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Gun Control Reform Activism
In reply to the discussion: Why doesn't the government start a new department to compete with the private NRA????? [View all]SevenSixtyTwo
(255 posts)8. I don't
Disagree with you premise though. Registration would be a huge cluster guck but a firearm license wouldn't hurt my feelings. I already have one. I just can't picture the local convenience store robber fretting about pulling off the robbery because he doesn't have a firearm license or a legally owned firearm.
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Why doesn't the government start a new department to compete with the private NRA????? [View all]
Pauldg47
Apr 2014
OP
Because the NRA lobbies Congress to make sure it is the only voice of the gun nuts
liberal N proud
Apr 2014
#1
Not a bad idea. But, gun fanciers will say if agency heads don't know difference between a clip and
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#2
Can the President get this going on his own like Bush creating the homeland Security?
Pauldg47
Apr 2014
#6
It's just an idea that has merit. Start up for other entities such as social security...
Pauldg47
Apr 2014
#10
Criminals wouldn't get guns so easily if gun fanciers weren't so careless with their guns, or so
Hoyt
Apr 2014
#11
Also, not every member in the NRA is radical and do not like where they're at.
Pauldg47
Apr 2014
#17