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You could... read the link?

Prestor Jon wrote:
Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
 
   
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 whembly wrote:
 d-usa wrote:
Two more examples of people violating the law and the government following it. The outrage! The humanity! It's all Breitbart News up in here!

What was the crime that Gibson was accused of???



If only there was a link a couple posts up...
   
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 d-usa wrote:
Two more examples of people violating the law and the government following it. The outrage! The humanity! It's all Breitbart News up in here!


Lordofhats, is that you? If the government is doing it it must be right! It wouldn't be a law if it wasn't right, right?

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 MrDwhitey wrote:
You could... read the link?

Missed it...

*ugh* media matters... need a shower.

o.O

I think we had a thread about this when it happened too...

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Leerstetten, Germany

It's a law because of this:


   
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South Wales

 whembly wrote:
 MrDwhitey wrote:
You could... read the link?

Missed it...

*ugh* media matters... need a shower.

o.O

I think we had a thread about this when it happened too...


What's wrong with them? I know nothing of them.

Prestor Jon wrote:
Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
 
   
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 whembly wrote:
[quote=MrDwhitey 598725 7003092 512a1976e102d77ded7e138f449c4
Missed it...

*ugh* media matters... need a shower.

o.O

I think we had a thread about this when it happened too...

I think it was in the original IRS thread some time back. As I recall it was about wood of allegedly dubious provenance. The raid took place. There was a threat of legal action, and instead Gibson were given a fine. The feds could not prove that the wood in question was actually obtained unlawfully.

 
   
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 d-usa wrote:
It's a law because of this:




Really? Forgot one



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Gotta love that time-traveling robo-pen.
   
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The fact that you list your location as "Merica" says pretty much all I need to know.
   
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Raven911 wrote:
The fact that you list your location as "Merica" says pretty much all I need to know.

Uh... wat?

D and I bash heads a lot... but, wat?

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One of many reasons to just dismiss someone else's points without being able to debate against them, it's fine it happens a lot online.

Prestor Jon wrote:
Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
 
   
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 whembly wrote:
Raven911 wrote:
The fact that you list your location as "Merica" says pretty much all I need to know.

Uh... wat?

D and I bash heads a lot... but, wat?


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 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
 whembly wrote:
[quote=MrDwhitey 598725 7003092 512a1976e102d77ded7e138f449c4
Missed it...

*ugh* media matters... need a shower.

o.O

I think we had a thread about this when it happened too...

I think it was in the original IRS thread some time back. As I recall it was about wood of allegedly dubious provenance. The raid took place. There was a threat of legal action, and instead Gibson were given a fine. The feds could not prove that the wood in question was actually obtained unlawfully.

I remember now...

It wasn’t even American law they were supposedly violating, but for supposedly violating the laws of India and Madagascar, which came as something of a surprise to authorities in India and Madagascar if I remember correctly .

The biggest thing that got me was that the folks at Gibson were never allowed to see the sealed warrant that authorized the raid. Took quite some time to get that unsealed. Why even seal it in the first place? EDIT: actually, it's still sealed AFAIK, which makes all of this dubious.

Bah... getting side-tracked...

Can "sanity" ever be in any vernacular during a Gun Debate?


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 MrDwhitey wrote:
 whembly wrote:
 MrDwhitey wrote:
You could... read the link?

Missed it...

*ugh* media matters... need a shower.

o.O

I think we had a thread about this when it happened too...


What's wrong with them? I know nothing of them.

They're essentially the propaganda wing for the Democratic Party.

Every once in a while, they'll have some good nuggets... like Talking Point Memo, but it's very biased.

I'd say Media Matters is to what Briebart is... *shrug*


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 Jihadin wrote:
 whembly wrote:
Raven911 wrote:
The fact that you list your location as "Merica" says pretty much all I need to know.

Uh... wat?

D and I bash heads a lot... but, wat?


They're A and B Whembly so C you way out

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Raven911 wrote:
The fact that you list your location as "Merica" says pretty much all I need to know.


