7 years in prison for legally purchasing firearms.

[pauldun170]

the problem isn't government.
The problem is we're a society of lazy, whiney bitches.
Anytime something happens that we dont like, we have this wonderful system where we can say "there should be a law about that" and then we go piss and moan to our local rep who then shows up in front of the podium "siezing this very important issue" and poof next thing you know we have a law that say "It is illegal to make a tissue dance between the hours of 5pm and 6pm on Sunday and Saturday"

Year later when someone notices these laws on the books we initially raise a stink saying "thats the dumbest law ever....where is my representative to knock this crap out of the legal code" you ALWAYS get that one jerk who steps up and says "what about the children" or "What if"
Then everyone is too lazy or chicken to actually do anything because dealing with "think of the children" and "what if?" people is time consuming and annoying. Damn sure that no politician is going to stick their neck out to take a law off the books when "TOTC and W.I.?" are involved.


Summary.
Laws are the results of citizens whining and bitching
We elect representatives to listen to us whine and bitch and translate our whining and bitching into law
Politicians are opportunistic cowards that citizens vote for
Citizens are generally lazy and uninvolved.
Of the people by the people
bitches

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

the problem isn't government.
The problem is we're a society of lazy, whiney bitches.
Anytime something happens that we dont like, we have this wonderful system where we can say "there should be a law about that" and then we go piss and moan to our local rep who then shows up in front of the podium "siezing this very important issue" and poof next thing you know we have a law that say "It is illegal to make a tissue dance between the hours of 5pm and 6pm on Sunday and Saturday"

Year later when someone notices these laws on the books we initially raise a stink saying "thats the dumbest law ever....where is my representative to knock this crap out of the legal code" you ALWAYS get that one jerk who steps up and says "what about the children" or "What if"
Then everyone is too lazy or chicken to actually do anything because dealing with "think of the children" and "what if?" people is time consuming and annoying. Damn sure that no politician is going to stick their neck out to take a law off the books when "TOTC and W.I.?" are involved.


Summary.
Laws are the results of citizens whining and bitching
We elect representatives to listen to us whine and bitch and translate our whining and bitching into law
Politicians are opportunistic cowards that citizens vote for
Citizens are generally lazy and uninvolved.
Of the people by the people
bitches

Funny but valid points

[KSGregman]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

the problem isn't government.
The problem is we're a society of lazy, whiney bitches.
Anytime something happens that we dont like, we have this wonderful system where we can say "there should be a law about that" and then we go piss and moan to our local rep who then shows up in front of the podium "siezing this very important issue" and poof next thing you know we have a law that say "It is illegal to make a tissue dance between the hours of 5pm and 6pm on Sunday and Saturday"

Year later when someone notices these laws on the books we initially raise a stink saying "thats the dumbest law ever....where is my representative to knock this crap out of the legal code" you ALWAYS get that one jerk who steps up and says "what about the children" or "What if"
Then everyone is too lazy or chicken to actually do anything because dealing with "think of the children" and "what if?" people is time consuming and annoying. Damn sure that no politician is going to stick their neck out to take a law off the books when "TOTC and W.I.?" are involved.


Summary.
Laws are the results of citizens whining and bitching
We elect representatives to listen to us whine and bitch and translate our whining and bitching into law
Politicians are opportunistic cowards that citizens vote for
Citizens are generally lazy and uninvolved.
Of the people by the people
bitches

Thomas Jefferson saw it coming....and tried to warn against it....

"I know, (there is) no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of society, but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power."

Too many amongst us are not enlightened enough to manage their own affairs, much less participate in the decision making process involving the community at large...largely due to want of an appropriate education.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

Too many amongst us are not enlightened enough to manage their own affairs, much less participate in the decision making process involving the community at large...largely due to want of an appropriate education.

More like laziness. Most people would rather drive home after work, pull into their garage, shut the door, close off society, and watch 4 hours of TV every night.

Or post on the internet

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Summary.
Laws are the results of citizens whining and bitching
We elect representatives to listen to us whine and bitch and translate our whining and bitching into law
Politicians are opportunistic cowards that citizens vote for
Citizens are generally lazy and uninvolved.
Of the people by the people
bitches

Right. The problem is ONE asshole [politician or not] gets an idea to save the world, usually because of their own inadequacies. They push for some new law to save us from ourselves, no one in the general public notices because they are too busy living their own self-absorbed lives. OR, if they do notice it goes into the bucket of "it won't affect me."

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

the problem isn't government.
The problem is we're a society of lazy, whiney bitches.
Anytime something happens that we dont like, we have this wonderful system where we can say "there should be a law about that" and then we go piss and moan to our local rep who then shows up in front of the podium "siezing this very important issue" and poof next thing you know we have a law that say "It is illegal to make a tissue dance between the hours of 5pm and 6pm on Sunday and Saturday"

Year later when someone notices these laws on the books we initially raise a stink saying "thats the dumbest law ever....where is my representative to knock this crap out of the legal code" you ALWAYS get that one jerk who steps up and says "what about the children" or "What if"
Then everyone is too lazy or chicken to actually do anything because dealing with "think of the children" and "what if?" people is time consuming and annoying. Damn sure that no politician is going to stick their neck out to take a law off the books when "TOTC and W.I.?" are involved.

That is the same reason this country spends so much on defense. A minority of paranoid warhawks gets up and insinuates that we can't feel safe unless our technology is 20 years ahead of everyone else. There have been verified cases of defense contractors and military leaders lying about the capabilities of other nations, to justify increased spending.

[derf]

A quick search of google for his name pokes little holes in his story (the OP is based only on an interview from his perspective), he was convicted of 3 things:

possession of illegal (hollowpoint) ammunition (1 year)
illegally transporting firearms (6 months)
consealed carry of a handgun without a permit (7 years)