Comments on: Throw Down That Box http://www.theotalks.net/2008/06/throw-down-that-box/ Random thoughts about everything and nothing Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:16:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: theo.johnson http://www.theotalks.net/2008/06/throw-down-that-box/comment-page-1/#comment-10393 theo.johnson Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:01:55 +0000 http://www.theotalks.net/?p=378#comment-10393 Wow, interesting. I didn't know that. Thanks again for sharing. I found this link also. http://www.equalccw.com/practicalrace.html Wow, interesting. I didn’t know that. Thanks again for sharing.

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]]> By: HTownTejas http://www.theotalks.net/2008/06/throw-down-that-box/comment-page-1/#comment-10392 HTownTejas Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:53:25 +0000 http://www.theotalks.net/?p=378#comment-10392 I need spell-check..... I meant "<b>Texas</b>-based" I need spell-check….. I meant “Texas-based”

]]> By: HTownTejas http://www.theotalks.net/2008/06/throw-down-that-box/comment-page-1/#comment-10391 HTownTejas Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:52:38 +0000 http://www.theotalks.net/?p=378#comment-10391 Here's <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.html" rel="nofollow">the petition</a> in case your Texes-based readers want to sign it. Currently at almost 20,000 signatures. While I probably won't Open Carry, it's a human right even recognized by the second amendment to the Constitution (what else does "bear arms" mean?). 'bout time it's legal as well. A little fact your readers may be interested in, the <b>very first</b> local and state gun laws in this country were part of the Jim Crow laws. The first Federal laws were in 1934 (the NFA Act of 1934) which required paying taxes on guns of certain lengths, or that fired in full-auto (which were very common at the time, especially after WWI vets returned). That NFA act was just to keep revenue agents who had been enforcing prohibition busy (this became the ATF), and was shot down as unconstitutional the first time it was brought to a Federal Court (Miller). Prosecution appealed and the defense never attended the case before the Supreme Court. It's an abomination that that uncontested and unconstitutional act was upheld by the Supreme Court. Here’s the petition in case your Texes-based readers want to sign it. Currently at almost 20,000 signatures.

While I probably won’t Open Carry, it’s a human right even recognized by the second amendment to the Constitution (what else does “bear arms” mean?). ’bout time it’s legal as well.

A little fact your readers may be interested in, the very first local and state gun laws in this country were part of the Jim Crow laws.

The first Federal laws were in 1934 (the NFA Act of 1934) which required paying taxes on guns of certain lengths, or that fired in full-auto (which were very common at the time, especially after WWI vets returned). That NFA act was just to keep revenue agents who had been enforcing prohibition busy (this became the ATF), and was shot down as unconstitutional the first time it was brought to a Federal Court (Miller). Prosecution appealed and the defense never attended the case before the Supreme Court. It’s an abomination that that uncontested and unconstitutional act was upheld by the Supreme Court.

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