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Taverner

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81. That is what IS
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 08:58 PM
Dec 2012

Not what I want

Yes, Patrick Bateman could kill us all - but there would be LESS guns

okay then... what regulations are you in favor of? a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #1
Psych Evals every year to keep your guns sounds good Taverner Dec 2012 #6
No way. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #9
Hire government Psychiatrists Taverner Dec 2012 #11
There aren't that many psychs to hire enough. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #28
Look, we can do this a lot of ways without Psychiatrists Taverner Dec 2012 #30
You haven't thought it through. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #38
Doesn't work that way Taverner Dec 2012 #55
There will still be good prep books, even for adaptive testing. N/T GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #78
Prep books and answers to the test are two different things Taverner Dec 2012 #80
what other right is reserved for the rich forthemiddle Dec 2012 #60
In capitalism, rights are only for those who can afford them Taverner Dec 2012 #61
So you are satisfied with that forthemiddle Dec 2012 #71
That is what IS Taverner Dec 2012 #81
Psychiatrists won't risk the liability if they pass somebody who commits a crime... sanatanadharma Dec 2012 #57
+100 Taverner Dec 2012 #62
sounds good on the face of it... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #15
Make it a peer review process Taverner Dec 2012 #18
err... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #20
You're trying to throw the baby out with the bathwater Taverner Dec 2012 #24
the ones that bother people like you Skittles Dec 2012 #51
Some wish to do just that but would like to hear what regulate means to you. former-republican Dec 2012 #2
I am not certain what should be done Taverner Dec 2012 #3
I agree with you because it seems (at least on this board) former-republican Dec 2012 #10
Just a note on psych eval former-republican Dec 2012 #12
I don't know - I wish we had an "empathy test" like in Blade Runner Taverner Dec 2012 #13
ummm... a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #17
Well, yeah but they work enough Taverner Dec 2012 #21
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #23
"...mighty white of you... " WTF is that???? Taverner Dec 2012 #26
And yes, I would be happy to compromise EVERYONE'S stuff Taverner Dec 2012 #27
I'm listening, too... derby378 Dec 2012 #4
I was all "take them away" right after the shooting Taverner Dec 2012 #5
immediate and crippling tj_crackersnatch Dec 2012 #7
Not a bad idea - how about government run gun stores Taverner Dec 2012 #8
Extreeme taxes would be thrown out by the supreme court Travis_0004 Dec 2012 #56
so lets not do anything eh? tj_crackersnatch Dec 2012 #59
Because only the 1% should be armed! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #110
Can't fool me. They're trying to take retread Dec 2012 #14
LOL - for some folks, it really is like that Taverner Dec 2012 #16
Louisville Slugger might work. Then again! retread Dec 2012 #25
The LOTR references are way beyond tiresome. Bake Dec 2012 #42
What's wrong with showing geekiness? white_wolf Dec 2012 #83
Registration..huge penalties for failure to register to start. There are 300,000,000 cars in the US libdem4life Dec 2012 #19
Registration would be a must. Taverner Dec 2012 #22
logistically impossible former-republican Dec 2012 #47
It's done elsewhere. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #52
We have around 2000 special agent investigators in the ATF that specifically deal with firearms former-republican Dec 2012 #58
Forget psych eval and school renovations..We are not going to be victims of the NRA and gun industry libdem4life Dec 2012 #85
I'm not arguing the fact that some new laws could be implemented former-republican Dec 2012 #94
OK...I've said on other threads...if we can't approximate the laws on motor vehicles as a start, libdem4life Dec 2012 #99
How about another approach...as we're all learning here...a gun owner/parent of an libdem4life Dec 2012 #45
Taverner, stop taking the bait maxsolomon Dec 2012 #29
Well you know their stock answer: "ARM EVERYONE TO THE TEETH" Taverner Dec 2012 #32
Oh yeah, let's just threaten gun owners with jail like they did in Australia derby378 Dec 2012 #36
