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Old Codger

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14. That would work well

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 11:15 PM

Dec 2012

We could have metal detectors at every doorway and on all street corners and make stop and frisk legal so no one would be able to get away with carrying a gun anywhere... That'll do it for sure...

There has to be some reasonable way to stop the mentally impaired from acquiring guns and going on these rampages. Reagon was the one that started closing all mental institutions in Cal. and then carried it on to a national level when he became president.. The proliferation of guns in this country is only a part of the problem and there is no real practical way short of complete fascism along the lines of national marshal law.

It is no different overall than the war on drugs or prohibition, it is not in any way practical. Guns need to be locked up and totally inaccessible to anyone who has any sort of indication of mental instability period..

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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