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In reply to the discussion: If Senate Democrats had accepted due process, we would have gun control [View all]Kang Colby
(1,941 posts)61. Simple gun possession isn't a disease.
http://www.nap.edu/read/18319/chapter/1
See page ii - this study was funded by the CDC at President Obama's request. Gun control advocates have chosen to ignore it.
Google CDC gun statistics and prepare to be amazed.
See page ii - this study was funded by the CDC at President Obama's request. Gun control advocates have chosen to ignore it.
Google CDC gun statistics and prepare to be amazed.
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If Senate Democrats had accepted due process, we would have gun control [View all]
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
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An amendment to include a due process requirement for 'no fly, no buy' lists...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
#2
And now DoJ won't have any say whatsoever, beyond the already existing regulations
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
#6
For one thing, they wouldn't have looked like a bunch of hypocritical sheep...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
#8
Thank you. I agree. The Republican bill was actually counterproductive and just an
skylucy
Jun 2016
#10
So, the proposal was less effective than the old controller "24-hour cooling off period?"
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#36
If someone is on the no fly, no buy list, the file should be readily available
aikoaiko
Jun 2016
#12
No time, 3 days is like 3 minutes for the feds to gather docs and present it to a judge the
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#18
"This would all be computerized like the current federal background check for buying firearms is."
Chan790
Jun 2016
#45
72 hours starts the second the person on the NF list attempts to purchase a firearm....
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#20
Ah, ok... well... shit, I hate it when they make footballs out of these issues
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#29
Is 72 hours enough time to show probable cause should not have gun? I don't think so.
Justice
Jun 2016
#47
Too many people read Kafka's The Trial and thought, wow, what a great legal system!
NutmegYankee
Jun 2016
#14
The burden is NOT like a bench warrant, more to prove than a LEOs word on the case
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#21
Probable cause - not any evidence at all. Would they have met the burden with the Orlando shooter?
Justice
Jun 2016
#48
The idea that they have proof on file is demonstrably wrong. The bill was a fig leaf.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#26
I advocate that the 3 day limit means checks will never happen. This isn't about due process.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#32
Three days is not enough. That is the point. it requires funding and this bill has none.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#65
The FBI needs 25 days on average to determine if a gun purchaser is illegal
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#71
Of course due process - but not a fig leaf that is meaningless. Which 72 hrs to show probable cause
Justice
Jun 2016
#49
If Senate Dems accepted due process, it still would have been voted down.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2016
#39
Senator Manchin said this very thing would happen. Alluded to it as a set up by the GOP.
tonyt53
Jun 2016
#51
it simply AMAZES me how these repub enablers continue to deny that the obvious
Gabi Hayes
Jun 2016
#68
The FBI needs 25 days on average to determine if a gun purchaser is illegal
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#67