Note that I didn't even say that we should do what Australia did! maxsolomon Dec 2012 #43
Oops! derby378 Dec 2012 #84
Yep. janx Dec 2012 #37
The burden is on the regulators to propose the regulation. Bake Dec 2012 #44
Gun owners are the experts. They have knowledge that non-gun owners don't. maxsolomon Dec 2012 #49
I'm willing to go for an assault weapons ban. Bake Dec 2012 #50
step 1: confiscate bake's s&w 9 mm. maxsolomon Dec 2012 #70
I wouldn't try taking mine, really. Bake Dec 2012 #112
yeah, i know what semi-auto means. maxsolomon Dec 2012 #113
Oh, BULLSHIT. Gun owners are the most biased population you could choose. Taverner Dec 2012 #68
then at least they're being honest maxsolomon Dec 2012 #79
ban means 'take them away'. that's what i suggest. no slippery slope. spanone Dec 2012 #31
I don't know if that's possible Taverner Dec 2012 #33
absolutely. spanone Dec 2012 #40
And that will NEVER HAPPEN. Bake Dec 2012 #46
I wouldn't either - but I would vote for smart regulation Taverner Dec 2012 #66
An alternative to guns for self defense FrodosPet Dec 2012 #34
Take them away means take them away. byeya Dec 2012 #35
I will pose this question to you: how do we "take them away"? Taverner Dec 2012 #65
Cost is the key XRubicon Dec 2012 #74
I am all for taxing them Taverner Dec 2012 #75
I see your point but XRubicon Dec 2012 #77
This makes sense nt Taverner Dec 2012 #82
A person shall be put to death quickly if convicted of a crime while in possession of a firearm. MrYikes Dec 2012 #39
And here I thought liberals were opposed to the death penalty. Bake Dec 2012 #48
I'm consistently in favor of the death penalty. aquart Dec 2012 #108
I don't agree with the DP Taverner Dec 2012 #64
From the Federalist Papers: bighart Dec 2012 #41
Honest question here: Did everything in the Federalist Papers make it into the Constitution? patrice Dec 2012 #54
Agreed. & Concealed carry is not "well regulated" because what is concealed could be anything, could patrice Dec 2012 #53
Exactly. Not well regulated at all. Taverner Dec 2012 #63
It has always been illegal for criminals to carry concealed hack89 Dec 2012 #67
The fact that a gun-nut's son went on a killing spree proves it is not regulated enough Taverner Dec 2012 #69
That has nothing to do with concealed carry. hack89 Dec 2012 #95
What does that have to do with concealed carry?? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #109
My point is that because it IS concealed, ordinary people in the social environments of their OWN patrice Dec 2012 #72
You can make CCW illegal hack89 Dec 2012 #93
Why dont we make concealing them be against the law, so when I go into public patrice Dec 2012 #96
Criminals will still carry concealed hack89 Dec 2012 #98
And where do criminals get their guns? baldguy Dec 2012 #100
Most of them through straw purchases by friends and family hack89 Dec 2012 #101
Proud "law abiding gun owners" all. baldguy Dec 2012 #102
So all gun owners are evil - got it. nt hack89 Dec 2012 #111
If gun owners want to preserve their supposed "right" to own a gun, baldguy Dec 2012 #73
Yes - the NRA has run the show for too long Taverner Dec 2012 #76
I have found them inspiring as someone who has not ever had to Get In Their Faces for decades. libdem4life Dec 2012 #87
If they don't agree with you, they're guilty? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #86
It's not me, it's reality. baldguy Dec 2012 #88
In other words, "Little Eichmanns"? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #90
So, anyone who disagrees with YOU is a Nazi? baldguy Dec 2012 #91
I'm saying your attitude strikes me as *very* much like Ward Churchill's: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #92
When all else fails, accuse your opponant of being a Nazi. baldguy Dec 2012 #97
Point out where I did. $50 to the Brady Campaign says you cant. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #103
Like you don't know who Eichmann is? baldguy Dec 2012 #106
Didn't read the links or the excerpts, did you? Once again: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #107
No, they need to come up with an appropriate alternative...seriously lacking in the run of the mill libdem4life Dec 2012 #89
Maybe they should be investigated for their political beliefs? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #104
There could be required liability and yearly license for every gun which is rapid fire. Thinkingabout Dec 2012 #105
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