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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Cruz’s Gun Control Deception [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)21. "The "Do Nothing" approach..."
"The "Do Nothing" approach..."
Is it your position that the current laws are "nothing"?
(from your first link)
anonymous, undocumented private-party gun sales"
Not a loophole, congress did not intend background checks on personally owned private property, when they passed the brady bill which requires background checks at retail.
widespread availability of assault weapons
Your source wants to ban assault weapons. No sale. Wasn't it you that said that "nobody wants to take your guns?"
Why yes. Yes it was:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=190583
.50-caliber rifles
So what.
the parts needed to make untraceable guns
Uh oh. Ghost guns.
Gun show loophole (This topic even has its own WikiPage!)
Its not a loophole. Congress did NOT intend to cover privately sold firearms at a gun show or anywhere else, when they passed the brady bill.
Where implementing gun control laws work......Australia
Australian style gun control will never fly in America, since what is a regulated privilege in Australia (gun ownership) is a constitutionally protected civil right in America.
NRA does an excellent job getting the word out ........ "dem dam liberals are gunna take yur gun" if we let them pass one law! Talk about some good koolaid.
I'm curious. Did you type that with a strait face, after posting links to groups that suggest banning at least some guns?
How can any industry shrug their shoulders, when their product is part of a death.
Car manufacturers are improving their products.....what has the NRA done?
Car manufacturers are improving their products.....what has the NRA done?
The nra doesn't make guns.
For someone who claims "No one wants to take away anyone's guns", you sure are keen on using the same talking points as those who want to ban guns, and relying on source material that suggests doing so, and even pointing to Australia and taking an ignorant dig at the nra as if they make guns.
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re: "In 2014, Washington, D.C., reported 15.9 murders for every 100,000 people..."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2016
#7
I think they just desperately want to think of themselves as "moderates" on gun control
DonP
Apr 2016
#55
Simple Definition of conjecture : an opinion or idea formed without proof or sufficient evidence
aurelius2112
Apr 2016
#61
"I have come here...with the objective of trying to draw some consensus" I doubt that very much
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2016
#67
OK, which *extant* gun regulation(s) would you be willing to give up, in exchange for others?
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2016
#71
You've pointed out once again the gun controller's fraudulent version of 'reasonableness':
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2016
#73
"Assault weapons" are civilian non-automatics (mostly small caliber), not machineguns.
benEzra
Apr 2016
#50