I'll call Best Buy and have them send you a new TV. (Reply #49)

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Mon Apr 1, 2013, 05:49 PM

Clames (2,038 posts)

49. I'll call Best Buy and have them send you a new TV.

You probably kicked and bit the old one....

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102 replies	Author	Time	Post
LOL, has anyone actually read the "universal background check" legislation that has been proposed?? [View all]	virginia mountainman	Mar 2013	OP
Are you a lawyer, VA mountainman?	rdharma	Mar 2013	#1
Do you find anything faulty with his assessment of the proposed law?	friendly_iconoclast	Mar 2013	#2
What do YOU find wrong in the law?	rdharma	Mar 2013	#3
I don't know- I'm not a lawyer. Are you?	friendly_iconoclast	Mar 2013	#4
LOL! Da gun-controller's hermetically-sealed logic.	Eleanors38	Apr 2013	#35
I did not read the proposed legislation.	Jenoch	Mar 2013	#5
To evaluate laws, ALL citizens must be lawyers. Another provision of the law.	Eleanors38	Apr 2013	#34
Yup, a very stupid and poorly written law.	Clames	Apr 2013	#6
Only someone who is vehemently opposed to any form of gun control could like that asinine bill	tularetom	Apr 2013	#7
What precise wording would you propose for background checks?	JDPriestly	Apr 2013	#10
I'm guessing it is written by the same	gejohnston	Apr 2013	#8
You do have to report a loss, but I think you are misreading some of the	JDPriestly	Apr 2013	#9
Ok..	virginia mountainman	Apr 2013	#11
I utterly agree with the proposed law on this:	JDPriestly	Apr 2013	#47
Ok, you've alerted the police...	Bay Boy	Apr 2013	#53
The police watch for that firearm. If they stop someone who has it	JDPriestly	Apr 2013	#82
lending isn't the problem	gejohnston	Apr 2013	#88
And this new law puts some of the responsibility for knowing	JDPriestly	Apr 2013	#94
OK...	Bay Boy	Apr 2013	#93
OK.	JDPriestly	Apr 2013	#95
ok...So what changes would you make to revise this?	Blue_Tires	Apr 2013	#96
Worded to fail...typical emotion based bill.	ileus	Apr 2013	#12
Really? Why do you own a gun? nt	Walk away	Apr 2013	#85
They are over reaching.	JohnnyBoots	Apr 2013	#13
Great - but what about non-sales? Say I just want to "give" my gun to some perp,	jmg257	Apr 2013	#16
Gun owners won't be inconvenienced by laws that don't work.	Clames	Apr 2013	#18
How about not going to federal prison? A procedure to enforce federal firearm laws	jmg257	Apr 2013	#22
How about "prove it".	Clames	Apr 2013	#23
I understand the hardship of proving 2 people committed an illegal transfer.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#24
Buyer isn't going to implicate anyone....	Clames	Apr 2013	#26
Universal Background Checks are a good example, along with registration of course.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#27
Plenty of good reasons not to press them as they are currently written.	Clames	Apr 2013	#28
I understand about gun owners ignoring the spirit of the law. AWB was a great example,	jmg257	Apr 2013	#29
how is that worse than	gejohnston	Apr 2013	#30
Good thing I don't have a stash then isn't it?	jmg257	Apr 2013	#31
Funny, when presented an idea on how to make the law a bit more reasonable....	Clames	Apr 2013	#32
You mean offering tax breaks to get people to follow the law?	jmg257	Apr 2013	#33
Not worth the money? LOL	Clames	Apr 2013	#36
Yep-let us compromise..by bribing "law-abiding" gun owners as the means to get them to...	jmg257	Apr 2013	#37
I'm not whining one bit.	Clames	Apr 2013	#40
I know...I said I get it - if one is willing to break the law, then they don't worry about the law.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#41
You still don't get it.	Clames	Apr 2013	#43
Ahh - I see. You were grandstanding about your specific present state, and NOT	jmg257	Apr 2013	#45
Tissues are yours...	Clames	Apr 2013	#48
Not now, maybe after the next massacre. I do get emotional when people get blasted by the dozens,	jmg257	Apr 2013	#52
No change of heart.	Clames	Apr 2013	#57
Simply going by your evolving Statements, 1st you stated gun owners	jmg257	Apr 2013	#59
