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In reply to the discussion: Another question for Gungeon dwellers. [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)31. Deflection? They were YOUR pretend scenarios...and you don't agree with the hypothetical answers
Because YOU have an imaginative theory that those who responded "yes" are ALL about just selling another gun.
Got it.
LEO have very specific guidelines when reviewing permit applications, and your pretend descriptions do not offer typical justification for denying someone their constitutional rights. We can pretend all sorts of things.
It is not hard to understand that everyone who wishes to buy a firearm is really not planning to kill themselves or someone else. Sorry - A LOT of people do not automatically think 'gloom and doom' at the mention of someone acquiring a firearm.
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Why can't we just have the police take John and Bill into custody until they get better?
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2016
#18
"...any entry level psychology test." Seems like all that's used to be an expert on DU!
Eleanors38
May 2016
#47
Tell that to all those nice older folks who enjoy going to the range down in FLA.
jmg257
Apr 2016
#23
You start an OP with carefully crafted scenarios; then, when people question your OP
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2016
#27
Deflection? They were YOUR pretend scenarios...and you don't agree with the hypothetical answers
jmg257
Apr 2016
#31
Our Uncle Ruckus* expects deference as our (self-proclaimed) moral and intellectual superior...
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2016
#32
You could decrease the number potentially causing human grief by at least 10 at last reckoning...
Marengo
May 2016
#51
Then you must support the police taking John into custody against his will, without a crime
Giggity
May 2016
#53
A Men's Rights Advocate is offended a woman wants a gun permit because she claims her ex
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2016
#6
Yes2. However, I might refuse sales to 3 guys wanting muzzle loaders and who go to my range.
Eleanors38
Apr 2016
#12
Your post is a good example of why "shall-issue" laws have proven necessary, and here's why.
benEzra
Apr 2016
#13
Don't expect an answer- that sort tend to flee when their hypocrisy is pointed out...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2016
#45
"Police do not issue licenses to carry for any reason in most (all?) jurisdictions."
pablo_marmol
May 2016
#50