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sarisataka

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39. I don't know the NRA position

Reply to RobertEarl (Reply #38)

Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:49 PM

Jun 2016

But I have consistently opposed it since it was proposed by Bush ll

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The NRA itself should be deemed a domestic terrorist group. [View all] vkkv Jun 2016 OP

The NRA sucks, but so does the Patriot Act. It needs to be repeaqled, not legitimized n/t arcane1 Jun 2016 #1

Agreed, can we get rid of both? nt vkkv Jun 2016 #4

Exactly. The U.S. needs to be shut of both. nt villager Jun 2016 #12

"20-Plus Years Of Anti-Gay Hate From The NRA" etherealtruth Jun 2016 #2

or a Hate group. Zippyzagnut Jun 2016 #3

"involve acts ... that are a violation of the criminal laws of the U.S. or of any state" hack89 Jun 2016 #5

No, your point is in the (A) part of the paragraph - that is separate and in addition to (B) which vkkv Jun 2016 #7

Look at the "that" before the (B) hack89 Jun 2016 #13

Exactly! All three A B & C are included, but read C please, your way of reading it vkkv Jun 2016 #20

You don't need all three of (i), (ii) and (iii) hack89 Jun 2016 #24

Now you are agreeing with me... no argument here... nt vkkv Jun 2016 #29

Hmm...let's see...What is a "free State"? jmg257 Jun 2016 #23

Seriously? You think that THIS is who NOW makes up "militias"? - if "militias" truly vkkv Jun 2016 #26

So the US Code says...federal laws (and the constitution) are hard to argue with. jmg257 Jun 2016 #31

So, require membership to a registered state militia or military branch to purchase a firearm. haele Jun 2016 #35

The way I read the Patriot Act provisions you quote TeddyR Jun 2016 #6

NRA owns several congress critters RobertEarl Jun 2016 #37

I agree that they are certainly formidable. TeddyR Jun 2016 #43

More love for sarisataka Jun 2016 #8

It is current law.. if it can be used as a tool against the NRA, fine with me. vkkv Jun 2016 #10

My morals are not that flexible sarisataka Jun 2016 #21

You mean like Hillary and Citizens United? nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #28

That is another subject sarisataka Jun 2016 #33

Too bad the NRA is for the PA RobertEarl Jun 2016 #38

I don't know the NRA position sarisataka Jun 2016 #39

If they were against it we'd know RobertEarl Jun 2016 #41

Allowing bias to reach our conclusions for us is something to rise above rather than celebrate LanternWaste Jun 2016 #11

Not sure what I hate more,guns or threads like this. libtodeath Jun 2016 #9

Okay, but that's kind of weak because at this moment the Patriot Act is law. So, if the vkkv Jun 2016 #14

Hope you say the same when some repuke wants to make Planned Parenthood a terrorist organization. libtodeath Jun 2016 #18

Exactly. Straw Man Jun 2016 #19

Geeez, People GO TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOLUNTARILY vkkv Jun 2016 #22

They dont join the NRA voluntarily? libtodeath Jun 2016 #25

Yes, but does that matter? Now, back to the NRA... vkkv Jun 2016 #27

Maybe not to you but to a repuke that wants to ban abortion they can twist the conditions libtodeath Jun 2016 #30

I find cavalier suggestions such as yours, frightening. cali Jun 2016 #15

Isn't the NRA promoting violence? nt vkkv Jun 2016 #16

I don't understand why Obama doesn't add the NRA and it's members to the terrorist watchlist. ileus Jun 2016 #17

they sell their member list, iirc mwrguy Jun 2016 #32

No they don't DonP Jun 2016 #34

You misread that statute - the definition requires portions A, B, and C together. NutmegYankee Jun 2016 #36

I really hate threads like this. NuclearDem Jun 2016 #40

you're not applying the whole definition. aikoaiko Jun 2016 #42

Ludicrous n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jun 2016 #44