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In reply to the discussion: You must remember: What is most important about gun control [View all]geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)27. No. But nice try.
Not really.
I guess what is really important, is to understand that people who have little if any practical understanding of firearms will propose legislation that has little if any practical effect in reducing crime.
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What I think you need to understand, my friend, is that correct terminology and definitions are key in
SayWut
Jan 2013
#4
Well, insult aside, from what I've been reading here lately, I might as well go to my
SayWut
Jan 2013
#9
You mean instead of "thingie that holds lots o'bullets," call it "that mag thingie"? nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#5
Yes... And They Apparently Don't Understand That There Has Been Gun Control For Many Decades Now...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#7
You can talk about gun control in whatever terms you want, but if you want to write
petronius
Jan 2013
#8
and that is why our elected legislators have knowledgeable staffs and the committees to which
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#22
We are not legislators (mostly), but we are discussing what we think policy ought to look like
petronius
Jan 2013
#34
Well, I probably should know more about many of the finer points on this administration's
CTyankee
Jan 2013
#35
Well of course the reason for this is that if the folks discussing gun control on DU don't
Squinch
Jan 2013
#10
The General Public Is Never Going to Have An Encyclopedic Understanding of Firearm Tech
Yavin4
Jan 2013
#25
The knowledge is needed by those trying to legislate more than the public in general
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#33