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In reply to the discussion: Gun interests WANT criminals to have guns [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Nope. I stand by my statement that the majority of gun owners favor extended background checks. A few posts in a flagrant troll thread don't offset multiple polls on the matter. Perhaps you should take your own advice about reading (specifically, reading about how statistical analysis works...).
I will also reiterate that there is no moral obligation to obey a law that one considers a violation of one's basic rights (a profoundly liberal principle...perhaps you've heard of them). One might choose to do so because one is coerced by threat of force, but that's an entirely different matter. So...are "gungeoneers" determined to violate a sweeping confiscation law. Yes, some are...probably most. Would that violation involve the use of force? Maybe...but I doubt it. Not because many aren't willing to resist such a travesty...but because the very people that would be needed to actually enforce such a plan would in large numbers refuse to comply (take that to the bank, btw). Thus my response to the person suggesting confiscation, my question as to whether or not he'd be volunteering to help with the confiscations.