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In reply to the discussion: A How-To Guide On Dealing With A ‘Gunsplainer’ [View all]Amishman
(5,928 posts)7. painful amount of truth in your post
ignorance, childish hostility, and general blockheaded attitudes from both sides are why we can't get the basics passed. How about we actually talk it out and work through real compromises?
I want:
---safe storage laws
---improved background checks (including terror watch list)
---mandatory extensive safety and marksmanship training/testing for concealed carry permits (which have to be repeated with every renewal)
---increased criminal penalty for any crime committed using a gun
---mandatory reporting of stolen or lost guns within 24 hours
These are very freakin' reasonable requests. Since compromise is a two way street and I keep hearing that no one is willing to compromise, what do some of the gun crowd see as a fair trade for these?
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'blah Gun humper blah.blah'. Translation: Ive lost the argument and have nothing else useful to say.
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#89
"Take em everywhere...the mall, the movies, the bouncy house at my nephew's b-day party"
jmg257
Jun 2016
#14
If I was always talking nerve gas, poisons, bombs, etc., defending that hobby on the internet...
hunter
Jun 2016
#56
"certain critical thinking skills" have been a mockery for controller/banners for years.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#58
Because my wife and I have spent the last quarter century trying to make the world a better place...
hunter
Jun 2016
#92
I don't believe keeping your kids in the dangerous environment you seem to boast...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#93
Where there bullets wizzing about the neighborhood? My experience is not disimilar to yours...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#96
A majority being white, clever boy, and nothing imaginary about the danger. I won't regale you...
Marengo
Jun 2016
#99
All this splaining, I keep thinking of those damned splined Hotchkiss axles I had to deal...
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#60