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In reply to the discussion: Gun shop blocks Mark Kelly’s right to buy AR-15, citing political ‘intent’ [View all]R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)6. Look at it this way. The USA has pharmacists that won't
fork over emergency birth control to women: which is a violation of their basic human rights. Nowhere does it say in the constitution that I can discriminate against you regardless of age, sex or religion, but the Illinois Supreme Court can.
We have laws that are supposed to protect We The People from this kind of horseshit and misogyny, but it still happens with the court's decision.
http://www.lifenews.com/2012/09/24/pro-life-pharmacists-win-huge-victory-in-illinois-decision/
Now put it into wider perspective. A gun shop owner can discriminate against somebody for political reasons, i.e. they are a dirty LibRul Obamee voter, and get away with it.
I'm not for the proliferation of guns in the USA. There are already too many in circulation. This, if let to stand, would set a dangerous precedent where only Gawrd-fearing GOP supporters could own a firearm.
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Gun shop blocks Mark Kelly’s right to buy AR-15, citing political ‘intent’ [View all]
kpete
Mar 2013
OP
Huh? No matter the he has no right to own an AR-15 unless he is part of a well regulated militia..
bowens43
Mar 2013
#1
I guess the government can't regulate guns, but some POS store owner in Tuscon can...
joeybee12
Mar 2013
#2
The gun shop owner has the right to do business with whomever he chooses as long as it is
Purveyor
Mar 2013
#5
Our society discriminates all the time between criminals that should be locked up and innocent
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#53
Destroying weapons is not buying them with the intent of turning them over to a 3rd party.
former9thward
Mar 2013
#18
Do I think given the facts we know that Kelly would be indicted or convicted?
former9thward
Mar 2013
#45
If you can't even *define* "straw purchase" correctly, you shouldn't be selling guns.
Robb
Mar 2013
#46
Isint buying a gun with the intent to give it to a 3rd party textbook straw purchase?
davepc
Mar 2013
#35
Why don't you go and find out what a straw purchase actually is, and get back to us.
baldguy
Mar 2013
#43