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In reply to the discussion: Bloomberg Spends $764,232.35 Buying Oregon Background Check Bill [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)12. Somehow, I doubt it would stop there.
Constitutional protected right:
A right generally protected by the constitution/and/or bill of rights, from governmental interference.
Cover the sale of all handguns
Including personally owned private property, right?
Such is unenforceable without registration. Where personally owned private property is concerned, I do not support the infrastructure - registration - necessary to make it enforceable.
The people you rub shoulders with, the 'That is his politics, who cares' types, and the gun ban types whos strength they yolk, can not be trusted with that sort of information, or power.
More than enough of them have made clear what their intentions are, some even through direct statements.
Why should that be ignored, and why should anyone of sound mind enable or empower them?
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Theres a difference between namecalling, and describing accurately, many gun control proponents...
beevul
Aug 2015
#19
You were alerted on by guess who using the usual passive aggressive alert distortions.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#22
This is the wrong place for that post; you want 'Ask the Administrators', found at...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#45
And thanks in return for *your* helpful hint! I altered the post title #47...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#48
Shannon Watts helped to defeat Dems, why are you supporting her at DU?
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#47
Ahem. This is DEMOCRATIC Underground, not Gun Control Underground...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#50
I voted for Ed Markey and Liz Warren, both quite vocal gun control supporters
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#56
"MDA did not work...to get a republican elected" They worked to get Dems *un*-elected...
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#70
"MDA did not work against pryor or begich to get a republican elected" Bullshit!
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#67
Watts did not get *anyone* pro-control elected in those races. Where's the win?
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#57
Bloomberg won, alright- just not the win his credulous supporters think he wanted
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#59
The NRA salutes you! Ammoland salutes you! Have you informed Ted Nugent of your brilliance?
Fred Sanders
Aug 2015
#21
Both Bloomberg and Tom Steyer as billionaires made a difference in Oregon's election in 2014...
cascadiance
Aug 2015
#29