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Re: Osama?
Posted by Rob Mears on Thu Aug 28, 2003 11:34:42 PM
In reply top Re: Osama? posted by Jeff J on Thu Aug 28, 2003 10:57:00 PM
: About as much as it applies to hand grenades motars and au
: tomatic weapons.
"Now, Metcalf said, people obtaining such planes must obtain "an end user's certificate" certifying where the plane is going and what it will be used for, plus a background check of the potential owner by the Defense Logistics Agency."
That's pretty much exactly what is required to own greandes, mortars, or automatic weapons in the US. Not sure if there's an extra tax levied against warbird purchasers as with Title II firearm purchases. The weapons themselves are what pose a threat, not the planes. Besides, bad guys apparently don't need to forgo background checks and spend millions to acquire airplanes for themselves (unfortunately).
I'm all for a new Amendment declaring the right to private ownership of all nondestructive obsolete government items bought with taxpayer's money. The process of token taxation paired with federal background checks has basically been a 100% success for 70 years in regard to civilian owned machine guns in the United States - and that's MACHINE GUNS! Some bureaucrats were just born to create and sustain emotional hassles from situations that appear scary on the surface, but that logic and fact have proven to be benign.