Why do you hate 'Murica? Why do you hate freedom, bald eagles, and old pieces of paper with giant signatures on them?
   
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I hate that term as being disrespectful to America.
It seems to be used a lot lately to slander this country by liberal zombies.

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That's something an 'Murican would say!
   
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Raven911 wrote:
I hate that term as being disrespectful to America.
It seems to be used a lot lately to slander this country by liberal zombies.


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LMAO!!!

Good point!
   
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 d-usa wrote:
Raven911 wrote:
The fact that you list your location as "Merica" says pretty much all I need to know.


Why do you hate 'Murica? Why do you hate freedom, bald eagles, and old pieces of paper with giant signatures on them?


Just the clowns that wrap themselves in it as shtick:



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 Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote:
Lordofhats, is that you? If the government is doing it it must be right! It wouldn't be a law if it wasn't right, right?


See, it'd be one thing to argue that a law is wrong, because then that (hopefully) leads to a sensible response based around legal means to change the law.

But instead our new poster is arguing that government is actually ignoring the law. I have no idea if this is because he is unaware of the laws in question that government was looking to enforce, or if we're going to end up with one of those truly wonderful round trips in to constitutional gobbledigook that ends up talking about free citizens and how government can't charge income tax, but either way it leads to a conclusion that armed resistance is needed.




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 whembly wrote:
It wasn’t even American law they were supposedly violating, but for supposedly violating the laws of India and Madagascar, which came as something of a surprise to authorities in India and Madagascar if I remember correctly .


Just hypothetically, how did you think international trade deals work? Do you actually think that countries in those deals are just completely indifferent to breaches of their trading partner's laws?

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 Spacemanvic wrote:
 d-usa wrote:
Raven911 wrote:
The fact that you list your location as "Merica" says pretty much all I need to know.


Why do you hate 'Murica? Why do you hate freedom, bald eagles, and old pieces of paper with giant signatures on them?


Just the clowns that wrap themselves in it as shtick:

Spoiler:




Damn hipsters, mocking and ruining the 'Murica that our patriots shed their blood for!

But the OT won't stand for that, we will always salute 'Murica!

   
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Raven911 wrote:
I hate that term as being disrespectful to America.
It seems to be used a lot lately to slander this country by liberal zombies.


I'm not saying you're brainwashed, but I wouldn't let you within 100 yards of any voting booths.

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 d-usa wrote:
Overall I think that certain gun-owners and pro-gun folks are doing a greater job demonizing guns than the anti-gun crowd could wish for.


TBH the mass shootings are doing that quite well on their own.

It weird how the countries with strict gun laws, do not have regular mass killings in schools and running gun battles on the streets.

Who'd have imagined that freely available weaponry might be, you know, dangerous.
   
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Mexico has extremely strict gun laws, as does Guatamala, Ecuador, and El Salvador. They also have the highest murder rates in the world, so much so that their children are flooding the US as refugees. Brazil also has strict gun laws and has a joyously high crime rate. Its almost like different countries are each unique...

Argentina has strict controls on who can play Evita, and sing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina."

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Delakar wrote:
 d-usa wrote:
Overall I think that certain gun-owners and pro-gun folks are doing a greater job demonizing guns than the anti-gun crowd could wish for.


TBH the mass shootings are doing that quite well on their own.

It weird how the countries with strict gun laws, do not have regular mass killings in schools and running gun battles on the streets.

Who'd have imagined that freely available weaponry might be, you know, dangerous.


You should know what you're talking about before you comment.

The cities in the US with the strictest legislation have the highest levels of gun crime.

 
   
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 kronk wrote:
Raven911 wrote:
I hate that term as being disrespectful to America.
It seems to be used a lot lately to slander this country by liberal zombies.


I'm not saying you're brainwashed, but I wouldn't let you within 100 yards of any voting booths.


Yeah, because my voting habits have given us the current administration
   
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Mine didn't either.

But "liberal zombies?"

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Zombies? (racks shotgun) did someone say zombies?


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