Man Loses his Gun permit after blog posting

[ConstitutionCowboy]

We've got ballots to remove these people from office. What Travis Corcoran said may have been in jest, but in the light of recent events, his comments were rude, crude, and socially unacceptable.

Whether his comments are a real call to murder will be and should be determined in a court of law. It'll be tough to prove he actually intended and conspired to commit such crimes; and even tougher to prove he intended an overthrow of the government.

On the other hand, that guy in Arizona who survived the Tuscon shooting and who took photos of and publicly threated the life of that TEA party guy is definitely in some deep kimshee. Conviction in that case ought to be a slam dunk.

Woody

 

[Billybob]

Too bad we don't scrutinize the actions, (as opposed to intent) and call for responsibility and accountability from our officials like we do the "nuts".

 

[GlockedandLoaded]

Anti-government sentiment is not cause for fear, a sign of insanity, or a precursor of tragedy. Quite the contrary. Anti-government sentiment signifies attentiveness, understanding, and a love of liberty. If you truly value freedom, then you absolutely must distrust and despise government with every fiber of your being. Why? Government has no ability, whatsoever, to give freedom to anyone. Government can only take freedoms away. Our founding fathers fully understood this fundamental truth. They did not view government as a potential source of good, but as a necessary evil. Although they understood that limited government would be necessary to protect individual citizens from each other, they also understood that the Constitution would be necessary to protect all citizens from the government. Our founding fathers knew that if they did not restrain the government with the constitution, then nothing would stop it from taking all of our liberties away. This is simply the nature of the beast.

 

[grizzly97]

Anti-government sentiment is not cause for fear, a sign of insanity, or a precursor of tragedy. Quite the contrary. Anti-government sentiment signifies attentiveness, understanding, and a love of liberty. If you truly value freedom, then you absolutely must distrust and despise government with every fiber of your being. Why? Government has no ability, whatsoever, to give freedom to anyone. Government can only take freedoms away. Our founding fathers fully understood this fundamental truth. They did not view government as a potential source of good, but as a necessary evil. Although they understood that limited government would be necessary to protect individual citizens from each other, they also understood that the Constitution would be necessary to protect all citizens from the government. Our founding fathers knew that if they did not restrain the government with the constitution, then nothing would stop it from taking all of our liberties away. This is simply the nature of the beast.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Anti-government sentiment is not cause for fear, a sign of insanity, or a precursor of tragedy. Quite the contrary. Anti-government sentiment signifies attentiveness, understanding, and a love of liberty. If you truly value freedom, then you absolutely must distrust and despise government with every fiber of your being. Why? Government has no ability, whatsoever, to give freedom to anyone. Government can only take freedoms away. Our founding fathers fully understood this fundamental truth. They did not view government as a potential source of good, but as a necessary evil. Although they understood that limited government would be necessary to protect individual citizens from each other, they also understood that the Constitution would be necessary to protect all citizens from the government. Our founding fathers knew that if they did not restrain the government with the constitution, then nothing would stop it from taking all of our liberties away. This is simply the nature of the beast.

Woody

 

[mr ed]

First, there is always more to a story than what is printed.
Second, I think its Arlington Mass. not Arlington Texas.
Otherwise why would the Mass delegation have been notified.
Third, I think his suspended license was a FFL not a carry permit.

 

[Misterbill45]

First, there is always more to a story than what is printed.
Second, I think its Arlington Mass. not Arlington Texas.
Otherwise why would the Mass delegation have been notified.
Third, I think his suspended license was a FFL not a carry permit.

I just moved out of the People's Republic of Mass. All firearms ownership requires a permit. In order to own so much as a bolt-action .22 you have to have taken a NRA safety course, pay a $125 fee and go through about a 2 month long waiting period.

The FID (Firearms ID Card) entitles you to own low capacity long arms only. THIS license is "shall-issue."

To own a pistol or hi-cap capable long-arm you have to get a different license, called a LTC. This is NOT a CCW. Many, if not most LTCs are restricted to hunting/sporting only. You cannot carry concealed with them.

ALL LTCs (read permission to own any pistol or hi-cap capable firearm) are totally discretionary. If your town's Chief of police has decided he doesn't like handguns, no one gets an LTC. Yes, there are many towns in Mass. like this.
If you've managed to upset the CoP by say, appearing at a city council meeting and complaining about the police, say goodbye to your RKBA.

The blogger in question lost merely his permit to own firearms. Once that is revoked or suspended, it's a felony to possess firearms, hence the confiscation.

But it gets better, because the Mass police put the guns in "storage" with their pet FFL who will charge a daily storage rate that's so expensive that it costs more to get them out of storage than to buy new guns even IF you eventually get your license back.

Just thought I'd set the record straight. -Bill

 

[deja]

I have a strange suspicion that his weapons and ammunition were not seized via due process.

 

[BluRaySS]

I don't understand how states can require any kind of fee or paid class. There are a lot of people out there that cannot afford that and therefore are being stripped of their 2nd Amendment rights...

 

[Glocktogo]

I have a strange suspicion that his weapons and ammunition were not seized via due process.

Hence the moniker of "The Peoples Republik of ____________ (insert your favorite "liberal" anti-gun state here). You're not a full fledged American citizen with commensurate rights when you live in these states. You're their subject and they'll tell you what's best for you.

Survey says?..... "Don't live in a liberal ********* anti-American state!"

I don't understand how states can require any kind of fee or paid class. There are a lot of people out there that cannot afford that and therefore are being stripped of their 2nd Amendment rights...

This sort of devilry will probably be put to an end post Heller, but it will take a lot of expensive and time consuming court battles to do it. A lot of these crapholes will simply enact ever craftier legislation to discourage their subjects from exercising their long denied rights.