You must be confused or projecting.	Clames	Apr 2013	#60
Uh huh, which you did, all the while you were spouting the how and why you and millions others	jmg257	Apr 2013	#61
Still confused it seems.	Clames	Apr 2013	#62
Yep..confused by your contrasting statements...admittedly.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#63
I'm not worried about violating any laws.	Clames	Apr 2013	#64
I don't assume anything...lesson learned...going by what you have said.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#65
I found your cat.	Clames	Apr 2013	#66
Now that's funny! So anway, still waiting for you to own up.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#67
Own up to what?	Clames	Apr 2013	#68
Your conflicting statements of course. You are law abiding or you aren't.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#69
My my....what a Puritan you are.	Clames	Apr 2013	#70
Awww..so cute! I know, this is all rather tedious, and I did mention boring too.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#71
Here take this.	Clames	Apr 2013	#72
Wow..big eyes! Its Ok, I have several semi-autos sitting in a safe!	jmg257	Apr 2013	#73
Not as effective as kittens.	Clames	Apr 2013	#74
That one cracks me up! Careful, you'll scratch your eye out!	jmg257	Apr 2013	#75
Nah only one of mine takes mags.	Clames	Apr 2013	#76
Are all those cats yours?	jmg257	Apr 2013	#78
I wish.	Clames	Apr 2013	#79
Cats are cool, I'm more a dog person...used to be anyway.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#80
Bingo.	Clames	Apr 2013	#81
True...Talk about poorly writtten laws, try deciding if an M1	jmg257	Apr 2013	#84
To be absolutely safe you could buy 5 round en bloc clips.	Clames	Apr 2013	#86
The Carbine is another winner...the SAFE Act USC Appendix A exception list	jmg257	Apr 2013	#87
Or Charlton Heston!	jmg257	Apr 2013	#77
Probably 80% of the laws on the books ...	brett_jv	Apr 2013	#38
Problem with your drug analogy....	Clames	Apr 2013	#39
It's really irrelevant what particular class of law I use for the analogy ...	brett_jv	Apr 2013	#42
You are right alt one thing, there are thousands of of poorly written laws.	Clames	Apr 2013	#44
Hey - some pro-gun senator was just on with Wolf Blitzer.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#46
I'll call Best Buy and have them send you a new TV.	Clames	Apr 2013	#49
Ha - now I don't care who you are - THAT is funny! :)	jmg257	Apr 2013	#50
Thats an nra talking point?	beevul	Apr 2013	#55
Yep..you know those old 'criminals, by definition, break laws', 'if you outlaw guns...'	jmg257	Apr 2013	#56
Everyone has a line in the sand.	beevul	Apr 2013	#89
Yes - they were all from NRA speakers. Wayne, Keene, lawsuit in NY.	jmg257	Apr 2013	#90
Were they...?	beevul	Apr 2013	#91
You can figure out the nuances. I qouted NRA reps. Not sure how the points	jmg257	Apr 2013	#92
Well, I don't know that 'difficult to enforce' necessarily equates to 'badly written' ...	brett_jv	Apr 2013	#54
Careful. That kind of rational thought earns labels from a few more vocal advocates.	Clames	Apr 2013	#58
I once built a bridge ...	holdencaufield	Apr 2013	#83
Really?	LiberalFighter	Apr 2013	#14
Tell me again how this is regulating interstate commerce	kudzu22	Apr 2013	#15
Nothing in the OP says anything about interstate commerce.	Clames	Apr 2013	#17
Correct. My comment was directed at Congress, no the OP.	kudzu22	Apr 2013	#19
Got ya now.	Clames	Apr 2013	#20
I think it would be much better if the definitions of 'transfer' simply excluded	petronius	Apr 2013	#21
What about CCW exclusion?	Clames	Apr 2013	#25
You read this law, interpreted it for yourself and	upaloopa	Apr 2013	#51
Exactly	mwrguy	Apr 2013	#97
But is it accurate? nt	Skip Intro	Apr 2013	#98
What do you mean by asking a question?	upaloopa	Apr 2013	#99
sarcasm?	Skip Intro	Apr 2013	#100
A prime example of failing the knowledge test.	ManiacJoe	Apr 2013	#102
I think the bill that actually gets passed	madville	Apr 2013	#101

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