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jberryhill

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2. They get those guns from somewhere, though

Reply to geckosfeet (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 11:50 AM

Jan 2013

Here's the deal. You buy a gun, you get a background check. If your gun is lost or stolen, you report it. If your gun is not lost or stolen, and turns up in the hands of someone who is ineligible to buy one, then the simple question is, how did he get it?

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if those three intellectual fartbombs are the gun lobby's best defenders of the 2nd amendment, [View all] farminator3000 Jan 2013 OP

Bad guys don't submit to background checks. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #1

They get those guns from somewhere, though jberryhill Jan 2013 #2

As I said - black market or theft geckosfeet Jan 2013 #3

The entry point to the black market is the last legal purchase jberryhill Jan 2013 #7

Theft as well geckosfeet Jan 2013 #13

Which is why... jberryhill Jan 2013 #16

And there should be a difference between... Recursion Jan 2013 #21

Not always -- lots of guns are stolen from LEOs and wholesalers Recursion Jan 2013 #20

Hello, hello? Is this thing on? jberryhill Jan 2013 #23

why would they go INTO a gun show when they can avoid a background check in parking lot? farminator3000 Jan 2013 #4

Except what you say isn't true. Robb Jan 2013 #6

So let's not throttle down that 27%? jberryhill Jan 2013 #8

My point was merely that "geckosfeet" was misrepresenting the facts on stolen firearms. Robb Jan 2013 #10

Yeah. That is not insignificant. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #14

a BG check doesn't do much good if its destroyed after 24 hours farminator3000 Jan 2013 #15

It doesn't jberryhill Jan 2013 #17

You are right - we need mandatory background checks AND registration. nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #11

that sorry excuse for a lawyer actually gave me a good idea! farminator3000 Jan 2013 #5

Novelty weapons? jberryhill Jan 2013 #9

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. farminator3000 Jan 2013 #12

The idea behind "novelty" is that if you brought a 100-round drum to a range, people would laugh Recursion Feb 2013 #26

do people laugh in ACTUAL REALITY when the ARMY USES THEM??? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #28

7 years in the Marines I never once saw one Recursion Feb 2013 #29

you probably wouldn't have been laughing too much in, say, WORLD WAR 2, perhaps farminator3000 Feb 2013 #30

What did you think about Prof. Koppel? Recursion Jan 2013 #18

didn't really dig him so much. farminator3000 Jan 2013 #22

i don't think Clarence Darrow could help the NRA at this point farminator3000 Feb 2013 #24

Some thoughts Recursion Feb 2013 #25

farmer vs. law dude = godzilla vs. smog monster farminator3000 Feb 2013 #27

"But in the wrong psyche, this sentiment can carry deadly consequences." farminator3000 Jan 2013 #19