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Gun Control & RKBA

Rick Rolle

(90 posts)

21. The bill, or subsequent law, is irrelevant.

Reply to melm00se (Original post)

Sat Feb 6, 2021, 02:43 AM

Feb 2021

It will do nothing to stop criminals from obtaining firearms.
It will do nothing to prevent criminals from using firearms to commit crimes.
It will never get enough votes, in either chamber, to pass.
It will do nothing except fuel further firearms sales and give credence to the "They're comin' for our guns" crowd.
The bill might generate some support from anti-gun rights people, but it is, as melm00se stated, essentially DOA.

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HR 127 - DOA [View all] melm00se Jan 2021 OP

Hmm discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2021 #1

I have no problem with the bill for the same reason I don't have a problem with registering or... PirateRo Jan 2021 #2

I am going to guess you didn't read the propose bill. melm00se Jan 2021 #3

Oh, i read it PirateRo Jan 2021 #5

"(A)ny reasonable person" in this case means "agrees with me" friendly_iconoclast Feb 2021 #8

Hardly. I couldn't care less on agreement on this topic. PirateRo Feb 2021 #9

Again, you're using *your* standards as synonymous with 'reasonable'. Your schtick is not new, btw: friendly_iconoclast Feb 2021 #11

Yeah, no. PirateRo Feb 2021 #14

It's not new just because you personally haven't used it before friendly_iconoclast Feb 2021 #16

Oh, this has nothing to do with me PirateRo Feb 2021 #18

You offer little more than glittering generalities and superlatives in defense of HR 127 friendly_iconoclast Feb 2021 #19

In general, I support a vigorous debate of proposed restrictionist laws. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2021 #20

I didn't read anything about... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2021 #12

The antigun want to treat gun ownership the way the GOP treats voting friendly_iconoclast Feb 2021 #10

I've been toying with ideas for... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2021 #4

Well, there goes 2022 krispos42 Jan 2021 #6

BTW, H.R. 125 was introduced on 4 January... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2021 #7

What is the intended point of this insurance? ManiacJoe Feb 2021 #13

Registration discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2021 #15

Effectively an $800 poll tax on what *all* the Supremes have held to be an individual right friendly_iconoclast Feb 2021 #17

The bill, or subsequent law, is irrelevant. Rick Rolle Feb 2021 #21