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olefty

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16. Reality check

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Tue Dec 15, 2015, 02:06 PM

Dec 2015

Last time I checked, heroin was illegal in this country, yet it is readily available in all of our prisons. If we can't keep drugs out of the most secure facilities in our country, how do we keep guns out of this nation when our southern border is wide open?

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Just another day in 2nd amendment America [View all] 951-Riverside Dec 2015 OP

True. They use machetes yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #1

Right. Brits all walk about with cleavers under their coats. Photographer Dec 2015 #3

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Congress and state legislatures need educating. No, need recycling. valerief Dec 2015 #4

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I just explained the only way it can happen. Legislate change. nt valerief Dec 2015 #7

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Reality check olefty Dec 2015 #16

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Australia did it. nt valerief Dec 2015 #11

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Why not say goodbye to the criminal and gang culture? hack89 Dec 2015 #8

Why not instead target the real gun crime problems? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #29

Money, positive government intervention, better husbandry and management practices. Kevox Dec 2015 #14

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You'll never convince White America to give up their guns EL34x4 Dec 2015 #5

Yes, darn those 'whites' for thinking perhaps protecting themselves is a good idea. Shandris Dec 2015 #12

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Then you are coming from a position of privilege. cyberswede Dec 2015 #30

Which makes you a racist.. TipTok Dec 2015 #33

For that matter, can you convince Black and Brown America to give up theirs? hack89 Dec 2015 #19

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Guns aren't icky; cyberswede Dec 2015 #31

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tick tock cyberswede Dec 2015 #36

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Like that will ever happen JT1979 Dec 2015 #22

That video is porn for ammosexuals mwrguy Dec 2015 #21

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Theoretically, yes: the ToS. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #24

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What I'm getting at... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #28

the gov should just take guns from them. JT1979 Dec 2015 #27

So what's your plan? EL34x4 Dec 2015 #35

Good thing we have a 2nd Amendment to prevent that wish. Waldorf Dec 2015 #39

Alex Jones will claim this is a false flag in 3... 2... 1... Initech Dec 2015 #32

Would including gang members on the 'no fly' list prevent them from obtaining firearms? Heeeeers Johnny Dec 2015 #37

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Locking; Please consider posting this in one of our Gun groups they are: Raine1967 Dec 2015 #40