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In reply to the discussion: The full gun violence stats for 2014 are out (FBI UCR). [View all]pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)20. Why do you keep lying re. the "gun show loophole"?
It's a bogeyman just like the fixation on "assault weapons" --- which are not more lethal than other semi auto rifles and rarely used in murders as well.
Private sales can occur anywhere -- not just at gun shows -- and a background check EXEMPTION for a private sale is hardly a "loophole".
Further -- law enforcement stats have demonstrated that very few crime guns are traced to gun shows.
Do you truly believe that there is no political cost to the lies that Democrats tell w/regard to the gun violence issue? Seriously?!
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Weird how most of the rest of the civilized world has figured out what to do with guns and we
randys1
Nov 2015
#44
Not the ones under 12 years of age accidently killing their own families and friends!
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#27
And that is such a tiny percentage of gun deaths annually as to barely register, and you know it.
benEzra
Nov 2015
#32
Gun lovers always protest too much...guns are killing machines and there are too many. Period.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#33
Folks who boast about their gun-loving when "logic" fails for owning one, is not impressing me!
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#38
You don't have to be impressed. You don't even have to accept the facts in front of you.
benEzra
Nov 2015
#39
Unsupported didactic assertions are no way to go through life, er...a debate, son.
Lizzie Poppet
Dec 2015
#49
Given the actual data, "daily killings by toddlers and children" is Impossible.
Eleanors38
Nov 2015
#45
Obviously 300 million guns laying around are not enough! Buy more guns!! More guns is the only
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#3
"We" here are not the same, and "we" are not the only ones not buying guns....and why would we?
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#5
Thanks! He's now 16 and has pretty much come out the other side of the surgery scene,
benEzra
Nov 2015
#16
Gun ranges. Lead bullets. Those folks poisoned by lead years ago still live.....as we can all see.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#8
Full stats on gun violence? You've only posted murder statistics by state and weapon.
SecularMotion
Nov 2015
#6
Yes, there is a link to the rest of the data (CIUS Home, if not the banner itself).
benEzra
Nov 2015
#14
Good, then let's have universal background checks and close the gun show loophole
SecularMotion
Nov 2015
#15
With safeguards to prevent registration and allow temporary transfers, I could be OK with that.
benEzra
Nov 2015
#18
If you're purchasing weapons without a background check, YOU are the "criminal culture"
SecularMotion
Nov 2015
#22
Well said. The criminal culture that permits the raging gun violence is the gun-lover's "culture".
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#26
Problem with your post: I, as a non-dealer, cannot access NICS if I wanted to...
Eleanors38
Nov 2015
#47