Since 1968, More Americans Have Died From Gunfire Than All U.S. Wars Combined

[DanTex]

138. It is you who is ignorant of the constitution.

The Federal Government didn't "forget" about private sales. That was a concession to the gun lobby. A concession you are evidently in favor of, placing you in that 5% most right-wing Americans on the issue. The most recent bill -- a bill you opposed -- tried to close that loophole, but the bill failed due to Republicans in congress -- Republicans with whom you agree virtually 100% about guns.

On top of that, despite the fact that you have been presented time and time again with research demonstrating that gun availability increases both homicide and suicide, you keep chiming in to these threads and pushing ignorant right-wing talking points. There's nothing progressive about ignoring science for the sake of a Republican political agenda.

Sometimes my views are to the left of the official views of the Democratic Party, this is true. For example, I was in favor of gay marriage before Obama changed his mind for the record (I don't think he was ever actually opposed in principle, but that like the 2A thing, he took the stance out of political calculation). You, on the other hand, agree with the GOP about practically everything on this issue, and the fact that the Dem platform occasionally veers so far to the right as to intersect with your views doesn't mean that your views reflect those of the party as a whole. Like I said, for you to claim to be Democrat on guns is like an anti-gay GOPer pretending they represent the Democratic views simply because Obama was opposed to gay marriage.