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ZX86

(1,428 posts)
28. I disagree.
Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:37 PM
Dec 2012

Gun ownership can be marginalized just like cigarette smoking without making illegal. You just have to be creative.

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wait, they can't find money to repair essential infrastructure datasuspect Dec 2012 #1
While I have no stats..... ZX86 Dec 2012 #10
Sounds good to me. Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #2
Shooting is a hobby. ZX86 Dec 2012 #25
just a gimmick. There are over $250 million guns in the USA banned from Kos Dec 2012 #3
How would this increase demand? Squinch Dec 2012 #4
But I want to keep my guns. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #5
No, you won't get a pony. ZX86 Dec 2012 #8
Several. OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #12
Care to share? ZX86 Dec 2012 #14
She is not serious, not at those prices ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #6
I think those details were the OP's Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #11
Thank you. ZX86 Dec 2012 #15
Just with some details. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #17
My idea is limited in scope. ZX86 Dec 2012 #19
Senator Feinstein is an idiot NV Whino Dec 2012 #7
Lottery... schmottery... -..__... Dec 2012 #9
I think you're missing the point. ZX86 Dec 2012 #13
Well then... -..__... Dec 2012 #18
If you're gonna bother, might as well make the guns illegal to possess 1st. THEN offer a jmg257 Dec 2012 #16
Missing the point. ZX86 Dec 2012 #20
Understood. From previous local examples, a buy back could be quite successful, in getting a bunch jmg257 Dec 2012 #21
symbolism over substance guardian Dec 2012 #22
I think you're missing some important points. ZX86 Dec 2012 #24
Better than a ban. aikoaiko Dec 2012 #23
Unless the spigot is turned off at the source, buybacks are probably futile. Loudly Dec 2012 #26
I disagree. ZX86 Dec 2012 #28
I appreciate your positiveness! Loudly Dec 2012 #30
If that idea gains any traction, someone else will say something else somewhere slackmaster Dec 2012 #27
She could sell the guns to Syrian and Iranian dissidents julian09 Dec 2012 #29
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