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Paladin

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4. How About Restoring A Director To The ATF, To Help Implement That Plan?
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 04:25 PM
Feb 2013

The agency has been without a Director for over six years, thanks to the efforts of gun militancy groups.
seems to misunderstand the actual purpose of a background check phantom power Feb 2013 #1
This brings up an interesting question/scenario The Straight Story Feb 2013 #2
This is the biggest problem with universal background checks Recursion Feb 2013 #3
How About Restoring A Director To The ATF, To Help Implement That Plan? Paladin Feb 2013 #4
Yes, the president could have done a recess appointment, but didn't. aikoaiko Feb 2013 #16
Should we get the DoJ, or ICE, to issue ... oldhippie Feb 2013 #11
I didn't say they should be required, but they would make private sales simpler Recursion Feb 2013 #13
It would not be hard to build safeguards into the system. My suggestion, briefly... slackmaster Feb 2013 #10
But noooo - we don't have an online arms-bazaar we should be shutting down. ellisonz Feb 2013 #5
And yet...these guns that are so hated are used in only a couple of hundred homicides a year. krispos42 Feb 2013 #7
You ought to worry about those people ellisonz Feb 2013 #8
Why? krispos42 Feb 2013 #12
Are you serious? ellisonz Feb 2013 #15
44 Americans a day are murdered. How many are by these militia members? krispos42 Feb 2013 #18
And you support only the more limited measures to stop those... ellisonz Feb 2013 #22
Yeah, I want them watched. krispos42 Feb 2013 #23
Only in America ThoughtCriminal Feb 2013 #9
It's okay ellisonz Feb 2013 #17
This was my proposal; I posted it in another thread krispos42 Feb 2013 #6
This is an excellent proposal, krispos, but beware of the slippery slope. appal_jack Feb 2013 #14
Well, I was referring to the initial legislation krispos42 Feb 2013 #19
My point was to leave enough flexibility to pursue good opportunities. appal_jack Feb 2013 #21
"AND of course cash" Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #20
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