MondayMondayMonday! McDonald v Chicago!

It seems Monday is the date when SCOTUS will release its decision regarding the Mcdonald v Chigaco lawsuit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald_v._Chicago

You all know by now what decision I'm anticipating. It's common knowledge across the US that SCOTUS will rule in Mcdonald's favor. Keeping my fingers crossed though. On another note, I am seriously sending Mr. Otis Mcdonald a basket from Harry & David this Christmas.

I don't think anyone on Fakku really cares about this all that much. I just voted Chicago because I don't like the name McDonald.

Yeah... Ill just vote chicago and continue on with life.

I vote for McDonald, as long as it's registered I think people should be alowed to own guns if they choose too.

gun deaths in canada every year: around 200

gun deaths in america every year: 10000+

yeah, let's protect the right to own assault riffles which are totally required to defend yourself from aliens...

CANADIANS ARE TOO PUSSY TO USE A GUN

PROOF: HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE CANADIANS INVADED IN THE PAST 2 BILLION YEARS??????????

Uncle Phil...not helping.

Waar, by all means, I do not mind political discourse, but if you do with to do anything more than insult, please bring more to the table than random numbers and blatant hyperbole. If you like, I can put you in touch with some people while you're in PA to get a little face-to-face with some American gun owners.

insult?

Maybe not the most appropriate term in retrospect, but your figures were still incorrect by a significant margin (though the trend is still the same) and the last sentence has little to do directly with the SCOTUS case. Mcdonald v Chicago is about the right to keep a handgun in the home. You mention assault rifles and aliens. connection...?

was in response to the other users replies...

I still don't follow...

the commentary is on your gun laws which allow people to own assault riffles. I'm not specifically referring to the case of mcd's v chicago. A user mentioned being able to own a gun as long as it's registered so I was directly commenting on his opinion.

We need assault rifles to protect ourselves from Canadians driving illegally. They make everyone around them drive hazardly and need to be put down.

BTW I own a P90. I like it and it is fun to shoot. So don't illegalize my fun. And Waar you spelt "rifles" wrong just so you know /grammar_nazi

Well, do you mean Assault Rifle as in the actual definition, or the colloquial meaning the gun-grabbers and media have pejorated it to?

However, the media now term any scary-looking gun to be an 'assault rifle', even though it may not have any provision for fully automatic fire. The AR-15 that the local news would call an 'assault rifle' would actually be the exact same weapon a Canadian citizen might be able to buy, own, and shoot under a restricted license.

Now, in America, one may buy, own, and shoot a select-fire assault rifle. The 1934 GCA regulated various classes of weapons, machine guns among them. They had to be federally registered and to buy one, one had to submit a registration form to ATF and await approval. (same goes for short-barrel rifles/shottys, suppressors, grenades/launchers, ect). Once approved one could take possession of the weapon in question. With the passage of the 1986 FOPA, and the snuck-in (and falsely voted) Hughes Amendment, the machine gun registry was closed to new entries, leaving about 170,000 civilian-transferable machine guns in America. As a result of the fixed supply, to buy a registered M16, one must pay $10,000-$20,000USD, plus the ATF tax/fees.

Last I checked, there have only been two convictions of murder committed with legally-owned, ATF-registered machine guns. In the last 50 years.

tl;dr


you don't need assault riffles.

The citizenry don't need military weapons? I guess you're right. Just ask the experts after all...

You spelled it wrong again. There are three f's in rifffle.

Is that a joke?


Are you honestly trying to say that if you dont have assault riffles someone like Hitler may come and take over and lead your country to ruin?

edit: Hitler was democratically elected btw.

Just in what case would normal everyday people require an assault riffle?