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sandmann

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68. I agree

Reply to still_one (Reply #11)

Fri Apr 19, 2013, 02:50 PM

Apr 2013

People should have to pass a background check before they buy a gun from a dealer, from a gun show or off the internet.

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I Want to Know If the Brothers Bought Their Guns Legally... [View all] DonRedwood Apr 2013 OP

There may be Hell to pay, re: Senate Vote Of Shame. nt onehandle Apr 2013 #1

If the Tighty Righties can tell Newtown Parent to "Go to Hell" DonRedwood Apr 2013 #4

They were MA residents Recursion Apr 2013 #2

yup... and Americans can travel freely to other states with no rules and buy guns DonRedwood Apr 2013 #7

And doing so breaks the law Recursion Apr 2013 #14

Um.... do you think they care if HOW they got their guns break the law? DonRedwood Apr 2013 #19

Umm... That's the NRA's point, right? Recursion Apr 2013 #22

+1 n/t ChazII Apr 2013 #39

Purportedly at least one was a US citizen ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #3

Yep marions ghost Apr 2013 #5

MA guns laws are very strict Marrah_G Apr 2013 #6

So they might have drove a few hours, picked up a trunkfull of guns and ammo DonRedwood Apr 2013 #10

If they did that they were breaking the law Recursion Apr 2013 #35

And of course the NRA wants to ensure that breaking the law is as easy as possible. Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #55

So how do you propose making breaking the law more difficult Recursion Apr 2013 #56

Universal background checks for starters? Crunchy Frog Apr 2013 #57

Probably. earthside Apr 2013 #8

Or the gun lovers will dismiss everything before the facts are even known DonRedwood Apr 2013 #13

I like the irony ag_dude Apr 2013 #23

I haven't seen any indication that either of them would not have been entitled to buy them legally. slackmaster Apr 2013 #9

AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM!! nt kelliekat44 Apr 2013 #17

So, what's your solution? slackmaster Apr 2013 #20

Ban semi-auto high capacity mass murder weapons jpak Apr 2013 #28

What does that mean? Recursion Apr 2013 #40

Don't be coy - what was used in Aurora, Tuscon, Newtown, DC? jpak Apr 2013 #43

I'm not being coy. You have things backwards Recursion Apr 2013 #44

ban the fucking high capacity magazines jpak Apr 2013 #48

I agree! So does most of the gungeon. Recursion Apr 2013 #50

Certainly ban introducing more of them into society. Loudly Apr 2013 #41

There should be strict controls on metalworking machines as well FrodosPet Apr 2013 #54

If only it were necessary for gun worshippers to go to the trouble of making their own. Loudly Apr 2013 #58

I don't think that recognizing a problem exists directly implies knowledge of a solution. LanternWaste Apr 2013 #66

Like Cho, Holmes and Loughner. nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #18

Exactly. The real problem is the people. People with severe mental illnesses or twisted ideologies. slackmaster Apr 2013 #21

But they weren't convicted felons. nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #24

Nor had they been adjudicated as mentally incompetent, or discharged dishonorably from the military, slackmaster Apr 2013 #25

So it was okay for them to legally buy guns. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #27

Allowing them to buy guns legally is an unfortunate consequence of allowing you and me to do so. slackmaster Apr 2013 #31

Right. Want an omlet, gotta crack a few eggs. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #34

If my city was locked down because a crazed, armed terrorist was on the loose, I sure wouldn't... slackmaster Apr 2013 #36

And "good people" who buy guns and then turn out to be not so good? Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #38

People occasionally turn bad and misuse all kinds of things slackmaster Apr 2013 #47

You see, I'm more about proactivity. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #51

You haven't offered any kind of solution that would have helped in the present situation. slackmaster Apr 2013 #52

Psych evaluations before being able to purchase a weapon and at intervals thereafter. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #53

On what grounds would you have denied Cho or Laughner? Recursion Apr 2013 #59

That they were mentally unstable? Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #60

According to whom? Recursion Apr 2013 #61

I don't know. I'm confident a psych could, though. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #62

Before their attacks? No, I don't Recursion Apr 2013 #63

Yeah.... Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #64

If they didn't have a record, the background check most likely would not have helped in this case, still_one Apr 2013 #11

I agree sandmann Apr 2013 #68

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... cyberswede Apr 2013 #15

Does the NRA pay you? DonRedwood Apr 2013 #16

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They bought smokeless gunpowder to make those bombs jpak Apr 2013 #30

Wow mercuryblues Apr 2013 #33

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well mercuryblues Apr 2013 #42

Per Massachusetts law Lurks Often Apr 2013 #26

I want to know if they followed all applicable local state and federal law Leslie Valley Apr 2013 #29

And if they bought the pressure cookers and ball bearings legally! B2G Apr 2013 #45

I may be wrong Daninmo Apr 2013 #46

Impossible for you to put your agenda on hold for a week? snooper2 Apr 2013 #49

And there are NO lists for the purchase of pressure cookers, ball bearings, etc. or for backpacks bike man Apr 2013 #65

Both were resident aliens... Travelman Apr 2013 #67

I have been wondering the same thing. Hubert Flottz Apr 2013 #69