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In reply to the discussion: Guns: A proposed compromise [View all]pipoman
(16,038 posts)70. There won't be federal requirement for UBCs...
Ever....or at least until there is a constitutional amendment...
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No weapons of war? So a single shot Springfield 1873 rifle is verboten?
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#8
I only count only two, arguably one. Silencers and SBRS, both of which arguably fall under the same
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Jun 2016
#7
Sure I compromised. I propose giving your side Universal Backgound Checks in return for NFA reform.
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Jun 2016
#13
Currently CT...which is may issue. (Though they refuse recognition of any other state.)
Chan790
Jun 2016
#66
So the rules regarding rifles and shotguns remain the same, but semiauto handguns are outlawed?
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Jun 2016
#23
But we could still have semiauto "assault weapons"? You did say rifles and shotguns were allowed.
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Jun 2016
#28
Sounds like you want us to go to (roughly) Australia's level of gun control.
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Jun 2016
#35
But in Canada you're allowed to own semiautomatic handguns, as well as some "evil black rifles".
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Jun 2016
#46
I would be negotiable if the backgrounding process for those classes were even more rigorous.
roamer65
Jun 2016
#51
I think I'd be giving away more than I got. CCW is becoming the norm already.
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Jun 2016
#26
I don't expect the West Coast or Northeast to respect gun rights any time in the foreseeable future.
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Jun 2016
#36
This is what a real compromise would look like, as opposed to someone saying that their "compromise"
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Jun 2016
#42
I thought I had all the ammosexuals on my Forever Ignored club. I missed you! nt
valerief
Jun 2016
#39
And you kicked the thread just to tell me that? That's so sweet.....
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Jun 2016
#43