Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,177 posts)vote for a Democrat.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)We lost the midwest over pretend Russian manufactured BS.
A confiscation of rifles on his Assault Weapons list would be real.
Diehard Republicans might not vote for Democrats, but winning the GE requires lots of independents who have firearms.
If its true that he's only going to confiscate AR and AK rifles, less than 500-700 out of 40,000 a year are killed with rifles of any kind.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
J_William_Ryan
(1,736 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)That's an old NRA talking point.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dsc
(52,130 posts)that is what mandatory means. I happen to agree it needs to be done, but let's not be dishonest about what it would entail.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)That's how Australia and New Zealand took the prohibited weapons out of circulation. There was no door-to-door confiscation.
"It is mandatory, it will be the law," ORourke said. "You will be required to comply with the law. So, as with many of our laws, we don't go door-to-door searching people's homes to see if they are in fact breaking the law, we expect people to comply with the law."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)How else is he going to get the guns? He's not pushing for just a buyback option that allows those to voluntarily give their guns back. He's specifically stated he'll take their assault rifles.
Other candidates have proposed a ban similar to the Clinton era ban, which did not end in confiscation, but rather didn't permit any to be sold going forward.
With that said, I side more with Beto on this - but I don't know if it's politically attainable.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
RLG
(314 posts)Take that, Mayor Pete!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
rogue emissary
(3,147 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided