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jwirr

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38. If we could get people to realize just what effect this kind of

Reply to GGJohn (Reply #37)

Fri Oct 9, 2015, 10:19 PM

Oct 2015

speech has maybe some of it could be ended just by making them lose their audience. We helped bring down Beck and Limbaugh is not doing so well right now. In some cases we can go after sponsors. Now I do not see that happening with sites like Stormfront etc.

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Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive authority [View all] PoliticAverse Oct 2015 OP

That is already Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #1

It appears it's what is being discussed is just putting a cap on the number of guns an individual PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #3

Seems reasonable Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #5

I may just be imagining this, but I thought there used to be threshold petronius Oct 2015 #8

Yes, that is what I remember Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #9

I knew it, I knew it..... that librul black man is comin' for my guns groundloop Oct 2015 #2

lol. He has my support. Baitball Blogger Oct 2015 #4

about time uhnope Oct 2015 #6

Make the gun nut shitheads squeal alcibiades_mystery Oct 2015 #7

Wow, I can hear the internet explode now Lunabell Oct 2015 #10

That was my thinking too davidpdx Oct 2015 #13

Ouch! I'm sure I'll hear a high pitched scream from a Tea Bag neighbor over this one. C Moon Oct 2015 #11

Expanding the definition of "dealer" presents a number of legal, political and logistical issues, branford Oct 2015 #12

Would applying IRS rules help? ProgressiveEconomist Oct 2015 #18

The profit component was only one factor in a larger IRA analysis, branford Oct 2015 #24

Would this have prevented any of the recent shootings? Democat Oct 2015 #14

would not have prevented most if not all of them Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #15

Reactionary laws can be dangerous Democat Oct 2015 #16

I was going to say Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #17

Is it typical for people in their 20s to buy a large collection of guns and the body armor sets too? Sunlei Oct 2015 #20

It only takes one Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #22

so this executive action that he is "seriously considering" would accomplish nothing except Doctor_J Oct 2015 #34

Might slow the flow to Gang Bangers etc. One_Life_To_Give Oct 2015 #26

Yeah, I don't think background checks are a bad idea Democat Oct 2015 #29

Mass shootings aren't really the target of this proposal. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #28

wait. don't all dealers "perform background checks" on "potential buyers" already? Sunlei Oct 2015 #19

I think that's badly worded, what you say is true the issue is how many sales per year PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #25

Thanks. Now I understand what they meant. Private sellers who are "really" gun dealers. Sunlei Oct 2015 #32

Yes. Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #30

Huh? GGJohn Oct 2015 #21

I think there currently isn't a "set amount of sales" that triggers the "dealer" designation. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #23

BLTN Duppers Oct 2015 #27

do it! Let repukes cry & whine about how the non-regulated "militia" need unlimited no. of guns wordpix Oct 2015 #31

In all our suggestions regarding guns we talk about dealers, jwirr Oct 2015 #33

Short of criminalizing hate speech, GGJohn Oct 2015 #35

Unfortunately but they are a big part of it. They are either jwirr Oct 2015 #36

I agree. GGJohn Oct 2015 #37

If we could get people to realize just what effect this kind of jwirr Oct 2015 #38

Going after the sponsers of these hate mongers seems to be pretty effective, as you say, GGJohn Oct 2015 #39