For starters, let’s be real clear that I’m not saying all cops are shitheads or anything. Certainly the guys that are in here having a discussion aren’t the problem. I’d like to think we’re all on the same side. Nor was I trying to take the discussion off track. My question was meant to be thought provoking. As to your point about “no one is being arrested for it”, that gives me absolutely nothing in the way of comfort when people can be the way the law is written. Forgive me if I don’t rely on your good will and discretion where my rights are concerned. I don’t live in a state where it’s an issue either...yet. The dynamics here are shifting in terms of demographics and politics. Frankly something culturally is happening nationwide. If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere. That’s why I presume we are here. And yes...in fucked up places behind enemy lines people that weren’t shitbirds have indeed been arrested and felony charges referred (not sure of the outcomes) for magazines. I thought I remembered a case of a veteran near Ft Drum being hemmed up for it. So I went to google it and in fact found a second case of a soldier there who was as well.
Solid copy.
I wasn’t trying to provide comfort, just perspective. There are, in fact, shithead cops who don’t get it and see everything as black and white. These laws absolutely positive suck and are, in my opinion, unconstitutional.
I just never want the conversation to somehow becomes the cops’ fault (I’m not saying that is what you’re doing). I’ve seen the conversation go that way. How many people live in “bam states”? Millions and yet there can only be a handful of cases found. Obviously zero cases is preferred and proper, but they are still incredibly rare and we are all on the same team by a large margin. Way more large capacity mags get “missed” than not by a long shot.
There is absolutely a culture shift going on and it’s being fueled by SSRI chewing, “everyone gets a trophy” people who don’t know how to lose shooting up their schools. But... even that is an anamoly. It doesn’t matter to politicians and the people that vote for them who make major life decisions based on emotion instead of fact.
These bans are born out of the incredibly rare failure of our mental health system that result in mass shootings. But, it’s easier to blame an inanimate object than to focus the blame internally and try to get your shit together. Which is yet another tenet of the current culture: it’s always someone else’s fault.
As a wise man once said: they’re looking for a hardware solution to a software problem.
I’m on my phone and didn’t proof read this. Hopefully it doesn’t suck.