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JohninPA

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40. Exactly!

Wed Jun 15, 2016, 11:11 AM

Jun 2016

Replace "owning a firearm" with "Voting" and this board would boil over. I find it a bit amusing that the same people who want to restore voting rights to violent felons are screaming about taking the 2nd amendment rights from people who have not been convicted of anything.

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Democrats will try again to block terrorism suspects from buying guns [View all] TomCADem Jun 2016 OP

yeah, who cares about the Bill of rights? Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #1

What about expanded background checks? Any problem with that? TomCADem Jun 2016 #2

Opposition to this proposal has very little to do with the Second Amendment TeddyR Jun 2016 #6

Right there. +10000 Indydem Jun 2016 #37

Correct MosheFeingold Jun 2016 #62

Uh...Under reagan, there were no background checks at all, federally... beevul Jun 2016 #61

According to Justice Warren Burger iandhr Jun 2016 #3

YOu see to have completey dodged the question Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #4

The Supreme Court TeddyR Jun 2016 #7

The fact that not everyone agrees that the constitution guarantee the right of gun ownership... iandhr Jun 2016 #8

The Dem party platform TeddyR Jun 2016 #11

Not Found askeptic Jun 2016 #14

When does your militia train? nt Gore1FL Jun 2016 #33

If the arms that existed when the 2nd was written were all there is, no problem. greyl Jun 2016 #35

Maybe you should brush up on military history. Indydem Jun 2016 #38

No, the problem is you or the NRA wouldn't settle for those. greyl Jun 2016 #39

Why do governments need an amendment to form an army? krispos42 Jun 2016 #12

The actual constitution made the miltia federal. happyslug Jun 2016 #29

Do you mean Crepuscular Jun 2016 #19

Other quotes from the keen judicial mind of that esteemed jurist... Ikonoklast Jun 2016 #63

'Even one unpurchased gun is too high a price to save one life.' - Wayne LaPierre onehandle Jun 2016 #9

Thank you. CanadaexPat Jun 2016 #13

Yes, because all of that is EXACTLY THE SAME THING as keeping assault weapons 6000eliot Jun 2016 #15

There is no such thing as an "assault weapon". Odin2005 Jun 2016 #27

How about Murdering Tool? itsrobert Jun 2016 #31

OK, lets use "big fucking guns that can kill a lot of people quickly" instead of "assault." nt Gore1FL Jun 2016 #34

We had a ban for 10 years that president Clinton signed the ABW yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #41

It didn't go far enough Gore1FL Jun 2016 #44

Didn't go far enough? yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #45

Not long enough, apparently. they were still in circulation Gore1FL Jun 2016 #46

What's your point? MisterFred Jun 2016 #56

Oh brother. greyl Jun 2016 #36

I'm not sure you're getting the point. MisterFred Jun 2016 #51

Who is suggesting such a thing? Have you heard of a slippery slope fallacy? 6000eliot Jun 2016 #53

No slippery slope at all. MisterFred Jun 2016 #54

What. Ever. 6000eliot Jun 2016 #59

*Shrug* You're free to ignore the fifth amendment. MisterFred Jun 2016 #60

Do you think that allowing people suspected of being or associating with terrorists karynnj Jun 2016 #21

The FBI said the AWB didn't work and was mostly useless. Ikonoklast Jun 2016 #30

Not to mention columbine happened during the ban yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #42

Is this a dupe? Cause you posted the same thing upthread. Kingofalldems Jun 2016 #43

They are clearly using this to bring attention to the gun issue which has lain dormant cstanleytech Jun 2016 #32

Exactly! JohninPA Jun 2016 #40

Until the No Fly List Is Fixed, It Shouldn’t Be Used to Restrict People’s Freedoms - ACLU askeptic Jun 2016 #5

Yes and yes. Thank you, ACLU. nt MisterFred Jun 2016 #55

Don't worry.... penndragon69 Jun 2016 #10

Good Travis_0004 Jun 2016 #28

I don't like it when the humbled_opinion Jun 2016 #16

Supporting the Constitution is not just for Libertarians askeptic Jun 2016 #17

I have never been a Libertarian, I hate Libertarians. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #26

good luck democrats heaven05 Jun 2016 #18

So much for due process Lurks Often Jun 2016 #20

Maybe at some point in the investigation if it looks like someting is there, christx30 Jun 2016 #22

No Lurks Often Jun 2016 #23

I reconize it. I know due process is important, christx30 Jun 2016 #24

I thought we Dems were against the No-Fly List as an attack on our civil liberties? Odin2005 Jun 2016 #25

even if this were to pass RussBLib Jun 2016 #47

There is a reason why even tiny steps Elmergantry Jun 2016 #50

The voters need to follow these bills closely and determine who votes NAY on them next week. rladdi Jun 2016 #48

There are actual good reasons to vote NAY on this. MisterFred Jun 2016 #52

American voters demand a vote on banning the assault weapons next week in the Senate too. Then in rladdi Jun 2016 #49

That we even still have to debate this just says it all doesn't it. forest444 Jun 2016 #57

It's about time ronaldd32 Jun 2016 #58