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In reply to the discussion: The NRA was once the good guy. [View all]DenaliDemocrat
(1,478 posts)2. They used to teach hunter education in school too
When I was n Jr High almost half of us took hunter education as sixth graders after school.
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One thing about championing deregulation of semi auto rifles & extended magazines...
Bucky
Jun 2021
#39
If its reasons for supporting those policies were racist and classist, does that still make it "the
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#3
Lotta experts on this thread. Maybe it's something they already knew and don't feel like it needs
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2021
#25
What you predict will happen would require roughly 80% to 90% of firearms to be confiscated.
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#4
The Czech Republic would. Check out this picture of a typical Czech gun shop:
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#9
Czech Republic, LMAO. And they have tougher requirements than most rube red states.
Hoyt
Jun 2021
#10
Many of their laws are looser than those we have at the national level.
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#12
Do you personally meet all these qualifications? How many US gun owners would?
Beastly Boy
Jun 2021
#11
I could easily meet those requirements. I suspect most (certainly not all) American gun owners
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#13
Really? I can drive down to the local Walmart parking lot and buy a gun from some guy
AndyS
Jun 2021
#22
Such a purchase is not legal in Colorado (where I live) or in California, New Mexico, New Mexico,
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#24
I repeat; some parking lot, two strangers, no background check and no records kept.
AndyS
Jun 2021
#26
Can you articulate which Czech gun laws are less restricted than ours and in what?
Beastly Boy
Jun 2021
#31
Silencers being sold over the counter and "shall issue" at the national level.
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#52
Silencers require license and registration. "Shall issue" is preceded by rigorous vetting and
Beastly Boy
Jun 2021
#54
I would speculate there are more than 2% of gun owners who are under 18 yo.
Beastly Boy
Jun 2021
#37
Happened in Australia. Gunners there didn't like either. Makes my heart bleed yellow water . . .
AndyS
Jun 2021
#27
Australia isn't the US. If the US actually attempts to confiscate the majority of fireams held in
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#29
I think a violent response to the government attempting to confiscate 80% of guns would be
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#55
How does my invitation for you to mock me if my prediction is wrong justify your suggestion that I
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#57
No NRA gun nut I know would never turn in their guns. They would die first. nt
USALiberal
Jun 2021
#40
NRA Leadership in recent years-- John Bolton, Bob Barr, Grover Norquist, Ted Nugent,
Hoyt
Jun 2021
#7
I agree. Ironically enough, had the '94 AWB not been passed, the number of "assault weapons"
Dial H For Hero
Jun 2021
#16
In my mind, the NRA completed its transformation from a gun safety organization to a
Chainfire
Jun 2021
#17
I think what we learned in recent years is the NRA exists to enrich their management
Johonny
Jun 2021
#48
When I was a kid the NRA meant gun safety. And the Southern Baptist convention had liberal churches
GulfCoast66
Jun 2021
#49