Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:05 AM Jan 2016

GOP shouldn’t obsess over guns

WASHINGTON — It is axiomatic that congressional Republicans will oppose anything smacking of “gun control,” which may as well be read as “Your mama.”

Thus, it comes as no surprise that President Obama’s announcement of executive actions to clarify and enhance federal gun laws prompted reflexive, hyperbolic responses from the right.

Marco Rubio said Obama is “obsessed with undermining the Second Amendment,” while Ted Cruz averred, “We don’t beat the bad guys by taking away our guns; we beat the bad guys by using our guns.”

Spoken like a true, Canadian-born Texan who has been busy burnishing his “outsider” Outdoor Guy image. What’s next? Cruz drinking the warm blood of a freshly slain (unarmed) beast?

http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2016/01/parker_gop_shouldn_t_obsess_over_guns

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GOP shouldn’t obsess over guns (Original Post) SecularMotion Jan 2016 OP

Maybe neither side... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #1

surprise, another Google dump without comment Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #2

NRA rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #3

proven right again Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #4

He's no firearm owner, especially an AR-15 owner, GGJohn Jan 2016 #6

Which part of that is untrue? nt flamin lib Jan 2016 #8

Every part. eom. GGJohn Jan 2016 #9

I, for one second, don't believe a word from you about being a firearm owner, GGJohn Jan 2016 #5

I suggest you repair to ATA and bring up the idea of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #7

Why do you need sarisataka Jan 2016 #11

Not sure which battle field rifle you're talking about. mog75 Jan 2016 #12

You didn't just call non-automatic .22 caliber rifles "weapons of mass destruction", did you? benEzra Jan 2016 #15

Would I do such a thing? sarisataka Jan 2016 #17

That's nice. nt hack89 Jan 2016 #13

Interesting. Straw Man Jan 2016 #18

No one should....it's a right we should all enjoy knowing it will always be there for us. ileus Jan 2016 #10

*You* are seeking to castigate people about being obsessed with guns? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #14

Whats your favorite DU group... beevul Jan 2016 #16

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,565 posts)

1. Maybe neither side...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:08 AM

Jan 2016

...should "obsess" over guns. You know?

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

2. surprise, another Google dump without comment

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:28 AM

Jan 2016

Got to be around a thousand now in this group. That is getting to be close to a delicious meat product.

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

3. NRA

Reply to Duckhunter935 (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:37 AM

Jan 2016

Walks amongst us.

They're all self-proclaimed lawyers too. And constitutional scholars. As well as ace snipers.

Yeah that's the ticket! DU's own little death cult of right wingers who pretend to be otherwise liberal. Big fans of myths too.

One day they will leave us and follow Trump. With any luck.

I own an AR .223 by the way and have hunted for many years. And I support gun registration, gun insurance, making semi-auto long guns require police registration of their owners, and mandatory gun insurance. I will never give the NRA one cent.

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

4. proven right again

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:55 AM

Jan 2016

Insults are all some have. And I do not belong to the NRA.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

6. He's no firearm owner, especially an AR-15 owner,

Reply to Duckhunter935 (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:37 AM

Jan 2016

we all know why he's here.
Like we haven't seen his kind here before.

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)

8. Which part of that is untrue? nt

Reply to Duckhunter935 (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 10:08 AM

Jan 2016

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

9. Every part. eom.

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 10:44 AM

Jan 2016

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

5. I, for one second, don't believe a word from you about being a firearm owner,

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:35 AM

Jan 2016

and you can take this statement,

Yeah that's the ticket! DU's own little death cult of right wingers who pretend to be otherwise liberal. Big fans of myths too.
One day they will leave us and follow Trump. With any luck.

and find a deep, dark place for it, I'll leave it to your imagination.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,565 posts)

7. I suggest you repair to ATA and bring up the idea of...

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 09:43 AM

Jan 2016

...purity enforcement team on the site.

How dare you!

sarisataka

(20,879 posts)

11. Why do you need

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 11:16 AM

Jan 2016

a weapon of mass destruction that was designed for the battlefield to go hunting?

mog75

(109 posts)

12. Not sure which battle field rifle you're talking about.

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 03:41 PM

Jan 2016

Muzzleloader?

Lever action?

Bolt action?

I doubt you're talking about the ar 15 which only looks like a battlefield rifle, as opposed to the first three I mentioned which actually perform the same as their battlefield predecessors.

benEzra

(12,148 posts)

15. You didn't just call non-automatic .22 caliber rifles "weapons of mass destruction", did you?

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 07:27 PM

Jan 2016

Or were you poking fun at gun control advocates, by parodying their rhetoric about the least misused guns?

sarisataka

(20,879 posts)

17. Would I do such a thing?

Reply to benEzra (Reply #15)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 10:52 PM

Jan 2016

hack89

(39,179 posts)

13. That's nice. nt

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 14, 2016, 04:06 PM

Jan 2016

Straw Man

(6,760 posts)

18. Interesting.

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 17, 2016, 02:21 AM

Jan 2016

I own an AR .223 by the way and have hunted for many years. And I support gun registration, gun insurance, making semi-auto long guns require police registration of their owners, and mandatory gun insurance. I will never give the NRA one cent.

I live in New York. You would not be able to bring that AR-15 with you if you should choose to move here. If you lived here and owned it prior to 2013, you would have had to register it, and it would have to be surrendered to the authorities upon your demise. Any thoughts on that?

The NRA sells gun insurance. If it becomes mandatory, they will profit immensely, whether or not you give them any of your money.