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Gun Control & RKBA

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)

12. "Solution" in search of a problem.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Reply #11)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 04:45 AM

Aug 2016

Just like hysterics regarding armor piercing ammo, "gun show loopholes" etc.

Doesn't seem like we'll ever learn.......but the oligarchs who rule us sure love the culture war we stoke with this nonsense. Keeps us distracted from the real issue. Do you think they want us armed? Not on your life.

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Boston Herald: Maura Healey shoots Dems in foot with gun grab [View all] benEzra Aug 2016 OP

What's new??? elleng Aug 2016 #1

Ms Chabot is a GOP columnist. No surprise she would take this view. Mass Aug 2016 #2

"This measure is favored by many Democrats in MA." And opposed by others: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #6

"Do these Democrats really think what we need in America is less gun safety? More assault weapons?" pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #8

Healey just turned a hell of a lot of Dems in Massachusetts into criminals. benEzra Aug 2016 #7

"What it *does* do is give downticket Dems a black eye nationwide." pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #9

"This measure is favored by many Democrats in MA." pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #10

"This measure" is a solution to a problem *that doesn't actually exist*: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #11

"Solution" in search of a problem. pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #12

Healey and the Demo Speaker of the House allied with GOPers to oppose legalizing pot. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #14

These are guns that are civilian-legal in *Canada*, and are used in less than 1 murder/year in MA benEzra Aug 2016 #15

Without that law (or reinterpretation)... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #16

Not just damaging in MA, but nationally. pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #3

This is on the news, nationwide.. virginia mountainman Aug 2016 #4

It's they who are "too loose" with Constitutional rights. appal_jack Aug 2016 #5

We're supposed to be the party of expanding rights...why do we get it wrong on the 2A. ileus Aug 2016 #13

Why? Hmmm -- let me take a crack at this.......... pablo_marmol Sep 2016 #17