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Showing Original Post only (View all)I think one of the reasons the NRA is harping on the 'background check' issue is because... [View all]
... it sucks up a huge amount of the TV airtime and keeps the focus off of the 'assault weapons ban' issue.
It's a 'Lookie over here and not over there' strategy.
The main focus needs to be put back on the actual weapons and magazines/drums.
Just my opinion.
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I think one of the reasons the NRA is harping on the 'background check' issue is because... [View all]
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
OP
+10000. Merely enacting stricter BG checks, while better than nothing, still ignores these weapon
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#1
Anyone who can get heroin will also always be able to get a gun. That's not what this is about
Recursion
Feb 2013
#39
Please stop with these worn out arguments. They are used by the NRA and we don't need
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#18
but what I'd like to not see you stop there. It implies "oh, too bad..." and nothing more.
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#21
Yup, if Congress tries to regulate in state, private sales through the Commerce Clause,
Lurks Often
Feb 2013
#6
But my OP wasn't about which is more useful, it's about how the NRA is trying to put ...
Tx4obama
Feb 2013
#12
Let's not get into drug laws here, altho there is a huge connection in inner city violence. I just
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#22
Yes they do commit crimes because they have a gun. Zimmerman would have sat in his car without a gun
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#31
Despite your support for Zimmie, I think he was just another chicken chit bolstered by his gun.
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#43
I agree. Zimmerman, Loughner, Holmes, Stawicki, etc., had legal weapons and some had permits.
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#27
No, a new AWB -- "A" defined as semi-autos -- will all but shut down the gun industry.
Hoyt
Feb 2013
#33
A semi-auto ban would accomplish something. Get somebody to introduce one (nt)
Recursion
Feb 2013
#34
Actually was listening to an NPR program where they had an NRA supporter
nadinbrzezinski
Feb 2013
#28
Fine. Get to your reps/sens and let them know EXACTLY what you have said here!
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#42