Yeah, I think that everything relating to handling sex offenders (once they've been convicted) is up to the states. No federal control unless something has crossed state lines, though -- you seem to contest that the federal government is helping at all, even when people are crossing state lines.
The states can't do shit when he crosses statelines and thus far the FEDS haven't or won't either... FEDS are pretty tight-lipped, which I understand and I appreciate, but holy fuck.
Right now it's entirely a State problem, but the problem is the states stuff stops at their lines and once Joshua Hayden Scott crossed into Oregon outside of the 400 mile state arrest warrant... that was that.
So now, we are attempting to serve him with Child Support paperwork, but it's really hard to do without him having an address. Keep in mind he was a Level 3 offender in FL, AR, and WI previous to OR... however, he's not been leveled in OR this entire year.
Curious on your source for the 15k for getting a legal automatic weapon? Sounds ugh -- well interesting to say the least. I know those are HEAVILY regulated, though they are still allowed.
$15k is really high (but that's the price of my next gun).... $10k would do the ticket. Example:
https://www.armsunlimited.com/Heckler-Koch-223-556-Machine-Gun-Pre86-Dealer-p/hk33k.htmFully automatic guns should be legal in America. It's unconstitutional as fuck to strip and price out these poor folks of their constitutional rights.
This is the first 'legalize machine guns' argument I've come across.
Are they pricing them out simply by banning any automatics produced post 1980's, or is there some other system pushing up the price? Unless the law is repealed, they'll all be obsolete in what, a few decades? 100 years?
I'm no expert obv, but I feel like spending $10k on a 1986 machine gun is really just for fun and anyone that owns one is going to grab something else in pretty much any situation that doesn't involve entertainment.
Any weapons you agree the government should ban or regulate?
As an investment, machine guns really hold their value. As a novelty item to own, they are quite interesting. I could go for a 1920s Thompson machine gun, and there are also some 22LR machine guns that are interesting, but the latter would require careful cleaning after each use.
Correcting errors:
Machine guns ARE LEGAL to own in the USA. You must pay a 200 USD$ fee for a stamp each year.
Also an error. "Useful life." Barring corrosion and with decent care, a firearm can easily last for hundreds of years, not decades. If engineering drawings are available of the parts, they are quite easy to make.
Utility: The M16 was fielded with three settings: Single shot, three round burst, and full auto. The reason for the 3 round burst was to keep the soldier from doing the "spray and pray," using his ammo up, and then getting killed. Full auto might be of use to keep an enemy from advancing, but it isn't likely to hit anything. A machine gun with a couple of 500 round cases is a different matter entirely, than a handheld rifle with seven 30 round magazines.
So the MILITARY usefulness of full auto is not 100% for such things as handheld rifles.
[Edit] The M16A2 currently issued to US troops does not have a fully auto mode of fire, just the 1 shot and 3 shot options.
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What's a step up from automatic weapons? RPGs? Bazookas? Large ammounts of explosive material....biological/chemical/nuclear weapons? There's gotta be a line somewhere right?
That line exists, and the law and regulation is pretty good just as is.
Different sections of the regs, like section 8 handle "explosive devices." Lot of people work in areas that require approval under these sections, no big deal.
No need for a far out argument of bio/chem/nuke to make your point. Various regulations do cover all these matters currently.