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geckosfeet

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11. Pretty much. Unless you can prove otherwise.

Reply to Squinch (Reply #8)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 06:12 PM

Feb 2013

I am afraid I just don't think "your word", however well intentioned, cuts the mustard.

on edit: Especially in the face of the various legislative proposals popping up all over the place. The one being proposed in MA would make me, by the passing of a law, an overnight felon unless I turn certain hardware (that own legally and within present legal requirements) over to the authorities.

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Why Our Gun Debate Is Off Target [View all] SecularMotion Feb 2013 OP

yes, yes, yes!! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #1

Bingo. Much as I hate to agree with the WSJ. Squinch Feb 2013 #2

Interesting. I don't agree with everything he says but I do think he has a better geckosfeet Feb 2013 #3

Which liberal-gun control proposal does this refer to: Squinch Feb 2013 #4

Bans. Bans for specific firearms and magazines. geckosfeet Feb 2013 #7

So I say I don't want to take your guns, and your answer is pretty much "yes you do." Squinch Feb 2013 #8

Pretty much. Unless you can prove otherwise. geckosfeet Feb 2013 #11

Good read. One paragraph caught my attention ... spin Feb 2013 #5

Then isn't it incumbent on the Democratic gun proponents to loudly dispel the myth that anyone Squinch Feb 2013 #6

I agree but news stories like this don't help the cause. .... spin Feb 2013 #9

"Take away your guns" krispos42 Feb 2013 #12

DU Rec Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #10

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