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In reply to the discussion: I think one of the reasons the NRA is harping on the 'background check' issue is because... [View all]CTyankee
(63,912 posts)18. Please stop with these worn out arguments. They are used by the NRA and we don't need
to see them here. Most of us know damn well that this argument is a way that the NRA wants us to believe that "nothing can be done" so let's not even try.
Of course, laws should be enforced. But we don't shrug and say we can't when it comes to other times that laws are not enforced properly. This is a straw man argument. No one is saying our laws should not be enforced.
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I think one of the reasons the NRA is harping on the 'background check' issue is because... [View all]
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
OP
+10000. Merely enacting stricter BG checks, while better than nothing, still ignores these weapon
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#1
Anyone who can get heroin will also always be able to get a gun. That's not what this is about
Recursion
Feb 2013
#39
Please stop with these worn out arguments. They are used by the NRA and we don't need
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#18
but what I'd like to not see you stop there. It implies "oh, too bad..." and nothing more.
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#21
Yup, if Congress tries to regulate in state, private sales through the Commerce Clause,
Lurks Often
Feb 2013
#6
But my OP wasn't about which is more useful, it's about how the NRA is trying to put ...
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
#12
Let's not get into drug laws here, altho there is a huge connection in inner city violence. I just
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#22
Yes they do commit crimes because they have a gun. Zimmerman would have sat in his car without a gun
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#31
Despite your support for Zimmie, I think he was just another chicken chit bolstered by his gun.
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#43
I agree. Zimmerman, Loughner, Holmes, Stawicki, etc., had legal weapons and some had permits.
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#27
No, a new AWB -- "A" defined as semi-autos -- will all but shut down the gun industry.
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#33
A semi-auto ban would accomplish something. Get somebody to introduce one (nt)
Recursion
Feb 2013
#34
Actually was listening to an NPR program where they had an NRA supporter
nadinbrzezinski
Feb 2013
#28
Fine. Get to your reps/sens and let them know EXACTLY what you have said here!
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#42