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Stinky The Clown

(68,919 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 08:10 PM Dec 15

If we can do wholesale deportations of people we don't like, we can confiscate millions of guns

"we don't like" refers to the (non)sensibilities of the right wing fucks' view of foreigners.

"we can confiscate" refers to major limitations on gun ownership.
~limit the number of guns per person ton let's say, two. Confiscate the rest
~ban certain gun types, such as automatics, confiscate them.
et. cetera

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If we can do wholesale deportations of people we don't like, we can confiscate millions of guns (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Dec 15 OP
The legal term for what you are suggesting is a "taking." rsdsharp Dec 15 #1
lol, deport guns, that'll raise hackles on the right! bucolic_frolic Dec 15 #2
K&R UTUSN Dec 15 #3

rsdsharp

(11,788 posts)
1. The legal term for what you are suggesting is a "taking."
Mon Dec 15, 2025, 08:23 PM
Dec 15

A taking requires just compensation pursuant to the Fifth Amendment. That will be pretty expensive.

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