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ProudToBeBlueInRhody

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6. Yes

Reply to WooWooWoo (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 08:53 PM

Dec 2012

But it's on days like this, I still need the gun lobby to step back, and shut the fuck up for a bit.

I recognize that we still have a huge problem in this country with the refusal to address mental illness. If you think taking people's guns will be a fight, how about trying to tell them they need serious mental help.

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Anyone Here Kinda Sit Somewhere In The Middle Between "Ban All Guns" and "No New Laws"? [View all] WooWooWoo Dec 2012 OP

I suspect kinda most of us. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2012 #1

+1 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #19

I think renewing the ban on automatic weapons is a definite possibility liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #2

reality. nt seabeyond Dec 2012 #3

You can bet NRA lobbyists have been busy contacting their hacks in Congress. Hoyt Dec 2012 #4

Guns can remain in the home as collector pieces. But ban them in the streets. Reframe the issue graham4anything Dec 2012 #5

I'm a gun owner and I could go along with that. n/t Bonhomme Richard Dec 2012 #7

That would work well Old Codger Dec 2012 #14

Yes ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #6

Maybe the guy that says he needs to carry a handgun when he goes shopping should.... Bonhomme Richard Dec 2012 #8

That's how it is in most things. "The middle" is typically fairly quiet. Igel Dec 2012 #9

No. Ban all guns. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #10

No. llmart Dec 2012 #11

Not in the middle. undeterred Dec 2012 #12

I'm not really in the middle... k2qb3 Dec 2012 #13

Perhaps the focus should be on the mental health system. TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #15

mental health parity definitely needs to be part of the national conversation liberal_at_heart Dec 2012 #16

I'm on the fence AnnieBW Dec 2012 #17

I support a middle ground, too. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #18