# The OFFICIAL Gun Thread.

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**Created:** [March 1, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496 "2009-03-01T21:19:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496/2428 "2013-01-01T22:00:01Z")

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> [@Upcoming local gun shows?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/upcoming-local-gun-shows/51358/5):
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> He cannot legally take them away without giving us something for them, and the state cannot afford to give us that something.
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> Confiscation is the least of my worries as its the least viable solution for either party (pro and anti gun).

He can try to impose a registration and ownership tax, which will achieve the same thing without them having to pay the gun owners. Incidentally Feinstein’s proposal making every current semi-auto an NFA item would do the same. Couple that with the “no transfer or sale” clause they threw in, and it’s a 1 one-generation phase-out and ban.

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