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In reply to the discussion: WONDERFUL! This is what happened when Australia introduced tight gun controls [View all]wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)3. Yeah you're right. Reply should have been...
'But states rights!' - Bernie Sanders
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WONDERFUL! This is what happened when Australia introduced tight gun controls [View all]
RiverLover
Jun 2015
OP
last I saw, communities and states manage voter registration. and the states manage
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#53
your attempt to link Bernie to the slave states that own the "states rights" meme
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#78
No 2- word soundbite accurately summarizes Bernie's thinking about gun control
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#80
oh ffs. if a 2-word soundbite doesn't do it, a single word doesn't either. it's a complex
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#82
Most of them probably make up their own minds, rather than blindly cheerleading.
Betty Karlson
Jun 2015
#20
he believed gun control could best be managed at the state level. that's not the same as state's
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#23
voter registration is handled by state & community. ACAs are state level unless
magical thyme
Jun 2015
#54
Australia didn't remove all guns. 1/3 were bought back. And restrictions were put in place.
RiverLover
Jun 2015
#9
A gay friend of mine told me that the Aussie men don't have to compensate for their size with guns.
LiberalArkie
Jun 2015
#31
K&R from another firearm owner in favor of sensible restrictions on firearms!
peacebird
Jun 2015
#33
"Because of the proliferation of guns, America is one of the most dangerous countries in the world"
EX500rider
Jun 2015
#41
"Are you saying that 14,800+ homicides do not make America one of the most dangerous of nations?"
EX500rider
Jun 2015
#76
Outstanding Posts..Thanks .big K AND R... post and link say everything there is to say....nt
Stuart G
Jun 2015
#16
This ISNT TAKING AWAY PEOPLE's GUNS. That's a RW meme that Fox has spread even to us on the left.
RiverLover
Jun 2015
#24
That is a difference, & it would be relevant if we wanted to take away their right to bear arms.
RiverLover
Jun 2015
#40
Australia's was compulsory, so you can understand why we assumed you meant compulsory.
prayin4rain
Jun 2015
#46
What really happened in Australia were Australians burying a lot of guns in their back yards.
EL34x4
Jun 2015
#34
Our president disagrees with your spin, & acc to Factcheck, it is indeed in the eye of the beholder
RiverLover
Jun 2015
#70
I don't argue with people who believe it's fine to openly carry around guns at the expense of
polly7
Jun 2015
#69