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Maine & Firearms (Original Post) discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 OP
Chirp...chirp... virginia mountainman Feb 2017 #1
Yeah about Maine and Vermont both discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 #2
Nothing surprising there. ManiacJoe Feb 2017 #3
I think it's obscene the amount of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #4
It has been demonstrated many times that ManiacJoe Mar 2017 #5
Webster: discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #6
Obscene indeed. pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #7
Well said! Blue_Warrior Mar 2017 #8
Thanks BW. NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #9

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
4. I think it's obscene the amount of...
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 02:36 PM
Mar 2017

...time, money, attention and work expended to make aspects of gun ownership into crimes which are amply demonstrated as not needed and therefore, counterproductive distractions.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
6. Webster:
Wed Mar 15, 2017, 07:58 PM
Mar 2017

"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority…the Constitution was made to guard against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
7. Obscene indeed.
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 02:15 AM
Mar 2017

The horrifying, tragic fact is that the political capital we squander on "gun control" kills -- because it cedes power to GOP policies which IN FACT kill U.S. citizens in a number of ways. I have little doubt that we'd be living in a nation with single-payer health coverage if we hadn't pushed away voters with the dishonest horseshit we've been serving up for decades now.

And of course we're handcuffed in trying to get at the root causes of gun violence. ("War on Drugs", poverty, opportunity inequality etc.)
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