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In reply to the discussion: What realistic and workable gun safety regulations would you recommend? [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)48. I had an idea about gun sniffing dogs but it was shot down as illegal search and seizure.
And if that's the case then enforcement seems to be voluntary which then makes me wonder what the point is.
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What realistic and workable gun safety regulations would you recommend? [View all]
rdharma
Feb 2013
OP
mandate that doctors report drug addicts and dangerously psychotic individuals to the BATFE.
bubbayugga
Feb 2013
#1
Federal law prohibits these people from possessing firearms, not the doctors.
bubbayugga
Feb 2013
#144
I'm not arguing to do nothing, you are. A magazine ban will do nothing. It's political bullshit.
bubbayugga
Feb 2013
#24
Tell that to the families of people murdered by someone using large capacity magazines
Thor_MN
Feb 2013
#97
Personally, I wouldn't care if you had a grenade launcher if you were miles from anyone else.
Thor_MN
Feb 2013
#118
Do you understand the difference between you and every freaking numbnuts that wans to shoot up
Thor_MN
Feb 2013
#129
actually, since you started talking about your plan, the number of large capacity magazines
bubbayugga
Feb 2013
#96
Poor analogy. We were not attacked by Iraq on 911. People have been attacked with
Dark n Stormy Knight
Feb 2013
#77
It would merely be one cog in the mighty wheel of a comprehensive reform package. nt
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#104
I would add trigger locks need to ship with all firearms so hopefully we can cut down on the
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#4
That makes sense. So the cable lock goes into the barrel preventing loading and ultimately
Ed Suspicious
Feb 2013
#11
I had an idea about gun sniffing dogs but it was shot down as illegal search and seizure.
dkf
Feb 2013
#48
"Why don't we start with mental health and then ensure no guns in the vicinity?"
rdharma
Feb 2013
#46
In spite of it being illegal to buy a firearm if you fail your NICS check... and trying to buy one
iiibbb
Feb 2013
#37
Auto correct fail... but... maybe I should not have said "never"... maybe "rarely" would be better.
iiibbb
Feb 2013
#44
I'm not refuting background checks... but it would also help if they actually enforced laws.
iiibbb
Feb 2013
#50
"Make it's use (NICS background checks) mandatory in all cases but inheritance.
rdharma
Feb 2013
#40
Respectfully, "handed down" notions may be a problem regarding "bill of attainder" violations.
Eleanors38
Feb 2013
#125
not at all, just if you are going to have a central registration, do it right
gejohnston
Feb 2013
#106
I recommend a cap on the end of a barrel, that lets the gasses out the sides.... but stops the
2on2u
Feb 2013
#78