[Vision2020] How Many More . . .

[lfalen]

Ending the drug war would have a far greater effect on gun crime both here and in Mexico than taking guns away from law abiding folks.
Roger
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From: Kenneth Marcy kmmos1 at frontier.com
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:49:57 -0700
To: Moscow Vision2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] How Many More . . .

> On 8/17/2012 12:44 PM, Wayne Price wrote:
> > Ron,
> >
> > " ... seeking to hold gun manufacturers and dealers liable for 
> > negligence when their weapons are used in crimes..."
> >
> > I the truest spirt of equity,how far  do we carry this?
> 
> Hold liable the owner of record, which would require, after some date 
> certain, the existence of an agreed national registry of owners of 
> record. Current federal laws don't allow such to be created, though 
> there are registration exceptions for "gangster guns", and there are 
> various federal databases, probably uncoordinated, containing data of 
> uncertain accuracy and timeliness.
> 
> Were the federal law to be amended to treat guns loosely analogously to 
> securities, ownership of specific firearms, and the financial basis for 
> that ownership, could be reported annually or quarterly on an IRS form 
> into a national registry. Purchase and sale of weapons could be treated 
> not-so-differently than stocks or bonds, with individually-identified 
> weapons changing ownership at the financial leisure of the 
> taxpayer-owner, and with complete respect for the owner's constitutional 
> rights.
> 
> > It's far too slippery of a slope to hold a legitimate manufacturer and 
> > dealer liable when they have no control over their products, no matter 
> > what those products are, once they leave the manufactures and dealers 
> > control.
> 
> If weapons manufacturers are not to be held liable, then the latest 
> subsequent owners of their products may be held liable if that ownership 
> is insufficiently careful of control over those products whose use is 
> inherently dangerous.
> 
> 
> Ken
> 
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