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In reply to the discussion: Questions the left won't discuss about gun control, but should - and soon. [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)153. Excuse me?
That for years the actual push to do something about guns has only REALLY come from one side
Respectfully, I want some of what you're smoking!
Unless you have very selective amnesia, have you forgotten all the gun control advocacy that resulted in the National Firearms Act (1934), Gun Control Act of 1968, Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993), Federal Assault Weapons Ban (1994), etc., to say nothing of the innumerable state and local firearm restrictions passed during the last century.
Gun rights advocates have only really just begun to start pushing back against the gun control mania that started in the early-mid 20th Century. The dreaded NRA didn't even begin to seriously enter the political arena until the 1970's. It is your side that finally pushed too far, and the equilibrium has not even begun to equalize.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States
As my earlier citations amply demonstrated, those "demographic and generation changes" you reference are actually supporting the rights of gun ownership, including ever increasing numbers of women and minorities.
Your claims are based on little more than faith, not facts. You are free to believe and advocate as you wish, but unless your side begins to seriously compromise and respect the wishes and culture of many millions law-abiding Americans, be prepared to for even more firearm liberalization in the country, all while crime rates generally continue to decline.
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Questions the left won't discuss about gun control, but should - and soon. [View all]
EdwardBernays
Oct 2015
OP
sure but you would need to PROVE that your law would absolutely improve...
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Oct 2015
#16
Yup, Ireland's always been such a peacful, safe place with no violence to speak of
DonP
Oct 2015
#75
Your WaPo articles speaks to gun violence, not violence as a whole as GE was speaking.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2015
#54
Welcome. I will respond when I have time to consider your questions thoroughly...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#19
I would restrict concealed carry permits to trained professionals with a demonstrated need.
Maedhros
Oct 2015
#27
I wasn't suggesting that it was. I was simply pointing out that a carrying populace does not
Kang Colby
Oct 2015
#34
"Too bad no one but the two of us is reading it." Incorrect, unfortunately for the Stuart heir
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#160
I currently "live with" tens of thousands of alcohol-related deaths a year...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#80
I should have said that there are no mass killings in other countries like in the US.
guillaumeb
Oct 2015
#104
Let's see two threads today about people getting shot by reckless concealed carry
upaloopa
Oct 2015
#127