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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What Do We Mean by Proper Gun Control? [View all]fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts)166. Agree on the First Statement which is not in conflict
Disagree on the Second
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The 10-day wait is pure harassment. I buy mostly C&R firearms. Getting my type 03 FFL...
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#19
What's the point in forcing a person who already has a gun to wait 10 days for another one?
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#72
Pretzel logic. IOW, "You can't have a new gun immediately because you might want to shoot someone...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#124
Security theater; you seem to have missed the "a person who already has a gun" part.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#78
Pointless bureaucratic harassment for no good reason, that's what....
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#88
We reject it because you have provided no reason save your unsubstatiated claim...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#123
And who are you to claim the mantle of 'acting in the best interests of the people'?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#143
Good OP. This would go along way towards getting our rates of homicide and gun violence in line
DanTex
Oct 2012
#31
Too Rational and Reasonable for the Gun Clutching Crowd on This Board
fightthegoodfightnow
Oct 2012
#36
Interestingly, most of what the OP proposes polls well over 50% nationally, not just among Dems.
DanTex
Oct 2012
#37
Well, most of what you think is false, so I guess this latest fantasy of yours no surprise.
DanTex
Oct 2012
#41
If you happen to run into any of these 'sovereign citizen' types here, *do* let us know...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#79
So as we sit here watching the smoking ruin that is the gun control movement in America
hack89
Oct 2012
#82
Let's be fair do you think Obama would have signed that bill as stand alone legislation? NT
Trunk Monkey
Oct 2012
#220
Yes, here. This group has been hijacked by a bunch of Republican gun owners. nt
mikeb302000
Oct 2012
#100
we'll give your reasonable gun control recommendations all the consideration they deserve.
trouble.smith
Oct 2012
#48
I call it "Montoyaing" the argument, as in: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#80
Getting rid of ALL legal guns, will allow America to get rid of illegal guns & make the streets safe
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#102
Please go away. Uncritical Michael Bloomberg fans like you betray what DU stands for. Here's why:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#130
getting rid of guns is a bi-partisan issue. Politics has nothing to do with it.
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#136
No, the NRA and the people who want to ban abortion are one and the same
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#141
except the NRA is for death, like the pro life group kills kind meek doctors in churches
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#149
"he would back all dem senators if they would stop being bullied by the nra." Reeeeally?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#142
meek mayor mike didn't make his offer in 2004. It's old news. This is 2012 FORWARD
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#150
He is not running for office. He has the back of ANYONE who is on the side of this issue.
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#213
good straw man again...life and death. is more important day to day issue
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#223
glad you agree with me. Therefore get rid of ALL guns from the street, start with legal, then
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#225
And who will run these "machines that can tell when a gun is ON THE STREET"?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#231
"Guns and national security perils trump all other issues." Then he should support Warren, not Brown
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#233
Horseshit. He is helping Republicans against Democrats, and you won't admit it.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#230
why do you care what people think? You don't seem to be bothered what they think of your views
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#118
if it's applied to ALL equally, I have no problem with it. BTW-it's the NYPD, an entity on their own
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#114
they have the gun and badge. One corrupt cop can do such. You can't stop a cop with a gun with your
graham4anything
Oct 2012
#119
I take it we may assume his other claims are of similar accuracy...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#126