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22. Oh now ain't that peachy

Thu May 28, 2015, 07:54 PM

May 2015

except we really don't check for those things now do we? I mean there are enough loopholes to drive a tank through. I can go to Walmart drunk off my ass and buy a gun and ammo. Could you test drive a car at a dealership in that condition?

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That's my route going to work... just missed it by an hour or so. DCBob May 2015 #2

How timely... onehandle May 2015 #3

If gun violence continues its steady decline hack89 May 2015 #5

Since nothing was done after Sandy Hook, nothing ever will be done . . . Journeyman May 2015 #7

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I'm wearing that orange flag pin tomorrow nt LiberalElite Jun 2015 #53

journeyman, my thoughts exactly IcyPeas Jun 2015 #50

Yeah, this was about a judge ruling that DC has to allow for CCW. GGJohn May 2015 #8

the context is that gun humpers have won Skittles May 2015 #46

Oh, ok. GGJohn May 2015 #47

Another "responsible" gun owner -- at least "responsible" until yesterday! n/t cosmicone May 2015 #4

So you know who did the shooting? hack89 May 2015 #6

Do I have to know who did it? n/t cosmicone May 2015 #9

An intelligent, well thought out post should have some real facts behind it hack89 May 2015 #10

What does knowing who did the shooting have to do with it? brush May 2015 #44

I was addressing the "responsible gun owner" meme hack89 May 2015 #45

No True Scottish gun-owner... LanternWaste Jun 2015 #48

Except that it wasn't a "No True Scotsman", it was pointing out a strawman argument friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #55

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Every one of us is a pre-criminal. hack89 May 2015 #12

Everyone is a responsible driver until they're not. GGJohn May 2015 #13

Driving is a priviledge and not a right cosmicone May 2015 #15

Where anyone can own one? GGJohn May 2015 #18

Oh now ain't that peachy MyNameGoesHere May 2015 #22

What do you think a background check checks? hack89 May 2015 #24

You really think WalMart will sell you a rifle and ammo if you show up drunk? GGJohn May 2015 #28

You go do that sarisataka May 2015 #31

And I call bullshit Duckhunter935 May 2015 #39

Drivers are not rigorously screened hack89 May 2015 #23

I had to laugh at that one myself Duckhunter935 May 2015 #32

Hence, mandatory insurance? LanternWaste Jun 2015 #49

Only for real accidents hack89 Jun 2015 #52

"Imag(in)e a NRA with a massive revenue stream and a membership ten times bigger than it is now." friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #54

And if you fuck up sarisataka May 2015 #36

what no background check? Duckhunter935 May 2015 #40

How much screening is done when one buys a car? beevul Jun 2015 #57

Which means we cannot take their word for it cosmicone May 2015 #14

Ummmm, no. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #16

I knew the gun lovers will be here in full force cosmicone May 2015 #17

If a drunk haven't driven a car, thousands would still be alive today. GGJohn May 2015 #19

That's the second strawman argument you've employed in this thread alone friendly_iconoclast Jun 2015 #56

I like that! C Moon May 2015 #21

Do you support IDs for voting too? NutmegYankee May 2015 #25

Silly. C Moon May 2015 #26

Whatever. NutmegYankee May 2015 #27

Why is it silly? GGJohn May 2015 #29

Because gun owners never say how regulations would directly effect them. C Moon May 2015 #30

How would licensing guns or owners save lives? GGJohn May 2015 #33

there are already books of regulations Duckhunter935 May 2015 #41

It does seem so Duckhunter935 May 2015 #34

Sounds more like something I'd read on Yahoo News. Wow. DU can get scary. C Moon May 2015 #37

Do tell, why are you scared? Duckhunter935 May 2015 #42

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Any possibility it was a hit? Telcontar Jun 2015 #51