tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8216347595158469708..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: That old Second Amendment only goes so far...Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77247277665083358312016-07-07T13:39:32.540-05:002016-07-07T13:39:32.540-05:00Except it states in the article that he did not fa...Except it states in the article that he did not fail the background check. His gun rights are uninfringed. Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45466704153967242722016-07-07T10:26:04.970-05:002016-07-07T10:26:04.970-05:00Easy: All of them. If you fail a NICS background c...Easy: All of them. If you fail a NICS background check, the FFL cannot legally sell to you. If they do, they'll lose their license, livelyhood, and go to jail.<br /><br />If the reason they didn't sell was because he was a (yellow) "journalist", they wouldn't have even taken his money to begin with. They can refuse a sale to anyone for any reason, for good reason: no FFL wants a gun they sold to end up in the hands of a psycho.<br /><br />This "journalist" can appeal to have his rights restored in court, depending on the state.Kazetsukaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159220917784223536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45411898017930244352016-06-20T18:56:07.091-05:002016-06-20T18:56:07.091-05:00"...yet they forbid weapons at their stores, ..."...yet they forbid weapons at their stores, shows and conventions."<br /><br />Citations required, please.PavePusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187062601052348044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59064748130405536402016-06-20T15:07:53.893-05:002016-06-20T15:07:53.893-05:00The NRA does not prohibit firearms at their annual...The NRA does not prohibit firearms at their annual meetings (convention/show) unless required by law. "Vendors" are usually required to disable the firearms they display to comply with the rules of the building, but attendees are usually free to carry loaded, operable firearms as long as they are legally allowed to do so under the state and local laws. Also, no background checks are performed at the annual NRA "gun shows" because no guns are allowed to be sold, again, to comply with the rules of the local convention center/wherever it's held. No ammunition is allowed for sale either for the same reason.<br /><br />The only place the NRA prohibits its members and attendees from carrying their personally owned firearm is a secured designated area for politicians and celebrities to give speeches.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112145947439654325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14709366120560165042016-06-20T14:49:38.429-05:002016-06-20T14:49:38.429-05:00Ammo is covered under the umbrella of "arms.&...Ammo is covered under the umbrella of "arms." Because without it, a firearm is rendered pretty much useless.<br /><br />Here, from the Heller opinion,<br />"We must also address the District’s requirement (as applied to respondent’s handgun) that firearms in the home be rendered and kept inoperable at all times. This makes it impossible for citizens to use them for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional."<br /><br /><br />You made a lot of excellent points until that. Abstinence only gun education isn't working. I'd like to see shooting back in schools. Firearms education just like driver's education available, but not compulsory, with the permission of the parents.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112145947439654325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30270329491152864342016-06-19T21:10:00.574-05:002016-06-19T21:10:00.574-05:00Yep the lower is the serialized portion and consid...Yep the lower is the serialized portion and considered to be the actual controlled item. I love when false hoods are stated and then promptly refuted<br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07153677104955309642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41561080895911194772016-06-18T16:08:05.402-05:002016-06-18T16:08:05.402-05:00Sternberg? Steinberg.Sternberg? Steinberg.Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75236475588733966872016-06-18T06:02:42.959-05:002016-06-18T06:02:42.959-05:00Neil, what if you now get placed on the "NO F...Neil, what if you now get placed on the "NO FLY" LIST? There is no realistic appeal process and some Congressman want to make it a total "NO FLY NO BUY" FOREVER LIST as determined by Government employees with NO APPEAL?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03218383010835142556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69577804575130496512016-06-17T17:22:19.613-05:002016-06-17T17:22:19.613-05:00So it's my conspiracy theory that they are afr...So it's my conspiracy theory that they are afraid of getting caught doing something that is illegal and losing their license versus yours where the store in a effort to stop a story, they blackmail him with his drinking and past run in with the law? To stop a story, that up until that point looks pretty positive for the store to me? I guess anything is possible.Jimbo1972https://www.blogger.com/profile/13039527254219459338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62494378259773261872016-06-17T16:12:28.513-05:002016-06-17T16:12:28.513-05:00Well, you'd have to really bend over backward ...Well, you'd have to really bend over backward to interpret the store's actions in that fashion. Far more likely is that the motive for mentioning Neil's history with alcohol and the domestic dispute that got him in trouble several years ago was to squelch the article altogether, believing of course that Neil would not want to be raked over the coals one more time and would kill the piece to avoid embarrassment. Not a faithful reader or he/she would have realized that Neil is as forthcoming about his own frailties and mistakes as a human being could possibly be. I think most of us daily readers find that quality endearing even if we don't share it.