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NickB79

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7. We're brow beaten from both sides, frankly

Reply to maxrandb (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 02:56 PM

Oct 2015

Try to discuss sensible gun control with NRA supporters, and you're called a gun-grabbing liberal.

Try to discuss responsible gun ownership with a lot of DU'ers, and you're called an NRA supporter.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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Hello... Moderate Gun Owners. Where ARE You? [View all] SecularMotion Oct 2015 OP

... jack_krass Oct 2015 #1

I like Hillary's proposals SecularMotion Oct 2015 #2

Her administrative action is strange because it is already existing law. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #9

I like HRC.. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #14

Pass what legislation? daleanime Oct 2015 #26

There jack_krass Oct 2015 #37

Right here. I own a rifle and a shotgun. mmonk Oct 2015 #3

I'm not a moderate gun owner. I'm a LIBERAL gun owner. 11 Bravo Oct 2015 #4

I'm curious. What willyou do with your stash of guns when you write your will? CTyankee Oct 2015 #25

In order: 1. Leave them to my sons who will probably sell them. 11 Bravo Oct 2015 #27

They are so brow beaten maxrandb Oct 2015 #5

We're brow beaten from both sides, frankly NickB79 Oct 2015 #7

I consider myself one NickB79 Oct 2015 #6

Sounds like the "leadership" at the NRA maxrandb Oct 2015 #11

As I said before sarisataka Oct 2015 #8

Fair enough. How about your side ending the death threats against control advocates? Paladin Oct 2015 #12

I have never threatened sarisataka Oct 2015 #13

The moderate gun owners aren't the ones making death threats; those people aren't on our "side" NickB79 Oct 2015 #18

Moderate relative to what? beevul Oct 2015 #10

Any proposal... TipTok Oct 2015 #15

How is this for moderate Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #16

A lot of points but none address the amount of guns. Its a fact that research paper Jim Beard Oct 2015 #35

I don't see it as an issue Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #38

Hello... Moderate Gun Controllers. Where ARE You? aikoaiko Oct 2015 #17

So you're asking for easy access to machine guns? Paladin Oct 2015 #20

Aren't you one the people who say the NFA is proof that gun control works and wanted to apply it to aikoaiko Oct 2015 #24

I never said it should be applied to all firearms. Paladin Oct 2015 #30

The NFA's effectiveness in stopping arms under it from being used in crimes is mostly economic. Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #40

Or how about nationwide CCW Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #21

Maybe. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #33

I absolutely believe it kcr Oct 2015 #19

It's a difficult place to be on DU. I would know. NutmegYankee Oct 2015 #22

drowned out by the idiots ibegurpard Oct 2015 #23

Being called "gun-humpers" and NRA stooges, as usual. krispos42 Oct 2015 #28

I am a liberal gun owner. Kang Colby Oct 2015 #29

Same place I've always been. ileus Oct 2015 #31

Pretty much everyone you ever talk to or hear from on the subject to some degree or another TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #32

I've owned guns for decades now. Kaleva Oct 2015 #34

Illinois has done the special ID for gun and ammo purchases for many decades now Lee-Lee Oct 2015 #39

I scanned this quickly and saw "gun lovers". Boudica the Lyoness Oct 2015 #36