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In reply to the discussion: NRA ‘Disappointed’ With Biden Meeting For Proposing Restrictions On Guns [View all]DryRain
(237 posts)35. NO, You do NOT have that right, unless you have earned it, in a ...
WELL REGULATED MILITIA, please don't fuck up the language of the Second Amendment!
If you want to screw up the language, and ignore what is written there in that Constitution, you have a right to go to prison for treason.
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NRA ‘Disappointed’ With Biden Meeting For Proposing Restrictions On Guns [View all]
apnu
Jan 2013
OP
The problem with licensing is that it creates a registry, and anything involving govt psych testing
TinTX
Jan 2013
#97
I don't oppose the idea of a "null psych eval" but I would need to know several things ...
spin
Jan 2013
#150
I believe Gabby Giffords' new organization is going to leave the NRA in the dust
Politicub
Jan 2013
#106
I am not an NRA member, but they are not as extreme as is necessary to advance your argument....
TinTX
Jan 2013
#109
Not a straw man- the second ammendment is about distrust of government- not massacres
TinTX
Jan 2013
#122
You have no logic to "take down" as you say. You only have fear and paranoia.
Politicub
Jan 2013
#152
We can't effectively get them rounded up, and the Founder's distrust of government was well placed..
TinTX
Jan 2013
#91
WE. DON'T. HAVE. DESPOTISM. YOU. FOOL..........and we weren't even close even under Bush,
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#131
I'm perfectly safe in one of our nation's largest cities and I have NEVER owned a gun.
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#130
And that's true on both the liberal and conservative sides depending on the issue...
TinTX
Jan 2013
#113
Libertarians are just as bad as Republicans. You aren't going to last long here.
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#132
80 million is definitely a minority. We need to remind them of that little fact.
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#127
Delighted to hear VP Biden didn't kiss NRA's over-weened intransigent ass ~nt
99th_Monkey
Jan 2013
#9
Agree 100%! Disarm the 810k+ LEO who always carry handguns. They are "delusional and crazy". nt
jody
Jan 2013
#19
I have a RIGHT to protect myself. LEO have a privilege granted by govt. and that govt. is not
jody
Jan 2013
#26
DryRain with 54 posts, I'll be nice and recommend you read SCOTUS decisions in DC v Heller and
jody
Jan 2013
#36
Problem is no one has found evidence of the cause(s) of crime. Until then neither side has the high
jody
Jan 2013
#18
You missed my point. The anti-RKBA crowd has no credible research that shows the number or type
jody
Jan 2013
#24
primavera please rebut the conclusions of the two major surveys of research on the topic, link below
jody
Jan 2013
#69
I don't care about an answer to your question. I care about research that shows a cause & effect
jody
Jan 2013
#34
well... there is undeniable evidence that all gun deaths in this country come from guns.....
bowens43
Jan 2013
#64
Please provide link to "credible research that shows the number or type of firearm causes murder."
jody
Jan 2013
#66
That is the ultimate dishonesty of the gun nut assholes: they suppress research with threats
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#70
Self-defense is a personal responsibility and individual's have a right to keep and bear arms to do
jody
Jan 2013
#58
Thanks. Don't have an answer and neither does Biden's Gun Violence Commission yet! See thread at
jody
Jan 2013
#117
Who would have ever thought a predominantly Caucasian, right-wing political action committee...
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#83
It's time Democrats in power stood up to the NRA and told them where to go.
Democratopia
Jan 2013
#126