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maindawg

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63. its about 'gun shows'

Reply to metalbot (Reply #8)

Tue May 28, 2013, 03:45 PM

May 2013

that is where criminals get guns. We need to end the 'gun show ' business.

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This Is How the NRA Ends: The bigger, richer, meaner gun-control movement has arrived [View all] onehandle May 2013 OP

I have great hopes this bill will be passed, why do we need criminals, terrorist and those mentally Thinkingabout May 2013 #1

But, but if you let them take our guns, next they will want our microwaves. rhett o rick May 2013 #3

Yep, tis true. Just think, a national microwave register. Thinkingabout May 2013 #4

and our baseball bats, and our hammers! kag May 2013 #27

Shredders and blues-players----They will take our guitars away!! nikto May 2013 #102

Man oh man! Unknown Beatle May 2013 #109

OMG, you're right. nikto May 2013 #114

Microwaves don't kill people PaddyIrishman May 2013 #32

That might be true. WHEN CRABS ROAR May 2013 #80

K&R! I don't want to take away anybody's guns, but I do want EVERYONE to have a background Dustlawyer May 2013 #2

^ THIS ^ mac56 May 2013 #5

There are some logistical issues to work out metalbot May 2013 #8

Addressing these concerns marions ghost May 2013 #10

Thank you. kag May 2013 #29

That sounds awfully authoritarian. LAGC May 2013 #61

Get real marions ghost May 2013 #64

The ACLU in fact objected to the failed expanded b.g. check bill. nt Eleanors38 May 2013 #65

On grounds of registering guns? marions ghost May 2013 #68

The ACLU opposes gun registration on privacy grounds. hack89 May 2013 #73

Thanks for the info marions ghost May 2013 #82

I fail to see how registration will reduce gun violence. hack89 May 2013 #88

Both marions ghost May 2013 #93

It is not relevent to the vast majority of gun deaths hack89 May 2013 #96

Nobody misses your points marions ghost May 2013 #100

Registration is not going to happen hack89 May 2013 #101

For what purpose? Pelican May 2013 #108

For the purpose marions ghost May 2013 #115

Again... Pelican May 2013 #118

So that's the paranoia? marions ghost May 2013 #119

Third time is the charm... Pelican May 2013 #120

You know the benefits marions ghost May 2013 #121

I can't think of any... Pelican May 2013 #124

You know the arguments marions ghost May 2013 #125

I really haven't... Pelican May 2013 #126

It's a bit of right-wing horse manure, slung by the usual suspects. Fear not the ACLU. Robb May 2013 #78

ACLU: Toomey-Manchin bill would make national gun registry less likely hack89 May 2013 #83

thanks marions ghost May 2013 #87

They changed the legislation to make registration even less likely hack89 May 2013 #91

I doubt they support the NRA, but that group seems the stigma de jour... Eleanors38 May 2013 #89

OK thanks marions ghost May 2013 #95

The fear is gun registration & subsequent bans. Eleanors38 May 2013 #113

agree marions ghost May 2013 #116

I'm not sure where the threshold of "irrationality" lies, Eleanors38 May 2013 #122

You can put some strings on it marions ghost May 2013 #123

I agree. There seems to be a trend in this country Mojorabbit May 2013 #104

Sad, but true. nt. premium May 2013 #105

Smart people? Straw Man May 2013 #92

Not impressed marions ghost May 2013 #94

I couldn't care less ... Straw Man May 2013 #103

its about 'gun shows' maindawg May 2013 #63

Do you have data on the % of criminal purchases from "gun shows?" Thanks. nt Eleanors38 May 2013 #66

Just mandate background checks at gun shows hack89 May 2013 #77

There will always be a huge pool of unregistered guns hack89 May 2013 #11

Yeah, let's do nothing for another decade and there will be another 100 million to deal with. Hoyt May 2013 #81

You have to start somewhere. It would take decades before they become a small percentage of the Dustlawyer May 2013 #110

I just don't see gun registration significantly impacting gun deaths hack89 May 2013 #111

Why not register owners instead of guns? hack89 May 2013 #12

best idea going, marry it with a ccw and you would have a winner loli phabay May 2013 #17

I've been saying this for awhile now, premium May 2013 #36

This is a better approach, and nothing is stopping such at the state level, either. Eleanors38 May 2013 #67

In other words, a permit to own even a .22 squirrel rifle derby378 May 2013 #99

Of course, the bill that came forward did not achieve that. aikoaiko May 2013 #33

I want to take away the guns of criminals and separate them from future gun ownership by AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #97

Hate to be negative, but we still don't have even a watered down bill CanonRay May 2013 #6

