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In reply to the discussion: My definition of "sensible" federal gun control law. [View all]flamin lib
(14,559 posts)35. I suggest we try to reduce the number of them.
And thereby the number of their victims.
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Throw in a repeal of the Hughes Amendment banning new manufacture of full autos, and that's one
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#1
+ legislators have no vote without passing a basic aptitude/knowledge test re firearms facts.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2014
#2
That all sounds reasonable but it's all about the hardware, not about gun violence.
flamin lib
Apr 2014
#6
How odd; I thought advocating for an expansion of freedom *was* the right place.
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#9
How many young children have been killed in the US with legally owned full auto weapons?
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#11
Hence my call to legalize all drugs. That would reduce the incarceration rate, yes?
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#25
You don't think murderers should be punished? That's a...novel approach to criminal justice.
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#33
Were the '86 ban to be repealed, prices would plummet and availability would skyrocket.
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#18
You just said this would be just like the assault weapons ban and have no effect.
clffrdjk
Apr 2014
#12
Uh, 30,000 dead people a year? Ya don't care about that? I seriously think you should evaluate you
flamin lib
Apr 2014
#27
Yea but something tells me it won't be long before you try again with the same arguments.
clffrdjk
Apr 2014
#37
Yeah, but I have you on record as not caring about 30,000 gun deaths, so who in hell,
flamin lib
Apr 2014
#38