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NickB79

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65. The same could be said of pretty much anything on Ebay or Amazon.

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 12:14 PM

Jul 2012

Identity theft is bad, that we agree on. What does it matter if the thief is purchasing ammo, baseball cards, or a flatscreen TV?

Or would you suggest we do away with online orders of all products altogether because of identity theft?

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Obama Will 'Evaluate' Bill Limiting Online Ammunition Sales, White House Says [View all] onehandle Jul 2012 OP

Why do we want to shave off much needed votes. Amazing. Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #1

Apparently we have more votes than we need kctim Jul 2012 #2

How many people who need 6,000 rounds of ammunition are going to vote Democratic. onehandle Jul 2012 #3

I know a boatload of them. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #4

6,000 rounds of ammunition to a real Democrat? JDPriestly Jul 2012 #17

They'll do exactly the same thing as they'd do with 1 bullet, 6000 times over petronius Jul 2012 #22

Aye, he is not a TRUE Scotsman! nt NickB79 Jul 2012 #40

Stop peeking up the kilt! nt Remmah2 Jul 2012 #59

'Tis a grand bit of lyric... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #97

I was thinking of the same lyrics. Remmah2 Aug 2012 #98

I just can't help smiling... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #100

I'm a real Democrat calmeco702 Jul 2012 #54

What is a "real" Democrat? Remmah2 Jul 2012 #58

I Doubt It. (nt) Paladin Jul 2012 #32

40 percent of Dems are armed Mojorabbit Jul 2012 #45

And I'm sure everyone that you know who was old enough voted for McGovern, too. friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 #88

Can you define "boatload"? lunatica Aug 2012 #92

I buy in those amounts. hack89 Jul 2012 #6

I should imagine that you could get an exemption. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #18

To what end? hack89 Jul 2012 #30

Yet you could still buy as much as you do now lunatica Aug 2012 #93

It would cost me hundreds of dollars. hack89 Aug 2012 #94

First off I'm not for banning guns lunatica Aug 2012 #99

Because such a system would cost billions to set up and run hack89 Aug 2012 #101

Billions? Really? lunatica Aug 2012 #102

Spend the money on mental health care, smoking cessation, cancer research, etc hack89 Aug 2012 #105

I would spend the money doing both lunatica Aug 2012 #106

It would be at the bottom of my list hack89 Aug 2012 #107

We've already tried it, it didn't work. X_Digger Aug 2012 #108

Thanks for the pdf file lunatica Aug 2012 #109

Yes, and those are people who "need" 6,000 rounds and "need" to so anonymously. mbperrin Jul 2012 #10

There is no "anonymously". ManiacJoe Jul 2012 #42

Yes, and a box of 100 is the smallest. Please mbperrin Jul 2012 #49

You must have misread where I said that a case is the SECOND smallest ManiacJoe Jul 2012 #57

I had 23 guns stolen in 9 different burglaries from 1983-1986. mbperrin Jul 2012 #68

Some validity, absolutely. ManiacJoe Jul 2012 #69

They were stored in the five different gun safes that they were inherited in. mbperrin Jul 2012 #70

Damn. Those guys were serious! ManiacJoe Jul 2012 #71

No. We're at ground zero here for oilfield theft. $20 million last year mbperrin Jul 2012 #76

What's wrong with saving money? hack89 Jul 2012 #62

Need really has nothing to do with it calmeco702 Jul 2012 #55

.22 ammo comes in 5000 round cases,other Peepsite Jul 2012 #16

I have twice that in my closet, and I voted for Obama. nt NickB79 Jul 2012 #20

If I count up all my calibers, I probably have close to 10k. X_Digger Jul 2012 #28

A ton of them, including me. X_Digger Jul 2012 #27

I buy most of my ammunition in full cases slackmaster Jul 2012 #48

"Ignore the gun psychos, onehandle. Let them fear their own shadows" friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 #87

Tell you what, go down to the store nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #78

"anonymously" online.. *snort* X_Digger Jul 2012 #80

Ask your fire dept. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #81

And this fire hazard has exactly what to do with "anonymous" sales? X_Digger Aug 2012 #82

I hope you do not have one nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #83

But he only used about 100 rnds in the shooting.... virginia mountainman Jul 2012 #5

