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In reply to the discussion: LOL, has anyone actually read the "universal background check" legislation that has been proposed?? [View all]Clames
(2,038 posts)58. Careful. That kind of rational thought earns labels from a few more vocal advocates.
Might get called a "gun fucker" or a "hidden criminal".
And definitely that the War on Drugs has done vastly more harm than good. War on Booze didn't do much good either. Some here feel a War on Guns will have a different outcome. Some slept through History class.
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LOL, has anyone actually read the "universal background check" legislation that has been proposed?? [View all]
virginia mountainman
Mar 2013
OP
Do you find anything faulty with his assessment of the proposed law?
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#2
To evaluate laws, ALL citizens must be lawyers. Another provision of the law.
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#34
Only someone who is vehemently opposed to any form of gun control could like that asinine bill
tularetom
Apr 2013
#7
Great - but what about non-sales? Say I just want to "give" my gun to some perp,
jmg257
Apr 2013
#16
How about not going to federal prison? A procedure to enforce federal firearm laws
jmg257
Apr 2013
#22
Universal Background Checks are a good example, along with registration of course.
jmg257
Apr 2013
#27
I understand about gun owners ignoring the spirit of the law. AWB was a great example,
jmg257
Apr 2013
#29
Yep-let us compromise..by bribing "law-abiding" gun owners as the means to get them to...
jmg257
Apr 2013
#37
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
Not now, maybe after the next massacre. I do get emotional when people get blasted by the dozens,
jmg257
Apr 2013
#52
Uh huh, which you did, all the while you were spouting the how and why you and millions others
jmg257
Apr 2013
#61
Awww..so cute! I know, this is all rather tedious, and I did mention boring too.
jmg257
Apr 2013
#71
Yep..you know those old 'criminals, by definition, break laws', 'if you outlaw guns...'
jmg257
Apr 2013
#56
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 think it would be much better if the definitions of 'transfer' simply excluded
petronius
Apr 2013
#21