Wow, sounds draconian, totally anti-privacy, anti-liberty and anti-gun! This could only happen because Authoritarian Obama is President!
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U.S. Government Orders Apple and Google to Identify Users of a Gun Scope App
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Because that's how they will know who owns the app. They are literally asking for the App owners info so they can go after them.
That's some Rachel Maddow level of tinfoil. It has nothing to do with firearms.
The MacRumors article did not suggest that at all. What you suggest is a fantasy created in your own mind.
Apple & google approved this app so the government has everyright to go after them
And the list never needs to leave the hotel. You lock down the hotel, grab the list, go door to door with the master key.
Don't have time to do the research right now, but I highly doubt that. There has been an uptick of a particular type of crime, but overall the rates have been dropping. You're simply a victim of the MSM.
I'd love to see that statistic, but in my experience, no they don't. In certain parts of the country, it might be likely a lot of people have them for hunting or home security. Other places are much like Europe (as you say) where they are rare. (Well, then there is Switzerland, where everyone has one?)
It was there for a reason. But back then the times were different. The amendment needs to be amended
It was there to help guarantee the rest of the rights! Is that somehow over now? Please explain!
But, you didn't address the rest of my comment. The guns have always been here. What changed?
Just FYI... the NRA was actually the group who developed and promoted the gun restrictions in the first place. They also advocate proper training, etc. I think you're confused a bit. Again, as above, a victim of the MSM.
But, yes, the proper procedure would be to remove the amendment from the constitution. The people pushing the anti-gun narrative know there is no chance of that (at least in the short-term, until they've had enough brainwashing time via the media and schools), so that's are trying other sneaky methods.
Let me fix that for you... we're well past that. The fishing expeditions are now trying to find people who they think might do something wrong someday!
Of course, we have our former CIA director (Brennan) who said recently, "People, you know, are innocent until alleged to be involved in some kind of criminal activity." So, times, they are a changing...
I'm not sure that is actually the case. My understanding is just that the licensing involved makes it so expensive, few have them. But, yeah, the MSM regularly misreports that, calling anything and everything assault weapons and confusing semiautomatic with automatic, etc.
It sometimes seems that the masses are ignorant of history and/or even a basic ability to think more than a few moments into the future from their present state of being. It's like... 'Everything is kinda OK for me right now. Sure, go ahead and take my rights away.'
then again a Republican administration.
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Our worthless Trump administration you mean.
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That's why I buy gift cards to top up my Apple accounts. Don't like even Apple prying.
It has little to do with any particular party or president. If you think otherwise, you just haven't been paying attention.
I have been. The GOP goes on about reducing government and protecting personal liberty, and then does exactly the opposite. The fact that Democrats are also complicit makes little difference: the party directly responsible for this is the GOP. The buck stops with Trump. FWIW I do remember the days when the GOP actually did want to protect personal liberty.
Law is not set to protect the weak (citizens and disadvantaged groups), but to protect the power and authority of the strong, for the most part.
They both have their pet areas of personal liberty they want to protect/expand, and those they want to stifle.
But, aside from that, part of the point I was making is that the infringements on personal liberty are very bi-partisan in creation/support and also operating a level above the parties (think 3-letter agencies).
lol...That's not how DOJ, CPI, HSI are with ITAR violations. Orange Man Bad!
ATN doesn't manufacture firearms, they are an optics manufacturer, which includes night vision scopes that fall under certain export controls.
I don't know what MSM is but I take a guess that you refer the media's manipulation.
Anyway, of course USA is the leading in gun deaths. How can you even question that?
For the rest, we won't have constructive conversation (definitely not in a text form) so as I said before - lets talk about something else.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488081
Anyway, of course USA is the leading in gun deaths. How can you even question that?
For the rest, we won't have constructive conversation (definitely not in a text form) so as I said before - lets talk about something else.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41488081
Yet this is exactly what Chinese government and Communist Party is doing against their citizens. And the recognition level is high enough that police can trace down every single Chinese mainland citizen participating Hong Kong protest and arrest them at arrival.
If US Government pushes this agenda forward, who can tell what damage it can be done.
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MSM=Main Stream Media. Wall Street Journal, NYTimes, BBC, to name a few.
In Switzerland, every man old enough to serve in the army (and not a criminal, mad, etc. ) has a gun and ammunition in his home, in case the country is invaded. The ammunition is counted. You don't want to know how big the **** is that you find yourself in if one single piece of ammunition is missing.
Well I found the person who can't comprehend the issue here!
The US Government is overreaching here, they have no right to get the names of the users of this app even if the scope was illegally exported. Unlike Obama who was selling guns to the Mexican drug cartels [Fast & Furious), it appears that President Trump's administration is trying to enforce our weapon exports.
President Trump is not trying to get rid of the 2nd amendment right, unlike Obama. The US government is violating privacy here though.
So nice attempt to be snide while talking about what you clearly know nothing about.
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There should be no fine if they are required to have a gun. What a stupid law.
Then again, when I was in Afghanistan (US Marine Corps), we had our ammo counted monthly and trust me, it was not worth the consequences of losing a round.
What do you think universal background checks are? The government wants to compile a list of all gun ownership that way they can confiscate I mean “buy them back” when the time is right. Ask the Russians how that went under Stalin or Chinese under Zedong. Even Tiananmen square didn’t happen all that long ago. Communism/government over reach is a scary thing. I give our country another 50-75 years and we’re there.
That comment is really one of the most derp worth comments out there.
You think they can't track where that gift card was bought and track that card. So unless you’re paying for those in cash you’re really not doing much.
People who drive cars and drink alcohol also contribute to 100% of drunk driving deaths. So I suspect you’d be ok with the government peeking into your life since I’m sure at one point in your life you’ve driven a car and drank alcohol. Also read an article where they surveyed inmates and 100% of them had seeked out to look at pornography in their lives and one point or another. Does that mean the government should go look into everybody’s lives who at one point or another have viewed pornography? It’s a slippery slope once you start painting everyone with a broad brush.
His administration, his responsibility. Trump's hardly a beacon of either personal liberty or personal responsibility....