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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