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In reply to the discussion: Would requiring all gun owners to have a license, all guns to be registered, [View all]Nye Bevan
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Would requiring all gun owners to have a license, all guns to be registered, [View all]
Nye Bevan
Jun 2016
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You do know more than one state tried that and gave up after zero crimes solved
Lee-Lee
Jun 2016
#13
Well, if you only finger-printed 1000 people, then fingerprinting wouldn't work either
Orrex
Jun 2016
#47
So.. ignore science, ignore the reality of MD & NY, and push something that doesn't work.. why?
X_Digger
Jun 2016
#99
Every new gun sold in MD had to have a casing submitted, for 15 years. 12 for NY. (340,000 in MD)
X_Digger
Jun 2016
#105
Transparent means of infringing on a right by cost and subterfuge. Precedent.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#59
Orrex. Look in the mirror. There is the very meaning of "mantra." Right on cue.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#95
I dont support laws intending to completely prevent people from exercising a right
ShrimpPoboy
Jun 2016
#71
How about if you want to buy a new gun, you have to hand in two old ones to be destroyed?
baldguy
Jun 2016
#7
No need to shoot anyone- you will simply be overwhelmed at the polls...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
#30
What if I don't have two guns? Are saying only current gun owners should be allowed to buy new ones?
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2016
#114
Get some non-asshat justices in SCOTUS, and gun safety laws will be perfectly within the 2nd Amend.
backscatter712
Jun 2016
#8
"nothing... should be taken to cast doubt:". I.e., they aren't addressing those issues.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#21
Actually the best we could do was declare the NRA a terrorist organization.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#63
Sounds like it would fall into that "well regulated" part of the 2nd Amend
NightWatcher
Jun 2016
#54
I don't think it would violate the 2nd amendment (Illinois does it, at least to some extent)
Recursion
Jun 2016
#72
I've always believed that the 2nd Amendment allows the States to regulate the militia
Sam_Fields
Jun 2016
#83
No, it wouldn't. What you suggested is no different than getting a voter ID card in some states
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#104
Do you suppose that the people who ignore the current gun laws will comply with these requirements?
WillowTree
Jun 2016
#107