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Commented Jan 21, 2013 on No Platinum Coin - Now, Let's Get to the Substance at Fables of the reconstruction
No Platinum Coin - Now, Let's Get to the Substance
I am not sorry about this development: The U.S. Treasury Department said on Saturday it will not produce platinum coins as a way of generating $1 trillion in revenue and avoiding a battle in Congress over raising the U.S. debt ceiling. I've never looked into the relevant statutes and cases, so...
Is the wikipedia article (sorry, I don't know why I can't post links right now) an accurate reflection of how it was done in Australia? It says that 85% of the public supported the new law, and that 631,000 weapons were confiscated.
I can't imagine American public opinion ever changing that radically. The latest poll (that I am aware of) showed only 26% in support of a handgun ban and that 47% have at least one gun at home. Handguns are the main focus of control efforts; a ban on semi-automatic rifles like the ones used in the last two mass murders would be even more radical.
Commented Dec 16, 2012 on When Tragedy Strikes, People Say Stupid Things: The "Let's Confiscate Guns" Edition at Fables of the reconstruction
When Tragedy Strikes, People Say Stupid Things: The "Let's Confiscate Guns" Edition
In 2007 (seems to be the last comprehensive effort to make an estimate), there were 270,000,000 guns in the United States of America possessed by civilians. Except for the relatively small number of fully automatic weapons (i.e., machine guns), these guns are unregistered. We might be able to fi...
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