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58433968772089909122016-06-17T15:51:33.284-05:002016-06-17T15:51:33.284-05:00perhaps the store was eroding on the side of cauti...perhaps the store was eroding on the side of caution. Not boing how your arrest for a domestic assault played out, they did not want to get in trouble by selling a firearm to some who couldn't own one. The Lautenberg Amendment To the Gun control act of 1968 makes it a felony to sell or for you to own a firearm if you have a domestic assault on your record. They very well might have been expecting you to show up and say "Gotcha, I am not allowed to own this but you sold it to me.Jimbo1972https://www.blogger.com/profile/10071115010826561074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-640902243384365832016-06-17T13:37:15.197-05:002016-06-17T13:37:15.197-05:00Not true at all. The purchase of the lower receive...Not true at all. The purchase of the lower receiver via online requires and FFL transfer, which requires a background check. The purchase of any firearm online requires that. An AR15 is useless without the lower receiver.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512296559227770874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48126142204220873412016-06-17T12:44:29.740-05:002016-06-17T12:44:29.740-05:00Ah, my mistake. Apologies. Ah, my mistake. Apologies. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61420962681640300492016-06-17T12:10:11.489-05:002016-06-17T12:10:11.489-05:00I'm not the Wendy who won your Saturday fun ev...I'm not the Wendy who won your Saturday fun event, if that's what you mean.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17523153677683393432016-06-17T11:34:33.623-05:002016-06-17T11:34:33.623-05:00No, I have no convictions. A completely clean reco...No, I have no convictions. A completely clean record. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87074895532738002052016-06-17T11:10:53.985-05:002016-06-17T11:10:53.985-05:00Does this mean you lied on the form 4473 that requ...Does this mean you lied on the form 4473 that requires you to disclose convictions for domestic abuse/battery?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818642818481118988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56118648708800176882016-06-17T10:55:46.878-05:002016-06-17T10:55:46.878-05:00Thanks. I suppose we can credit the Secret Service...Thanks. I suppose we can credit the Secret Service for that.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4625994383387076962016-06-17T10:55:12.989-05:002016-06-17T10:55:12.989-05:00Don't you want your poster?Don't you want your poster?Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-82278991736153428182016-06-17T10:51:55.944-05:002016-06-17T10:51:55.944-05:00Great column. I have a FOID and a CC, but I hate t...Great column. I have a FOID and a CC, but I hate the atmosphere in gun shops. Entering one is akin to attending a Trump rally, only everyone is armed and crazy. From what I've overheard in these shops, I'm surprised that there hasn't been an attempt on President Obama's life.Sergiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135057765636711548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64886193886123102002016-06-17T10:45:23.353-05:002016-06-17T10:45:23.353-05:00I remember a few years back our school district de...I remember a few years back our school district decided to allow a gun show in our high school while classes weren't in session. The public outcry over this invasion of a gun-free zone forced the school board to cancel the event. It's funny how the NRA doesn't believe gun free zones should exist, yet they forbid weapons at their stores, shows and conventions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59261812237771913532016-06-17T10:20:58.108-05:002016-06-17T10:20:58.108-05:00there's always Indiana.there's always Indiana.mellowjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543634125013198207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3431058976355857502016-06-17T09:34:51.821-05:002016-06-17T09:34:51.821-05:00Thanks Dennis. I can assure commentators above tha...Thanks Dennis. I can assure commentators above that no one expected the sale to be denied. I have an FOID card and no criminal record whatsoever. If they hadn't ID'ed me as a columnist, they never would have denied the sale. This was an assignment, and I executed it to the best of my ability, after arguing, again to the best of my ability, that it wasn't worth doing. Turns out, my boss was right, as he so often is. It was worth doing, from a journalistic point of view. From a personal point of view, well, I'd have rather gone to the Cubs came and written about the new plaza. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40177539261614944292016-06-17T09:23:09.606-05:002016-06-17T09:23:09.606-05:00This column is a reminder of why I tell people tha...This column is a reminder of why I tell people that Neil Sternberg is the best newspaper writer in the country. It reads almost like a short story with a surprise ending. It is a fair and literate peek into the world of an industry that doesn't care to be examined in the light of day. The system is so rigged to protect the arms industry that they can just sneer at anyone who tries to shine a light on their mad world - and sneer they do. Great work Neil.Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36616703463312408572016-06-17T09:15:07.313-05:002016-06-17T09:15:07.313-05:00I'd like to know how many other people that sh...I'd like to know how many other people that shop refused to sell to on those same grounds.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57407126072178809182016-06-17T09:13:51.289-05:002016-06-17T09:13:51.289-05:00Why would sending Mary Mitchell make it a stunt? B...Why would sending Mary Mitchell make it a stunt? Because she's black?<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.com