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msanthrope

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22. Oh, I think you quite incorrect on two counts....
Mon Feb 11, 2013, 12:51 PM
Feb 2013

1) The state isn't going to make it easier for the residents of Philly to own guns. There's no upside for them.

2) The City Council will have quite a bit to say. As will the cops union. And trust me, Corbett does not want to piss off the cops union going into 2014.

Not really my subject your gun laws dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #1
Our guns laws are simple: Buy as many as you want and fondle Taverner Feb 2013 #28
Reciprocity agreements are DESIGNED to subvert the law & help criminals obtain weapons. baldguy Feb 2013 #2
I doubt that was the intention here ButterflyBlood Feb 2013 #4
Not true ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #5
It's just another path in the 'iron highway' that brings guns in from the South to the North. onehandle Feb 2013 #7
Oh bullshit. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #16
Why not just get a state issued permit or one from another county? Historic NY Feb 2013 #3
FLORIDA should stop this practice HockeyMom Feb 2013 #6
She'll investigate Gov.Corbett's role in slow-walking Sandusky investigation Divernan Feb 2013 #8
I hope she does. I want to know who we'll be running against him. onehandle Feb 2013 #10
Allyson Schwartz may. She's a front runner. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #25
She's my rep and is popular in this formerly red county. onehandle Feb 2013 #26
GOOD! Remmah2 Feb 2013 #9
they only want to conceal guns samsingh Feb 2013 #11
Look for 'shall issue' in PA soon.. pipoman Feb 2013 #12
No--we won't go to "shall issue" because there's no way that gets through the City Council. msanthrope Feb 2013 #15
So, first thing to happen will be state-preemption. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #17
I need to stop laughing.....the state ain't gonna make it easier for msanthrope Feb 2013 #19
I don't know the current makeup of your state's legislature, but AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #21
I think I will direct you to James Carville, who described my state as msanthrope Feb 2013 #23
police unions aren't strong gun control proponents bossy22 Feb 2013 #32
If the state goes "shall issue", the city council won't have a say.. pipoman Feb 2013 #20
Oh, I think you quite incorrect on two counts.... msanthrope Feb 2013 #22
PA has state pre-emption bossy22 Feb 2013 #31
the conservative position, again? CreekDog Feb 2013 #34
What position would that be? pipoman Feb 2013 #35
The state (last I lived there) is shall issue. sir pball Feb 2013 #39
Yeah, pipoman Feb 2013 #41
PA already is shall issue and has state preemption bossy22 Feb 2013 #29
Ah--this is going to screw assholes in Philadelphia, cause you have to get references msanthrope Feb 2013 #13
It was always believed in N.Y. that doctors whose licenses marybourg Feb 2013 #14
Actually FL Sgent Feb 2013 #40
And my memory from N.Y. marybourg Feb 2013 #42
They did away with reciprocity for teacher certification proud2BlibKansan Feb 2013 #18
Welcome to my state!!! nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #24
Denying permits to those 'whose permit was denied or revoked' is reasonable. freshwest Feb 2013 #27
Is it always "reasonable"? bossy22 Feb 2013 #30
I think the always reasonable argument is valid whopis01 Feb 2013 #33
If your state christx30 Feb 2013 #36
No - I wouldn't want to do that. whopis01 Feb 2013 #37
But if you are christx30 Feb 2013 #38
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