so what is the point? Why waste valuable political capital on nothing more than just symbolic measure.

BTW - Just to make sure you're not lost - this is the group SOP:

Yesterday I was looking at this group and received a call from my grandson who proudly announced he had just rented his first house.

When the call ended, I replied to a post thinking that I was in the Gungeon. That was a careless mistake that I will attempt to avoid in the future.

While I am a strong gun rights supporter, I also wish to see effective improvements to our current gun laws. Hopefully I will be able to make positive suggestions in this group and support the suggestions of those who strongly support gun control that I agree with.

Both sides of the debate have some good ideas and if we ever learn to listen to each other we may actually accomplish some good.

I do understand that the Gungeon was a tough group for any gun control advocate to post in. It is definitely the Wild West of DU. Those who support strong gun control do need a safe haven to develop and discuss ideas without harassment. When a poster here comes up with what he/she considers a good idea, I hope he/she then tests it out in the Gungeon. Of course I will be willing to politely criticize an idea posted in the Gungeon which is not my goal when I post here.

...but generally I know what group I'm on DU unless I'm routing through the Latest Page. The above post sucks big time IMHO - if Adam Lanza did not have access to guns those kids may very well still be alive today: that is fact, indisputable fact.

I think comparing the Gungeon to the "Wild West" might be a little too ennobling. - Keep it productive, non-trolly and consider the SOP when posting and there should be no issue. But just to be clear, this isn't the place to argue the Wayne LaPierre line that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

We're really trying to be fair with this group, but at the same time we are obligated to not let the general harassment spread into this group too

guns & mags Nancy Lanza had easy access to and allowed her gun fucker son to have such easy access to, weren't so easy to get, all the kids would probably NOT be dead. And neither would some portion of all those others massacred in similiar ways, AND all those yet to be massacred in the future.

Get it now?

Gun fuckers suck. Once 'law abiding' gun fuckers suddenly aren't, they tend to want to kill a bunch of people with guns. So there is great interest it trying to limit the carnage they can carry out. One good way is to substantially limit the guns and accoutrements they have access to.

That's the point.

A much better question then yours is, why not pass the law?
There is actually NO good reason not to.

Gun owners can still enjoy the liberies of self defense, serve in militias, hunt, plink, & use their guns in other lawful manners - whatever gets 'em off. Yes it is understood they may have to change their habits to enjoy their hobby if it gets a bit too cramped or inconvenienced by new regulations. But it's worth it.


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Who publicly made statements about the lack of courage of our Cogresspeople.