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5. there are a large number of DUers who are either aganist much or some gun control

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #3)

Thu May 7, 2015, 10:34 AM

May 2015

or who just don't feel, for various reasons, that it's a viable issue. The fact is that gun control that would actually reduce the number of guns and gun violence, is unconstitutional. And if you are unaware of SCOTUS decisions that affirm that the first amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, you don't know enough to discuss the issue.

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One person's dead kids are another person's minor distraction. [View all] stone space May 2015 OP

let me ask you a couple of questions: cali May 2015 #1

Oh boy. NuclearDem May 2015 #12

Senator Sanders voting against the Brady Bill gets the collective shrug from his support group. leftofcool May 2015 #2

Two months ago almost all here would have found that op that to be unacceptable. NCTraveler May 2015 #3

there are a large number of DUers who are either aganist much or some gun control cali May 2015 #5

Point still stands. NCTraveler May 2015 #7

gun control issues have always been contentious on DU cali May 2015 #10

I'm not going to argue about what the First Amendment does or doesn't do. That's a distraction. stone space May 2015 #9

No problems eh Bernie fans? workinclasszero May 2015 #4

Well, I'm a Bernie fan, and I have a HUGE problem with it. (nt) stone space May 2015 #6

What federal gun control legislation that addresses that has been cali May 2015 #8

I KNOW you can't be supporting Hillary with an OP like that, right? Right? Bonobo May 2015 #11

Locking Omaha Steve May 2015 #13