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In reply to the discussion: After Orlando, it’s simple: Ban AR-15 rifles - great blog post from Bangor Daily News [View all]Orrex
(63,759 posts)28. Eminent domain should cover it.
Recognize the public good of the seizure of those guns, and purchase them at fair market value analogous to the way homes and other property are acquired by the government.
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After Orlando, it’s simple: Ban AR-15 rifles - great blog post from Bangor Daily News [View all]
jpak
Jun 2016
OP
Exactly-- let gunners Cry!! Their sick habit/hobby has sure made lots of families cry.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#1
So will the tens of millions of Americans who own such rifles simply have them confiscated,
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#6
So will the tens of millions of Americans who own such rifles simply have them confiscated,
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#8
You don't think there'd be any law enforcement casualties if there were millions of door to door
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#13
Compared to the Gun Casualties we have every year - without the Confiscation Squad
jpak
Jun 2016
#14
We're not talking about antiques or collectibles - just AR's, AK's and similar long guns
jpak
Jun 2016
#21
The authoritarian streak is some people is truly something to be concerned about.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#33
When Connecticut instituted their recent mandatory registration after Sandy Hook, they think
Waldorf
Jun 2016
#29
Really? Could we have some details, please? Surely there are at the very least some websites
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#24
seems like it'd be a good thing for the many manufacturers to produce modified replacement receivers
HereSince1628
Jun 2016
#22
Would there also be modified replacement receivers for AKs, FN FALs, Steyr AUGs, FN SCARs,
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#25
I would require recalls on all the rifle models that meet whatever standard becomes law
HereSince1628
Jun 2016
#34
I presume the same would apply to pistols as well? After all, you wouldn't want to go to all that
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#36
Yes, If the legal standard could be applied to pistols, and if suitable replacement parts
HereSince1628
Jun 2016
#41
There have been literally thousnads of different models of semiautomatic pistols produced over the
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#42
Yes, but just as wih unmodified rifles I think there could be special permits for unmodified pistols
HereSince1628
Jun 2016
#44
Actually, Callahan's comments are informative. She wants her enemies to "cry."
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#60
Cheerleading posts for gun confiscation aside, you do realize there isn't the slightest chance
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#38
I remember when people said the same thing about a Black Man being elected president
mwrguy
Jun 2016
#39
You think that's comparable to the chance that Congress will vote to authorize door to door
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#40
Not freaking enough. No individual can own any gun that is capable of killing more than 50 people
Squinch
Jun 2016
#52
Gun folks crying is the only thing that would happen - massacres will continue
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#58