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In reply to the discussion: Letterman Throws Down on Guns: 'For the Love of Christ! When Are We Gonna Do Something?' [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)73. You're right I didn't.
I don't buy into arguments of why should X be allowed.
Its never a question of "if" something should be allowed.
Its a question of "why" something should be forbidden. It puts the burden of explaining why on the people that want to forbid...as and where it belongs..
If the hughes amendment disappeared tomorrow, all NFA weapons would still be NFA weapons, subject to strict controls like they are now.
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SecularMotion
Jun 2014
OP
And of course group think can only affect one side, oddly every time, that being the side
A Simple Game
Jun 2014
#52
But I see many posts that are just put up for consideration without any comment
A Simple Game
Jun 2014
#86
If the gun industry would sensibily regulate their market it just might make a change.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2014
#4
You should not have to ask this question. If you can not look and see where the
Thinkingabout
Jun 2014
#6
If you can't articulate specifically what you want, then why should you be listened to?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2014
#11
The NRA would love that- they're the biggest seller of gun insurance in the US
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2014
#13
That doesn't answer our question- what sensible regulations do you want?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2014
#45
it's not all about getting guns all the time - controls on guns does not meet people still can't
samsingh
Jun 2014
#84
Only if those same elites were opposed to others having a driver's license.
blueridge3210
Jun 2014
#93
What's clearer is a willful ignorance of the subject on which you pontificate...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2014
#82
armed security guards for protection are not the same as having every imbecile armed with guns
samsingh
Jun 2014
#34
Nothing will move forward until Democratic politicians stand up to the NRA.
Oakenshield
Jun 2014
#53
I really like Cooper. He comes off not just intelligent, but professionally honest in these
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2014
#102