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In reply to the discussion: What are you going to do this week to support expanded background checks? [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)116. It is illegal to provide alcohol to a minor
And "I thought she was 21" won't get you out of it if you get caught.
"I thought she was 18" isn't a viable defense to statutory rape either.
Same principle.
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What are you going to do this week to support expanded background checks? [View all]
BainsBane
Sep 2013
OP
lol, that is pathetic. I did not know the group had safe haven protection and even if it
Jefferson23
Sep 2013
#13
If private gun sales are so rare and the vast majority of sales already subject to background checks
BainsBane
Sep 2013
#34
You'd have to ask the NRA. I was generally okay with it once it was amended to preclude..
X_Digger
Sep 2013
#38
When I see the bill, I will decide. If it's just that, and not DiFi's AWB 3.0, I'll support it.
X_Digger
Sep 2013
#51
It doesn't change the fact that the seller commits a felony if they sell to an alien of their state.
pipoman
Sep 2013
#63
There is no requirement that a seller is required to obtain proof of the buyer's state of residence
rdharma
Sep 2013
#66
There is no "due dilignce requirement" in the law. No requirement to obtain ID of the buyer.
rdharma
Sep 2013
#95
No. I'm not lying...... I'm just illustrating how easy it is to skirt the existing laws.
rdharma
Sep 2013
#151
No, Pipoman is correct: the only sales* that don't require a background check
petronius
Sep 2013
#16
Not in this case. What law are they breaking if they say they are selling as a hobby?
Robb
Sep 2013
#67
Didn't help that the GOP dragged ATF leadership in front of a House Judiciary committee in 2006
Robb
Sep 2013
#91
Then there is the voting rights act and Obamacare, more big government plots
BainsBane
Sep 2013
#214
Most gun owners I know care less about the checks and more about how they are implemented
Lee-Lee
Sep 2013
#42
It only need include felons and those adjudicated a danger to themselves and others
BainsBane
Sep 2013
#163
our government is checking your background this very second. pls do not call it spying tho nt
msongs
Sep 2013
#24
Is that your excuse for making sure criminals have unfettered access to guns?
BainsBane
Sep 2013
#30
I called my senators to let them know I support background checks and gun control.
hrmjustin
Sep 2013
#40
And here I thought there were calls from the gun control side for 'compromise'.
HolyMoley
Sep 2013
#78
So how do you feel about my proposal- background checks done online or via smartphone app
Lee-Lee
Sep 2013
#88
To them, 'compromise' usually means, "I'll only ask for half of what I want right now." n/t
X_Digger
Sep 2013
#85
Look, you want criminals to have access to guns, there is nothing I can do about that
BainsBane
Sep 2013
#125
wellet me try and make sense of all this you asked by parsing it. not a gun owner btw.
professor5000
Sep 2013
#140
This is why gun nuts should not be allowed on DU and at the very least their posts should not be
stevenleser
Sep 2013
#221
The big problem is that gun owners believe that people with your attitude will never be satisfied
badtoworse
Sep 2013
#141
if it is something you agree with anyway, why would our side HAVE to give something?
CTyankee
Sep 2013
#222
But if you agree with background checks why is that something you "give away"?
CTyankee
Sep 2013
#227
Ifyou are correct, then I sense that there was a bit of change of tone by some gun folks. Perhaps a
CTyankee
Sep 2013
#236
Nothing until we re-tax the wealthy, end costly trade agreements and get a public option.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#234