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In reply to the discussion: Should America work towards becoming a gun-free Country? [View all]NutmegYankee
(16,234 posts)Gun owning Democrats don't trust you, because your movement just gushes out contempt for us. Do you really think people are going to work with and trust people who demonstrate hatred and outright contempt day after day for people just exercising a Constitutional Civil Right? Do you really think disparaging us, like making inappropriate jokes that our hobbies are related to the size of genitalia, or saying we only own guns because we are afraid is going to bring us on board? All you do is give me more reasons to not trust your intentions. I'd be completely on board with Universal background checks for a fee of $5, easily completed at any government building or retailer. But your movement wants to make it expensive and difficult, Why? And the answer is obvious. You don't want to stop guns getting into the streets - you want to beat down and punish the rabble.
You see it over and over again. Why is a registration price $10 in upstate NY, but over $300 in NYC? I would love to work with reasonable people to end the plague of gun violence. Sadly, I have met very few of those people.