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In reply to the discussion: I am F*CK*NG PISSED. Michigan Gun Laws Written by the Mob?!?!? [View all]Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)95. Look, you guys take this "right" and turn it into an infinite entitlement
It's like saying you have the right to vote, so you should be able to vote as often, and wherever you like.
It's like saying you have the right to free speech, so you can run into a public courtroom and say whatever you want, scream at the judge and no contempt of court for YOU. You can go up to Congress and disrupt their Do Nothing sessions and wave signs and run around blabbing at yourself, and no Congressional police will haul YOU off.
It's like saying you have the right to peaceably assemble, so you can call 1500 of your friends and assemble at the jailhouse, at the White House, ( and they HAVE TO let you in; it's your RIGHT, damnit ) at the HIgh School where all the kids are taking their tests and over at the front of the police station. You don't need no stinkin' permit. You haz a RIGHT.
Y'all take this right and turn it into your own personal entitlement religion. Rules and regulations are for everybody else. You want to carry everywhere - church, shopping, school, ignoring MY right to not have to be around an endless supply of firearms every goddamn public minute of my day.
We all accept limits on our "rights" every day. Gun-humpers don't accept that, as they are all special snowflakes - far fucking more important than the rest of us. They dn't even grieve the gun deaths of twenty children. They line up immediately, laughing and cutting up cuz they iz gunna git a NEW GUN!
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You are being OTT in asking for "Household members" Background Checks. ESPECIALLY with your
WinkyDink
Jan 2013
#6
I disagree. If its good enough for employment, then its good enough for guns.
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#10
A gun is a gun is a gun. Parsing seems stupid, especially when you can "parse" UZIs -
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#49
Why not? It is COMMON SENSE and the only people with a problem are criminals.
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#14
Do you think that registration of place of residence should be obligatory for all citizens?
JVS
Jan 2013
#18
This information is currently available via internet search engine for most of the population.
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#28
You know, I was starting to calm down. I really was - a calm, rationale discussion
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#42
I know that "enforce existing laws" is an NRA talking point, but there really is a HUGE gap here
Recursion
Jan 2013
#81
In brainstorming mode, drunk drivers have to "blow clean" before their car starts.
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#64
At what point do you believe registering *all guns* as opposed to *pistols only*
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#68
Ah, because the criminal we *don't want to know about* because we can't do a database check
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#71
The right not to have my kid killed because we went to McDonalds, the mall or school
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#63
Violation of the Constitutional protections for people is NOT common sense!
NutmegYankee
Jan 2013
#65
If you get a warrant signed by a judge, with probable cause, then there is no issue.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2013
#72
Apparently there was a change in December. Things got looser, thanks to Lame Duck Crap.
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#73
I've owned rifles and carbines for a long time now and I don't know what got "looser".
Kaleva
Jan 2013
#78
So *anyone* can walk into Bass Pro Shop and walk out with a rifle (no check) -
IdaBriggs
Jan 2013
#83
No, you still have to go thru a background check if you buy a rifle at Bass Pro Shop
Kaleva
Jan 2013
#87
So, in a nutshell, you're upset that the cops can't stop people from breaking the law?
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#94
I never said do nothing. I think several measures will be effective.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#99
So basically, your prediction is that the blood will be running in the streets?
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#101
Someone has to make a record that not all Democrats support a total surveillance police state.
ActualCommonSense
Jan 2016
#108
Welcome, where was this "it was cited as an example of a Dem. Und. actual post"? thanks.
uppityperson
Jan 2016
#109