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bossy22

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33. You could go further

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 12:23 PM

Mar 2013

any home of a known felon could be searched without warrant.

associating with known gang members is an automatic felony

assets of the family of known gang members allowed to be seized

Banning of any speech that promotes gang membership or speaks of gang membership in a positive light

Moving to a "guilty till proven innocent" system

The question is- how far are we willing to go?

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Police: 4 people shot, 1 fatally, in Coney Island [View all] baldguy Mar 2013 OP

Details? AWB? Gang violence? Drugs? Skip Intro Mar 2013 #1

One person died out of four shot because the perp did NOT have a mbperrin Mar 2013 #2

you don't need a high powered rifle to kill many bossy22 Mar 2013 #31

So you have no objection to banning rifles of all sorts because they are not any more mbperrin Mar 2013 #32

Criminal gun owners get their guns from legal gun owners. But you knew that. baldguy Mar 2013 #3

I suppose in that area it could be Russian mafia. grasswire Mar 2013 #4

Disarm the criminals first? Tell that to Louisiana. nt SunSeeker Mar 2013 #6

Doing nothing is not the answer AndyA Mar 2013 #7

Thanks to the NRA and the gun nuts... primavera Mar 2013 #13

Wrong, you either didn't read it or are making things up. Lurks Often Mar 2013 #41

Speaking of not reading... primavera Mar 2013 #45

Your point. I read differently. n/t Lurks Often Mar 2013 #47

Can't hug mine. We had a spat, and she's sleeping in a separate box. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #5

Apply a little Hoppes No. 9, and all will be well..... (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #8

That's over doing it. I prefer Remoil. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #24

Who on DU opposes ALL gun control? One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #9

You haven't been paying attention, have you? baldguy Mar 2013 #11

That post is not a call for zero control. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #16

You've already admitted to views so far outside the mainstream that they don't deserve consideration baldguy Mar 2013 #17

So when you asserted that my post was against all gun control, you were incorrect, yes? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #21

Is that a "hamina hamina hamina", or an "I know you are but what am I"? baldguy Mar 2013 #26

So when you asserted that my post was against all gun control, you were incorrect, yes? Peter cotton Mar 2013 #28

It's just a message board dude snooper2 Mar 2013 #39

So they say primavera Mar 2013 #15

+1000 baldguy Mar 2013 #18

100% Background Checks One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #35

Indeed he has primavera Mar 2013 #36

Isn't New York wonderful. 3 people were shot and killed at an IHOP today! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #10

Not just NY BumRushDaShow Mar 2013 #12

This must stop!!! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14

It won't. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #22

Mankind's inhumanity will be the end of us all if it does not stop. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #23

It would be extraordinarily difficult to eradicate humanity. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #25

"but violence on a personal level isn't going to cause our extinction." In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #27

I'll be happy to take that bet. Peter cotton Mar 2013 #29

I agree! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #30

I , just five years ago, barbaraj Mar 2013 #19

You could go further bossy22 Mar 2013 #33

perhaps the gangs should be barbaraj Mar 2013 #34

If only it had been raining guns that day. nt valerief Mar 2013 #20

Never answer the door to someone you don't know ileus Mar 2013 #37

You're more likely to be killed be someone you know than someone you don't know. baldguy Mar 2013 #38

So much for NYC's really restrictive gun laws preventing gun crime n/t Lurks Often Mar 2013 #40

Bullshit. You know as well as I do most illegal guns come from states with lax gun laws. baldguy Mar 2013 #42

Yawn Lurks Often Mar 2013 #43

Have you hugged your gun today? baldguy Mar 2013 #44

Not that nonsense again Lurks Often Mar 2013 #46