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In reply to the discussion: What realistic and workable gun safety regulations would you recommend? [View all]Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)107. I don't see anything emmotional in banning large capacity magazines.
They have no meaningful civilian purpose. I can understand the emotional attachment that people develop towards their weapons, but there is no non-military reason for their existence. So the emotion involved seems to be on the side of the fanatics unwilling to give up something that they have no use for.
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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