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sarisataka

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42. I also do not buy

Reply to Recursion (Reply #40)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 03:10 PM

Dec 2012

the "their coming for our guns"... but very many do. I also think your crystal ball may be on to something.

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Towards a Sane National Gun Policy [View all] gcomeau Dec 2012 OP

That's a start. nt onehandle Dec 2012 #1

Address ROOT CAUSES of violence, otherwise stuff just morphs into something else. patrice Dec 2012 #2

And also a sane gun policy. DanTex Dec 2012 #3

Agreed, e.g. trying to treat someone who is over-eating in an environment that not only patrice Dec 2012 #18

Want to know one root cause? gcomeau Dec 2012 #4

You are correct. I'm surprised you don't see that in what I'm suggesting. "Ready availability" of patrice Dec 2012 #8

Outstanding point! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #6

Ahem... gcomeau Dec 2012 #11

Compare and contrast? Sure. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #16

You see that hard sharp drop to ZERO right at the exact time they passed gun control? gcomeau Dec 2012 #21

Of course. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #31

There's no excuse for inaction. DanTex Dec 2012 #22

Most of that sounds right. Union Scribe Dec 2012 #5

Not American, and unconstitutional. Daniel537 Dec 2012 #7

"Not American"??? gcomeau Dec 2012 #12

Point 5 is completely unconstitutional. You know, that thing about unlawful searches and seizures. Daniel537 Dec 2012 #15

Public safety gcomeau Dec 2012 #25

Let me guess you support the NDAA or NYPD's "stop and frisk". SpartanDem Dec 2012 #36

I've advocated laws requiring proper secure storage for a long time. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #9

Does it make sense... sarisataka Dec 2012 #10

Well.. gcomeau Dec 2012 #17

Lol, yeah sure, not controversial at all. Daniel537 Dec 2012 #19

Example of the 5th sarisataka Dec 2012 #23

Handguns are registered and haven't been confiscated Recursion Dec 2012 #40

I also do not buy sarisataka Dec 2012 #42

You misunderstand how the Constitution works hack89 Dec 2012 #13

Nonsense. gcomeau Dec 2012 #20

If it is not an interstate crime or committed on Federal property hack89 Dec 2012 #24

The narcotics schedules are tax laws Recursion Dec 2012 #27

And they can do that because it is assumed that the drugs hack89 Dec 2012 #38

That's a good point (nt) Recursion Dec 2012 #39

Actually, it's you who misunderstands the constitution... DanTex Dec 2012 #26

Because it's political suicide... bobclark86 Dec 2012 #30

I'll take political suicide to a mass killing and suicide any day Taverner Dec 2012 #34

Because a Republican President and Congress hack89 Dec 2012 #41

Sane gun control will not kill the Dems Taverner Dec 2012 #43

And you base this on what? Certainly not opinion polls. DanTex Dec 2012 #47

The NFA uses the Federal power of taxation and the Commerce Clause hack89 Dec 2012 #37

In other words, yes, the federal government can regulate private gun sales if it wants to. DanTex Dec 2012 #46

It twisted itself into legal knots to make it happen. hack89 Dec 2012 #48

For #3 an older weapons exeception for collectors SpartanDem Dec 2012 #14

Many collectors theKed Dec 2012 #32

So the marijuana legalization referendums in WA and CO were a waste of time? hack89 Dec 2012 #28

While I don't agree with all of points 1 and 5... NCTraveler Dec 2012 #29

AND #2 should require a Psych Eval Taverner Dec 2012 #33

And the Political Party that attempts this.... bvar22 Dec 2012 #35

"And a black man will never get elected president!" Taverner Dec 2012 #45

May I add a psych eval? Taverner Dec 2012 #44

How do you intend to implement this logistically with the 300,000,000 JohnnyBoots Dec 2012 #49