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In reply to the discussion: Prepare for mass shootings like we've never seen before in the coming year [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)86. The OP, and apparently you, support "confiscations and outright bans."
This is most certainly not the position of the Democratic Party, and opposing such measures hardly a "Republican Senate celebration at Democratic Underground."
I guess it's once again time to review the actual Democratic Platform concerning firearms.
https://www.democrats.org/party-platform
Firearms. We recognize that the individual right to bear arms is an important part of the American tradition, and we will preserve Americans' Second Amendment right to own and use firearms. We believe that the right to own firearms is subject to reasonable regulation. We understand the terrible consequences of gun violence; it serves as a reminder that life is fragile, and our time here is limited and precious. We believe in an honest, open national conversation about firearms. We can focus on effective enforcement of existing laws, especially strengthening our background check system, and we can work together to enact commonsense improvementslike reinstating the assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loopholeso that guns do not fall into the hands of those irresponsible, law-breaking few.
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951-Riverside
Dec 2015
OP
All I want for Xmas .... Happy holiday gun shopping everyone( gonna guess not a lot of
Person 2713
Dec 2015
#1
The murder rate in the US has been declining for decades in the face of more gun sales
linuxman
Dec 2015
#63
Yeah, sane people run out and buy gunz after every mass shooting. Sane people promote gunz too.
Hoyt
Dec 2015
#39
Since you mention being realistic, who is it that goes out into the public and confiscates guns?
Township75
Dec 2015
#14
Gun humpers infiltrate online forums from politics to needlepoint to push their agenda.
onehandle
Dec 2015
#21
Of course not, 99% of gun prohibitionists are chickenhawks whose 'activism'...
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2015
#30
OK, you must not understand what liberal topics are. I think I get it now. Looking forward.....
Logical
Dec 2015
#47
I've noticed this too, GGJohn you seem to have an alert set up for anything firearm related
951-Riverside
Dec 2015
#48
You do use the "come and take em" argument a lot. And yoy go to gun shows and ranges,
Hoyt
Dec 2015
#68
I know, you've never even heard the NRA's "from my cold dead hands.". Pretty much same thing.
Hoyt
Dec 2015
#77
Gunners intimidate? Didn't the OP suggest bans and confiscation of peoples property? Now
Waldorf
Dec 2015
#72
You're right Liz, 308 mass shootings is a small fraction of the 12,166 gun deaths so far this year
951-Riverside
Dec 2015
#115
Did you get your degree in telepsychology from the same school the OP did?
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2015
#52
lol...there isn't anyone doing any confiscation and it is ludicrous to suggest it...
pipoman
Dec 2015
#64
Mass shootngs are incredibley rare, as are all gun deaths caused by rifles.
Snobblevitch
Dec 2015
#79
I'm curious how many of these checks were for first time buyers vs. existing owners
LonePirate
Dec 2015
#102
This is scary. It means more mass shootings, more cops killing unarmed civilians
ecstatic
Dec 2015
#121
Foreign ?...or domestic psychos ? ....let me guess which one you meant....lol. nt
clarice
Dec 2015
#123
Chill....I didn't say it was funny. And there is no POINT, just a question. nt
clarice
Dec 2015
#131
Some of the bible thumping gun nuts probably think the 2nd Amendment
Zing Zing Zingbah
Dec 2015
#153
That's how they sound whenever they spout off about "da constituuuuuuuuuuuuuuution"
Daniel537
Dec 2015
#154