Ah but imagine if he'd only been able to buy small amounts 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #8

Frankly, I don't want my mail carrier or my UPS guy carrying JDPriestly Jul 2012 #19

What is a non-ridiculous amount for a mail carrier to carry? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #23

Why not? What harm is there? NickB79 Jul 2012 #26

Please do educate us in the science behind that statement. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #35

My UPS carrier delivered 88 pounds of ammunition to me once slackmaster Jul 2012 #37

Just like the Assault Weapons Ban. Dr_Scholl Jul 2012 #51

Bingo 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #60

Pssst.... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #96

Does the NRA now recommend that mass murderers limit themselves to 100 rounds now? mbperrin Jul 2012 #11

While we are at it, let's get rid of the pointless 1934 law nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #79

Exactly... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #84

I forgot the sarcasm tag nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #85

Hi discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2012 #86

+++++++++++++++++++ MindMover Jul 2012 #7

wasnt this tried already? bossy22 Jul 2012 #9

Obama believes "After my election I have more flexibility" but will he repudiate his earlier promise jody Jul 2012 #12

I could see this presidential election slipping away on gun control... be careful Mr. Prez...n/t Moltisanti Jul 2012 #13

More likely to negatively affect congressional makeup. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2012 #14

Ya know, now that I think about it the constitution doesnt grant a right to ammo. nt cstanleytech Jul 2012 #15

Actually, it does if the Supreme Court is to be listened to NickB79 Jul 2012 #24

Yes but I am speaking of this current court. cstanleytech Jul 2012 #34

No, the Constitution doesn't grant ANY rights whatsoever slackmaster Jul 2012 #25

I've always wondered why Missycim Jul 2012 #73

It's a very common and IMO very disturbing misunderstanding of the relationship between government slackmaster Jul 2012 #74

You're right! The constitution doesn't *grant* any rights. X_Digger Jul 2012 #31

Why? I could go to the nearest Walmart and buy this much NickB79 Jul 2012 #21

When you clear out the Walmart Peepsite Jul 2012 #29

Oh Noes! bongbong Jul 2012 #33

All this means is more $$$$$ for the online ammo vendors. -..__... Jul 2012 #36

Reid isn't stupid, thank God. NickB79 Jul 2012 #41

I don't understand the "anonymously" part. I've never been able to purchase anything anonymously on truthisfreedom Jul 2012 #38

It's just a lie, intended to create an emotional reaction slackmaster Jul 2012 #39

Every place I've ordered ammo from required a picture ID NickB79 Jul 2012 #43

the bill is written that the ID must be shown in person... n/t Moltisanti Jul 2012 #44

For ONLINE purchases? Do people understand how the Internet works anymore? NickB79 Jul 2012 #64

it is written that way to prevent online purchases... n/t Moltisanti Jul 2012 #72

So a defacto ban then. NickB79 Aug 2012 #104

works great if a thief steals a wallet with driver's license & credit card wordpix Jul 2012 #53

The same could be said of pretty much anything on Ebay or Amazon. NickB79 Jul 2012 #65

The only effective gun regulation would be to add semi-auto guns to the list of class II firearms Sgent Jul 2012 #46

Politically impossible yet totally sensible. Ash_F Jul 2012 #56

Yes, totally sensible to ban the most common rifles in America NickB79 Jul 2012 #66

You don't know what title II firearms are, do you? Ash_F Aug 2012 #89

A de facto ban is still a ban. nt hack89 Aug 2012 #91

Yes, I do actually NickB79 Aug 2012 #103

This won't pass in an election year, anyway. This is for next year. If he wins. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #47

So we're going to ban something that doesn't happen anyway. JoeyT Jul 2012 #50

A bunch of smoke era veteran Jul 2012 #52

Political suicide. Have we forgotten 1994??? Odin2005 Jul 2012 #61

A lot of your anti-Clinton friends have died since then, though...eom Kolesar Aug 2012 #90

i'm a strong supporter of gun control, but we have other pressing issues samsingh Jul 2012 #63

Translation, give me time to review the polling numbers happyslug Jul 2012 #67

Second term, you make a move on gun control. Election year this will cost sarcasmo Jul 2012 #75

No it won't Kolesar Jul 2012 #77

Right, republicans won't vote twice JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2012 #95