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kpete

(71,986 posts) Mon Jun 13, 2016, 10:42 AM Jun 2016

BAN IT!

Birth control?
BAN IT!
Abortion?
BAN IT!
Gay marriage?
BAN IT!
Guns?
Look, banning things never works. People will find ways to get them.

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BAN IT! (Original Post) kpete Jun 2016 OP

Regarding the top three, we work very hard to foil any attempt to ban those things. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #1

He's not making a point about our efforts Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #2

Because that is the right-wing mindset - "ban anything we don't care for". NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #3

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)

1. Regarding the top three, we work very hard to foil any attempt to ban those things.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 10:44 AM

Jun 2016

Our efforts have been poor on the second one.

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

2. He's not making a point about our efforts

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:00 AM

Jun 2016

he's making a point about the right and their efforts. They insist banning is the answer to everything they don't like until we bring up guns.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)

3. Because that is the right-wing mindset - "ban anything we don't care for".

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:08 AM

Jun 2016

The elites on the right aren't all that crazy about guns, but toe the line to keep working class people voting for them. It doesn't help that some people keep spouting to ban all guns from ownership despite there being no legal way for our Government to do that. It just fuels inaction.

I would like to see Connecticut's gun laws nationwide. Semi-auto rifles are mostly banned from sale and all purchases require a license, proof of training, and a background check. People still own their firearms and use them lawfully, but it's a lot harder to get them which dissuades people who just want to harm someone quickly.

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