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krispos42

(49,445 posts)
31. That's not the issue
Wed Feb 22, 2012, 10:53 PM
Feb 2012

The issue is how much time, money, and effort a person has to put into the system to get a gun.

More on "reasonable" gun laws. [View all] PavePusher Feb 2012 OP
all gun laws are unreasonable. free and open carry from birth to after death nt msongs Feb 2012 #1
WWJPIH? Warren Stupidity Feb 2012 #2
Thanks for the gratuitous hyperbole. PavePusher Feb 2012 #3
you know what they say about those ALL and NEVER sentences don't you.... FALSE Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #4
Even you must admit the laws in DC are draconian ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #28
Nah, he won't. TheWraith Feb 2012 #77
They win the right to own guns in court socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #5
I hear Somalia has some gun laws you might like. lastlib Feb 2012 #6
I'll bet I could even shoot in my own back yard!! socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #8
I hear North Korea has some YOU might like. Straw Man Feb 2012 #40
Marvellous sourcing - COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #7
I await a liberal news (or non-batshit-insane) outlet to do their own purchase saga. krispos42 Feb 2012 #9
The third distinct possibility - COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #10
Both D.C. and you seem to be mistaking "regulating" for "obstructing". PavePusher Feb 2012 #13
Don't bet on it. COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #16
"the State has a legitimate interest " beevul Feb 2012 #27
That's an interesting observation COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #45
That's not the issue krispos42 Feb 2012 #31
Do you believe that DC's regulations are reasonable? oneshooter Feb 2012 #33
Just the type of purchaser the law IMO should be careful about licensing. one-eyed fat man Feb 2012 #43
type of purchaser? gejohnston Feb 2012 #78
I guessed you missed the entire saga burf Feb 2012 #11
I don't believe that restrictions on firearm purchase COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #14
Ah, so the Amendments are not equal in weight and standing? PavePusher Feb 2012 #18
Having taught Constititional Law COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #20
Constititional Law ...??? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #22
At a distingished univirsity, no doubt... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #32
Shhhppwwwwaaaaahhhh....... PavePusher Feb 2012 #35
Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, Lansing, Michigan COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #65
Appreciate your expertise. DanTex Feb 2012 #75
+1 ellisonz Feb 2012 #90
interesting - Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #88
I was hesitant to go there gejohnston Feb 2012 #89
oh yeah,,, let us do go there... I wondered if that was why you self-deleted. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #91
Yes it was nt gejohnston Feb 2012 #92
This message was self-deleted by its author gejohnston Feb 2012 #76
Excellent. Can you explain to one of the great unwashed..... PavePusher Feb 2012 #30
Yep. US v Cruickshank COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #44
I think we're all typing with our elbows this week. PavePusher Feb 2012 #51
P.S. My apology for the snide tone, you've been nothing but polite and did not deserve that. PavePusher Feb 2012 #52
No problem. Happens to all of us. But thanks. COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #59
Cruikshank also said the 1st (right to assembly) did not apply to the states. gejohnston Feb 2012 #53
Yea, Chicago won the McDonald case. burf Feb 2012 #54
You are correct that the BOR was made applicable COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #60
again, do you believe that DC's lgun laws are reasonable? oneshooter Feb 2012 #61
I personally don't have any problem with COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #62
I have to disagree gejohnston Feb 2012 #68
After waiting from Oct 5th until the 3rd of Feb, burf Feb 2012 #70
So you would agree with using the same process in order to vote. oneshooter Feb 2012 #73
There are regulations and hurdles COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #82
complied with, but not respected gejohnston Feb 2012 #83
This discussion is rapidly reaching the COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #84
If DC was not violating the Second Amendment then why are they arguing how much they burf Feb 2012 #85
Because Heller was about whether COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #86
Then you would agree to the same process in order to vote. oneshooter Feb 2012 #74
You are mistaken. Firearm ownership is COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #81
A certain honors graduate of Harvard Law (& lecturer at the U. of Chicago School of Law) disagrees: friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #93
could you have picked better cases? gejohnston Feb 2012 #69
Try these COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #87
How do they contradict the majority opinion gejohnston Feb 2012 #94
:) discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2012 #21
That's not what he said at all. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #37
So, the poll taxes and tests required to vote would burf Feb 2012 #23
Did you take the time to evaluate the actual content? PavePusher Feb 2012 #12
Yes, I did. Try reading my answer Reply #14. COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #15
Let me see if I can get this straight. Dr_Scholl Feb 2012 #17
I'm not sure where you got the notion that a exercising a COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #19
Perhaps, as a "Constititional Law" teacher, can you explain this.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #34
I have the distinct gejohnston Feb 2012 #79
They didn't rule that "you can't tax a right". DanTex Feb 2012 #25
+1000 ellisonz Feb 2012 #58
This is actually more comparable to Vote ID laws ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #29
Awesome! Tom Delay's former communications director writing for the WTimes! DanTex Feb 2012 #24
Anything to say about the actual content? We'll wait while you sound out the bigger words.... n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #36
The content? Some wingnut whining about having register her guns? DanTex Feb 2012 #39
"Whining" seems to be a synonym for "things I can't be arsed to refute" friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #41
I think you missed the point gejohnston Feb 2012 #42
There's a leeeeeetle bit more to it than mere "registration"..... PavePusher Feb 2012 #50
Since the Supremes ruled in favor of gun ownership... spin Feb 2012 #26
according to what I read on here, that is the way the good citizens of those cities want it to be. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #38
While many of the citizens in thsoe cities... spin Feb 2012 #55
what slays me about DU is the way -- Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #56
I feel a hell of a lot safer COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #66
And how do you determine that the cops are not also the idiots? oneshooter Feb 2012 #67
I guess you haven't read all the threads in GD about CopHaters, then -- and how they Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #72
I don't know - could it be perhaps because COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #46
wrong guns gejohnston Feb 2012 #47
Check the British laws about simple and straightforward COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #48
since when did UK gejohnston Feb 2012 #49
He seems a little selective about what questions he answers. oneshooter Feb 2012 #57
See my response #61. I think it answers the question. COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #64
I don't pretend (as you do) to know the details of handgun COLGATE4 Feb 2012 #63
Pretending to know something (and being arrogant about it) gejohnston Feb 2012 #71
This message was self-deleted by its author gejohnston Feb 2012 #80
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