Reality Check: Felons and guns

Why Convicted Felons Don't / Won't Have to Register Their Firearms

U.S. Supreme Court’s 1968 Haynes v. U.S. decision:

Haynes, a convicted felon, was convicted of unlawful possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun. He argued that for a convicted felon to register a gun was effectively an announcement to the government that he was breaking the law and that registration violated his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination.   

The court, by an 8 – 1 margin, agreed, concluding:

“We hold that a proper claim of the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination provides a full defense to prosecutions either for failure to register a firearm…or for possession of an unregistered firearm.” (Summary from American Rifleman, March 2000, page 20)

So, when these gun registration schemes are announced, be aware that only lawful gun-owners are required to register their firearms.  

Unlawful owners are exempted from registration laws due to their constitutional protection against self-incrimination.  

Amazing but true…

http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/390/85/

Perfect! The only thing better than this is a warrior religion where the "sensitivity" of US leftists to anything anti-foreign religion smacks of intolerance. =TheRightJack 2/12/13

China

Next Workers Paradise ... USA?

Carbon Emissions. US vs China

According to Bloomberg News, US carbon emissions are down 13% over the past five years and that they are now the lowest since 1994. … Capitalism doing it without Big Gov … The gaping hole in carbon reductions efforts is China which refuses to act to cut them. Claiming it is a developing country, the world's second largest economy is its largest carbon emitter. Indeed, each year China's emissions grow by an amount that exceeds the total emissions of Japan. So each year, the increase in Chinese GDP (about $400 billion) causes more emissions than the total of the Japanese economy which is ten times as much -- $5 trillion. [DickMorris.com]

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Emissions is not the point. Bringing down the US economy is the Obama objective.

Stabilization. China spends more money controlling behavior of their subjects/prisoner citizens inside China, officially called stabilization, than they do on their military to guard against potential conflicts outside their borders. Heard on NPR report. No names used for fear of reprisals. 10/31/12

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China is placed on a pedestal as The Ideal Society according to many Democrats. =TheRightJack

6 bridges in China collapse. 8/2012

China holds too much US debt.

China buying gold by the ton

China making great inroads in Africa.

Several mainland China cities thriving under capitalism.

The Olympic stadium in China sets empty most of the time. No games. No tourists. No nothing. Heard on an NPR radio news report August ??, 2012

Ozzie Guillen of Miami Marlins baseball team likes the way Castro has survived. Hispanic community in Florida upset. Guillen is from Venezuela. This statement reminds me of when Jackie Chan, the actor, liked China saying the too much freedom was not good. 4/11/12

Obama to have more "flexibility" after 2012 election ... to level the playing field? April 2012

US military rocket technology secrets given to China by Bill Clinton. Just trying to level the playing field?

Search: Facts about China

16,800. Miners who have died in Chinese mine disasters in the last five years. Heard on the radio 11/9/11 Can we not send our unions over there to help them improve worker safety? 

3X. China executes three times more people than the rest of the world combined. Using mobile execution vans. [businessinsider.com] 2/23/11 Really?

Poverty in China, 2009 WSJ article

posted on TheRightJack May 3, 2009

Government sells spent brass to China at loss rather than sell to local retailers.