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In reply to the discussion: We need more surveillance when it comes to guns [View all]rock
(13,218 posts)83. I'm OK with exempting private clubs
That would probably be overly-intrusive.
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Yes. The mentally ill are more likely to be victims rather than perpetrators of violence.
Kang Colby
Jun 2016
#14
I'm not playing a game. Very rude of you to call gun rights supporters "gun enablers."
Kang Colby
Jun 2016
#68
"Also, a conviction for domestic violence should prohibit future firearm ownership by the abuser. "
beevul
Jun 2016
#85
Mandating government surveillance of private property touches on a few other bits...
TipTok
Jun 2016
#49
The bill of rights is a 'the government shall not' document, not a 'the people can' document.
X_Digger
Jun 2016
#6
If the only requirement to make a law was 'provide for the general welfare', we'd be screwed.
X_Digger
Jun 2016
#21
Ah, yes- the "saving innocents" claim. It's an old and time honored political technique:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
#91
Good luck. And oh... its surrounded by slightly less than a billion square miles of desert.
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2016
#23
What kind of behavior surveilled on those roads would trigger an investigation?
Marengo
Jun 2016
#76
Controllers always assume that this stuff will only apply to the folks they are afraid of...
TipTok
Jun 2016
#52
You'll never convince a grabber. They think our rights are derived from the courts
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#38
"Your denial of any lines is a foolish denial." It *would* be, if such a denial had been made.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2016
#89
The gunners will throw Constitution BS at you, to point of sounding like right wingers.
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#37
Yeah, that pesky constitution bs. If it weren't for that meddling document
Press Virginia
Jun 2016
#39
Gunners are a good example. They'll whine about clip vs. magazine, but can't comprehend
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#46
In the most simplistic form they are manufactured to let yahoos shoot people. Whether it's a clip
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#67
I grew up when the Constitution was used to discriminate. Now it's used to enable bigots,
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#66
The 4th amendment says "right of the people" too. Is that also a collective right in your view?
NutmegYankee
Jun 2016
#51