/337666/those-new-gun-control-polls-charles-c-w-cooke#
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:40 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Quote:Originally posted by The only characters who truly match your description of conservative are Mal, Zoe and Jayne. Every person on that ship is guilty. Theft, theft of govt property, receiving stolen property, felony murder (lots of that), smuggling, drug offenses, kidnapping, etc. They are also on watch lists.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:57 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AgentRouka: In all honesty, Mal IS a murderer.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:16 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by AgentRouka: In all honesty, Mal IS a murderer. Last I checked, killing in wartime does not automatically equate to murder. If you want to call Mal's killing of the surrendering crewman of the ship that murdered Haven murder, then that opens up all manner of interpretation. How many times have real life police opened up on a killer when the killer was probably out of bullets? How many drone attacks killed civies & kids instead of terrorists? How many people die of aneurysms caused by partially hydrogenated oils INTENTIONALLY added to food without health warnings on the label? By that interpretation, millions of people deserve to have life sentences, eh?
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:29 AM
Quote:Originally posted by AgentRouka: I specifically think of him kicking an unarmed, handcuffed man into his ship's engine.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:43 AM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:47 AM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:52 AM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:03 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: Quote:Originally posted by AgentRouka: I specifically think of him kicking an unarmed, handcuffed man into his ship's engine. The man was admitting to multiple pre-meditated murder attempts (Until successful). No proper law anywhere near; possibly no proper law at all any way. In the circumstances it was what reality DEMANDED he do (I'd have shot him my own self though). Any less invited DIRECT danger to him & his crew, and the writers & director went out of their way to make you see that. If Crow had jumped off a cliff, would you say that the cliff murdered him? Sometimes we have to know the possible results of our decisions. Crow played the Goody-Two-Shoe assumption & lost.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:29 AM
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:45 AM
Quote:Originally posted by chrisisall: So are you, being on this site & a self-confessed fan. You have created your own glass ceiling by being here. Your superiours no doubt rank you in with a potential offender group.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:58 AM
Quote:Originally posted by BYTEMITE: Hmm. Murderer. I think most of his actions that resulted in a death stem from some interpretation of self-defense or armed intervention of a felony in progress.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 12:36 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Hero: Lets take Episode 1. Treason. Armed Insurrection. Murder. Destruction of Govt Property.
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