yakdung 2,926 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Around every corner... http://thehill.com/regulation/213249-sen-alexander-ivory-ban-could-take-away-our-guns Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sobrenegade 795 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Your avatar, Yak, is exactly how I feel about these dumbass' attempts to make a law against everything. They can have my ivory when they pry it from my cold dead hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arik 565 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 This is old news. The article is a little over the top with their headline. Taking away my guns? Really? Im not saying to do anything unlawful but how do you know if you have ivory? I guess if you payed an arm and a leg for the handle it might be but I couldnt tell ivory from plastic. And where does it say you have to report that you have ivory grips? Last time I checked when a gun is sold only paperwork on the gun is done and not on the grips. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Arik 565 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 I still dont see how it bans guns. I get it but how many here have ivory handled guns? It makes the ivory illigal not the gun. Take the handles off and thats it. Now as to the value of said gun thats different. There is a potential loss of a lot of money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted July 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 The law if enacted, shifts the burden proof and could potentially make you a criminal for simply owning ivory. I'm always concerned, no matter what the law, when the government operates by administrative fiat. My concern is if ivory is attached to a firearm, it will be confiscated. Remember Gibson factory raid? http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougbandow/2014/02/17/obama-administration-treats-antique-collectors-and-dealers-as-criminals-new-ivory-rules-put-elephants-at-increased-risk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sccritterkiller 473 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) Your avatar, Yak, is exactly how I feel about these dumbass' attempts to make a law against everything. Popcorn says fuck you! Edited July 25, 2014 by sccritterkiller Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Change the term IVORY to FIREARM... ( and adjust the logic of the terms elephants poachers, etc... LOL ) still reads pretty interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Hey hippies!? How about a fuckin' piano? HA HA HA! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 There's some walrus ivory around that I would really like to turn into knife handles and that sort of thing. In order to take it out of AK you either have to get it carved by a native, or you can have them embed a tag of some traceable isotope into it. The thing that sucks about the latter half is you have to pretty much leave it in the state in which it is marked. Most every fisherman has found a chunk of ivory a few times. There's even a lot of mamoth and mastodon ivory around. People used to use it as door handles and things like that. My grandfather once had a hillside dug out for an oil tank or something and allowed his native neighbor to remove a pretty much intact mastodont skeleton with nearly full spiral tusks. Now when he thinks about what that would be worth.... Since I've seen for myself some of the blatant fraud that is done to treat plentiful species as though they are rare, it makes it hard to take any such claims at face value. I do believe that African Elephants do need protection to keep desperate people from wiping them out. But on the other hand, if they let those guys salvage the ivory from dead elephants, that would be good for everyone. If they really want elephants to do well, they should start an ivory trade. & eleburgers too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RED333 1,025 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 That is Lame mar trying to win an election here in TN. The damn RINO is going down on Aug 7th. Any TN people here reading this vote for Joe Carr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sjgusmc21 850 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Indy... Just Have To compliment your Avatar! Sorry off topic but just had to share! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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