# Price for gun rights is paid in PA.

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**Created:** [April 4, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-for-gun-rights-is-paid-in-pa/492005 "2009-04-04T22:55:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-for-gun-rights-is-paid-in-pa/492005/426 "2009-04-08T18:16:55Z")

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> [@Mr.Krebbs](#):
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> Um, I bet the weapon(s) that took the lives of those pigs were purchased legally and through an FFL.
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> Neverless, that paperwork doesn’t seem to help regardless. I like your posts pretty well enough considering your occupation, however, I don’t think that even **handgun registration** has worked so well in Washington state, considering my previous experience. The police and ATF spent about 9 hours dealing with me and my apartment due to mandatory handgun registration (when purchasing from FFLs, not private citizens) plus whatever time they spent prior on this individual and his possessions, all of which had absolutely nothing to do with the crime that said LEOs were investigating. That time could have definitely been spent better elsewhere, especially during a murder investigation. Don’t those tend to “go cold” after 48 hours?

First and foremost, piss off. I’ve been nothing but respectful (with the one offhand comment to Scumpup) this entire pit thread, and you have the gall to talk that kind of shit? Those officers died at the hands of a madman who threatened his mother and by extension the entire neighborhood. There are good cops who will lay it down for you if it comes to that, by the little accounts we’ve gotten so far, the officers that were murdered were those kind of cops, show some respect.

Second, the registration of weapons would work if done properly, and there wasn’t the immediate comparison to Hitler’s Germany :rolleyes:. Would it prevent every crime, or even half of them? Nope. Though if it saves a life and costs nothing more than what’s being put in by the buyers, I consider that a win.

With regard to murder investigations, yes, 48 hours is typically when the trail goes cold, that’s obviously not an absolute. I’m not entirely sure what the scenario was that brought LE to your apartment, but depending on the size of the PD, the odds are good that those two weren’t the only ones working the case. What’s more, I’d bet you don’t know every angle of the investigation, you truly never know where an investigation will lead.

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