I can understand your cynicism, but I'm a little more hopeful. kag May 2013 #30

Don't have much good to say about the NRA. Look at that organization and you'll see... Eleanors38 May 2013 #69

"Why did these developments take so many [...] pundits by surprise? BumRushDaShow May 2013 #7

Curious, since the the "The so-called 'news' media..." have been gun-controls' leading advocates... Eleanors38 May 2013 #70

The M$M's goal is to ensure consumption of their flawed product BumRushDaShow May 2013 #98

MSM's "trend" (spread like a virus) has been to show Eleanors38 May 2013 #112

The NRA wants this argument to be dragged out PatSeg May 2013 #9

Eventually the market will be saturated BumRushDaShow May 2013 #13

If that is true, the eventual consequence will be a flood of inexpensive, lightly used weapons Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #14

And then the government buy-backs will ratchet up BumRushDaShow May 2013 #24

Oh, I hadn't thought about reality TV PatSeg May 2013 #16

The focus on short-term profits BumRushDaShow May 2013 #25

And the CEOs will exit the stage PatSeg May 2013 #37

Yup. Laughing all the way to the bank. n/t BumRushDaShow May 2013 #40

People like me will come to the table... Pragdem May 2013 #15

wondering what you mean by ammo limits, it only takes ten rounds to kill ten people loli phabay May 2013 #18

Don't really care how it works. Pass the laws and then people like you can adjust accordingly. nt Pragdem May 2013 #35

adjust accordingly, no thanks. loli phabay May 2013 #45

Uh, no thanks, premium May 2013 #46

People like you? Straw Man May 2013 #107

Some Dems in conservative areas are facing recalls louis-t May 2013 #19

Just because gun humpers are initiating recalls Zoeisright May 2013 #44

Their attitude seems to be "We don't like you louis-t May 2013 #51

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2013 #106

America is changing, as are its attitudes toward gun ownership AndyA May 2013 #20

I hate to be a party pooper here, but... Adam-Bomb May 2013 #21

Law abiding like James Holmes, Sueng Hui Cho and Jared Loughner? Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #26

It isn't even close to over. rrneck May 2013 #22

That's true. With all the problems in our country, the gun yahoos only care about their friggin gun. Hoyt May 2013 #28

Not to mention rrneck May 2013 #41

Seems there are some antis here who "only care" about guns, too. nt Eleanors38 May 2013 #71

Laughable from one with reference to guns in their user name. Hoyt May 2013 #74

I've heard Franklin had only a .32; less glamorous as far as calibers go. Eleanors38 May 2013 #76

How many who rec'ed actually read the article? sarisataka May 2013 #23

I <3 single-issue groups...not bobclark86 May 2013 #43

If history is any indication sarisataka May 2013 #48

I see the problem... bobclark86 May 2013 #49

I am just pointing out sarisataka May 2013 #50

I get you. bobclark86 May 2013 #52

This is exactly why no progressive Dem. premium May 2013 #47

Started by GOPers or former GOPers. No wonder they "aren't concerned" about primaried Democrats. Eleanors38 May 2013 #72

Gun ownership laws have made this country weak. toby jo May 2013 #31

All this over a bill that doesn't actually do anything madville May 2013 #34

If I were a gun-owner, I'd be eager to express my "professional" standards, because just one of patrice May 2013 #38

“The fact that a Republican would get elected is irrelevant to our cause,” hack89 May 2013 #39

Which is why you send money to the NRA? Robb May 2013 #53

Which is why I am active in Democratic politics hack89 May 2013 #54

But you send money to people who work to elect Republicans. Robb May 2013 #56

I actually make all my political donations to Democrats hack89 May 2013 #58

Do you send money to anti-gun groups who "don't care" if Democrats lose? nt Eleanors38 May 2013 #75

No surprise you would agree with Wolfson hack89 May 2013 #55

No surprise you agree with the NRA. Robb May 2013 #57

I have never given a political donation to the NRA. nt hack89 May 2013 #59

Why should we believe you? Robb May 2013 #60

Believe what you want hack89 May 2013 #62

If you support NRA, you've helped them advance a right wing agenda often unrelated to guns. Hoyt May 2013 #84

Do you support gun control groups opposing pro-gun Democrats hack89 May 2013 #85

Nope. Hoyt May 2013 #86

So you do not support Bloomberg and MAIG? hack89 May 2013 #90

“We’ve always been too polite, by appealing to politicians to do the right thing," Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #42

How about this strategy for Harry Reid Mr.Bill May 2013 #79

Harry Reid will find a way to cave in, even in those circumstances. (nt) Paladin May 2013 #127

I'm not so sure that there isn't anything meaner than a million pissed-off parents. Kurovski May 2013 #117