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sarisataka

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42. It's a moot point

Mon Jun 14, 2021, 02:54 PM

Jun 2021

I have heard from many very strong proponents of gun control that nobody is talking about confiscation and indeed nobody wants to confiscate guns.

Confiscation is just an NRA talking point to scare up more members.

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The NRA was once the good guy. [View all] AndyS Jun 2021 OP

Hasn't been one in a LONG time Bettie Jun 2021 #1

Thank you. The NRA resisted any gun laws after RFK & MLK assassinations. Bucky Jun 2021 #38

They used to teach hunter education in school too DenaliDemocrat Jun 2021 #2

One thing about championing deregulation of semi auto rifles & extended magazines... Bucky Jun 2021 #39

As a person who has been charged by grizzly bears DenaliDemocrat Jun 2021 #46

Sometimes my jokes miss the target too Bucky Jun 2021 #47

When it comes to guns around here DenaliDemocrat Jun 2021 #50

If its reasons for supporting those policies were racist and classist, does that still make it "the WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #3

It doesn't seem anyone sarisataka Jun 2021 #18

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

No reason not to have it as a goal. We've coddled gunners too long. Hoyt Jun 2021 #5

Hm...I don't feel particularly "coddled". Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #6

Well, Hero, you have been. No other country would put up with your gun love. Hoyt Jun 2021 #8

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

I said their laws were less restrictive than ours in *some* respects. Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #28

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 am sure you could. But do you? Beastly Boy Jun 2021 #30

These requirements don't seem unreasonable sarisataka Jun 2021 #21

I would speculate there are more than 2% of gun owners who are under 18 yo. Beastly Boy Jun 2021 #37

Since it is illegal for licensed dealers sarisataka Jun 2021 #41

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

Rebelling against the government hasn't worked out so well for the Jan 6ers. AndyS Jun 2021 #33

Where did I say I was going to defy the US government? Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #51

I apologize for my interpretation of your response. AndyS Jun 2021 #53

I think a violent response to the government attempting to confiscate 80% of guns would be Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #55

As I was responding to your personally addressing me. nt AndyS Jun 2021 #56

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

First, the 'Boy' was a paraphrase of a '50s vintage C&W song AndyS Jun 2021 #58

There's two things they didn't have that we do: Polybius Jun 2021 #34

The 2nd doesn't mean what gunners are brain washed to think it does. AndyS Jun 2021 #35

To the Court it does Polybius Jun 2021 #36

It's a moot point sarisataka Jun 2021 #42

Realistically confiscation isnt possible. YMB Jun 2021 #45

Australia didn't confiscate guns. They bought them. Gunners had two options: AndyS Jun 2021 #43

No NRA gun nut I know would never turn in their guns. They would die first. nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #40

Uh, that could happen. nt AndyS Jun 2021 #44

NRA Leadership in recent years-- John Bolton, Bob Barr, Grover Norquist, Ted Nugent, Hoyt Jun 2021 #7

The Federal AWB of 1994 was the greatest political gift the NRA ever received hack89 Jun 2021 #14

I agree. Ironically enough, had the '94 AWB not been passed, the number of "assault weapons" Dial H For Hero Jun 2021 #16

This "history" shows the NRA of today was born out of gun control efforts. SYFROYH Jun 2021 #15

In my mind, the NRA completed its transformation from a gun safety organization to a Chainfire Jun 2021 #17

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety. keithbvadu2 Jun 2021 #19

At the current time... jmowreader Jun 2021 #20

Unfortunately there is no difference in the behavior toward guns by children AndyS Jun 2021 #23

Yeah, some white wing gun-humping nutjob teaching children about gunz. Hoyt Jun 2021 #32

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