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gejohnston

(17,502 posts)
44. I doubt there is anyone supporting no regulation
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 12:24 PM
Feb 2014

I haven't seen anyone suggesting we repeal the Gun Control Act or NFA here or anywhere else. Amend them, yes but not repeal them. The 1927 Miller Act, could be repealed because the GCA more than fixes what it attempted to do.
What is reasonable besides a weasel word? One person's reasonalbe is another person's bat shit crazy.
I think the Gun Control Act is generally reasonable. NFA as it deals with machine guns is reasonable, although regulating single shot rifles with 15 inch barrels in the same manner isn't. When it comes to short barreled shotguns and rifles, Canada and most of Europe is is laxer than we are.
What if someone defines "reasonable" as UBC added to what is federal law with some amendments? I think so
Is adopting UK, France, and New Zealand style restrictions on silencers reasonable? I think so
I also agree with the UK when it comes to 30 round magazines.

Nothing is either/or. Everything exists on a continuum. Reality isn't us/them, black/white, red/blue, or even different shades of gray or purple. The real word is Technicolor filled with nuance and complexity.

quite old and quite discredited gejohnston Feb 2014 #1
Is this the same Roger Roots? SecularMotion Feb 2014 #5
No. gejohnston Feb 2014 #7
It's the same guy SecularMotion Feb 2014 #8
compare writing styles gejohnston Feb 2014 #12
It certainly is the same Roger Root and he's a full-blown racist gun nut SecularMotion Feb 2014 #16
using the same writer twice doesn't do anything gejohnston Feb 2014 #18
The biographical profile matches the writer of the paper you cited SecularMotion Feb 2014 #20
I'm talking about the "respectable racest" gejohnston Feb 2014 #22
Here's a connection SecularMotion Feb 2014 #23
Since the copyright is this year gejohnston Feb 2014 #25
the militia WAS the police system. lastlib Feb 2014 #13
not quite gejohnston Feb 2014 #15
How would have rejecting the 2A impact state slave patrols? hack89 Feb 2014 #2
"State" = the body politic. Straw Man Feb 2014 #3
Scrapin' the bottom of the "Cut and Paste" barrel for this one DonP Feb 2014 #4
The first draft of the 2nd Amendment SecularMotion Feb 2014 #6
I always liked that wording better sarisataka Feb 2014 #11
Utter discredited nonsense. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #9
Discredited by whom? SecularMotion Feb 2014 #10
but I do. gejohnston Feb 2014 #19
I found that link earlier SecularMotion Feb 2014 #21
since I was more intrested in the substance of the writer's critique gejohnston Feb 2014 #24
DU is a website for liberal and progressive opinions. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #26
the racist claim was pretty flimsy gejohnston Feb 2014 #27
"poisoning the well" Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #30
*yawn* Then why did the northern states duplicate an individual right to keep and bear arms? X_Digger Feb 2014 #14
*sound of crickets chirping* Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #37
Bull Shit Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #17
Grasping at straws like this one... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #28
Can't believe I am seeing this mouth drool knuckle dragging drivel on DU. geckosfeet Feb 2014 #29
I like your sig line discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #31
The replies are thoughtful, but the OP has written us off as 'zealots'... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #32
I was referring to gun lobbyists SecularMotion Feb 2014 #33
Judging by the context of your post, sked14 Feb 2014 #34
There certainly are some gun lobbyists who post in this group SecularMotion Feb 2014 #35
No I do not, sked14 Feb 2014 #36
Yes, I was talking about members who are gun lobbyists. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #38
How do you know they're gun lobbyists? sked14 Feb 2014 #39
If you're "promoting the 2A" chances are you're a lobbyist SecularMotion Feb 2014 #40
Look. The DNC Party Platform is full of holes. ie, support for the Death Penalty is not cool. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #42
Most members here support reasonable gun control initiatives, sked14 Feb 2014 #43
I doubt there is anyone supporting no regulation gejohnston Feb 2014 #44
Circular can't tell the difference between a lobbyist and a hobbyist. oneshooter Feb 2014 #41
That's funny right there. *snort* NT blueridge3210 Feb 2014 #46
Disagreeing with you does not make a poster a "gun lobbyist" friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #47
Well, that explains non-slaveholding states not only ratifying it, but including it in the state con AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #45
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