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olegramps

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67. The Republicans will not allow it to come up for debate. This is why we must retake congress.
Wed Feb 28, 2018, 12:07 PM
Feb 2018

The ballot box is our last and only hope. I can only hope that we can wake up the youth to get out and vote or their future is in the shit house of history. My time is over and I have to admit that I was most fortunate to have lived through the best times of our nation's history. I was born during the depression in a migrant labor camp after my parents lost their livelihood. Many kids didn't even have a birth certificate until after their citizenship, and birth were found in the federal census or had been recorded in the family bible which was taken as proof. Thank God for FDR or we would still be there. I was able to get an education, rather than being forced into employment while still a child, worked my way through college during a time when that was possible, gladly serviced in the armed forces, married and thrived in the Fair Deal and New Deal economies that saw the working class get a fair shake. The Republicans and their nincompoop useful idiots are determined to turn back the clock to the days of working class destitution it will be another day older and deeper in debt to the country store. The oligarchs are coming for you and they are intent on enslaving you in a hopeless futile life or misery. Its your choice.

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Good. Make them vote against it. Maven Feb 2018 #1
Agree iluvtennis Feb 2018 #11
Concur MosheFeingold Feb 2018 #25
Smart move by the dems SummerSnow Feb 2018 #66
The Republicans will not allow it to come up for debate. This is why we must retake congress. olegramps Feb 2018 #67
Maybe Democrats are finally learning something. yurbud Mar 2018 #86
This one is broader than the last one, too. samir.g Feb 2018 #2
but but but Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #3
Thats so they can justify it under the commerce clause 47of74 Feb 2018 #64
I don't think the Dems can shame them into voting against banning assault weapons. I just saw, on napi21 Feb 2018 #4
How the hell can you The Mouth Feb 2018 #43
:) (Hi, Napi21.) Don't forget authoritarian duty. Hortensis Mar 2018 #76
Point! The Mouth Mar 2018 #82
This is just as bad as the Franken pile-on. appal_jack Feb 2018 #5
Same RW Neoliberal Military Industrial Free Market Crap TomCADem Feb 2018 #23
The neoliberals are quite happy with gun confiscation. appal_jack Feb 2018 #37
I Dunno. Attacking Gun Control Because, You Know, Freedom... TomCADem Feb 2018 #62
the Second Amendment is not God-given. cvoogt Feb 2018 #27
Did my post mention God? nt appal_jack Feb 2018 #38
Did I say your post mentioned God? cvoogt Feb 2018 #45
At the very least... liberalmuse Feb 2018 #29
The 1st Amendment is limited by common sense and decency. If you go TOO far in your freedom of vkkv Feb 2018 #31
I get that you are hostile to the notion of any rights being fundamental and inalienable. nt appal_jack Feb 2018 #39
No more and no less than you are hostile to nuance. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #42
Nope, Wrong AGAIN Jack! vkkv Feb 2018 #50
It's a moving forward ban. No one is suggesting rounding up existing ones. harun Feb 2018 #32
Read the proposed bill. It bans "possession." nt appal_jack Feb 2018 #40
Are you sure? sl8 Feb 2018 #41
I seem to have been mistaken. appal_jack Feb 2018 #46
No problem. sl8 Feb 2018 #47
Individual liberty to shoot up kids at school? steve2470 Feb 2018 #54
Nice straw man you are attacking there. appal_jack Feb 2018 #60
The NRA is quite clear that they are OK with child gun murders. Dave Starsky Mar 2018 #88
I agree. Cold War Spook Feb 2018 #57
Oh. ChazInAz Feb 2018 #63
Had a ban until 2004 . It would of helped a lot if it wasn't allowed to expire imo lunasun Feb 2018 #6
Dems must show courage. The recent youth movement won't wait oasis Feb 2018 #7
If Dems let the GOP bury it they have it as a campiagn issue BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #8
This bill bans all semi automatic pistols and rifles. Calista241 Feb 2018 #9
Personally, I think this will hurt Democrats in the elections The Mouth Feb 2018 #24
How so? sl8 Feb 2018 #35
Can you name a semi-auto pistol that does not use detachable magazines? appal_jack Feb 2018 #49
Not all rifles with detachable magazines are banned, just the ones that also have 1 "evil" feature. sl8 Feb 2018 #51
Thanks for ferreting-out further details. appal_jack Feb 2018 #61
So, in other words it doesn't actually ban assault rifles. dingosatemyusername Mar 2018 #68
No "assault weapons" ban has ever banned real assault rifles. ManiacJoe Mar 2018 #89
How? DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2018 #80
Thanks for the info. sl8 Mar 2018 #81
Any candidates with an F rating from the NRA Weed Man Mar 2018 #70
Really fucking annoys me to read about 'Bans' without the clarification of 'sales of' ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #10
And many of the current owners will be over joyed if this passes as their weapons will skyrocket.. EX500rider Feb 2018 #12
The price will be zero if it's illegal to ever sell it samir.g Feb 2018 #28
Right, cause illegal weapons are free now, right? lol EX500rider Feb 2018 #58
Not if we set up an Australian-style buyback program Weed Man Mar 2018 #71
And how many semi-automatic rifles would you think there are and the avg retail value? EX500rider Mar 2018 #74
Enough to melt it down to a Statute of Liberty size at least 100x Weed Man Mar 2018 #75
It's all about the math..$$$ EX500rider Mar 2018 #77
How many of that 300 million are semi-automatic rifles? SunSeeker Mar 2018 #84
"unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting" AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #19
Well, see ... I was unclear about what it meant ... mr_lebowski Feb 2018 #30
That's why I'm all for the gun buyback program at 125% of market value Weed Man Mar 2018 #73
That's not nearly enough money DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2018 #78
Are you sure? sl8 Feb 2018 #44
Missed that. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #48
So, selling within a state is permitted? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #55
Another poster pointed out I missed a second clause that exempts currently held AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #56
And why do you need this many guns? Weed Man Mar 2018 #72
Well, if you knew anything about guns, you might know the answer to that question. AtheistCrusader Mar 2018 #79
You are not alone. harun Feb 2018 #34
This Is Not Going To Go Anywhere SoCalMusicLover Feb 2018 #13
True but at least their making a STAND against the NRA instead of hand wringing.... Bengus81 Feb 2018 #18
Here is the text of the bill (PDF link) BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #14
I wonder how many lawyers' billable hours went into that text. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #21
Well they apparently used the "freebie" list from last year's iteration of the bill. BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #22
I guess it's not that much money, as long as they're recycling ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #53
google the history.... noneof_theabove Feb 2018 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #33
Holy sh*t! Theres explosive material in a .223 case?! Marengo Mar 2018 #87
THANK YOU DEMS!!! You made my day. NOW let all Republicans vote AGAINST this for the World to see... Bengus81 Feb 2018 #16
Get the Rs on record opposing it mcar Feb 2018 #17
Let the rightys Maxheader Feb 2018 #20
How do you imagine you might die? What do you mean by safeguard, and whats so risky about... Marengo Feb 2018 #65
Don't you always ask for more than cilla4progress Feb 2018 #26
This Republican is willing True Blue American Feb 2018 #36
Go Dems shenmue Feb 2018 #52
K! Cha Feb 2018 #59
The bill will be passed Weed Man Mar 2018 #69
This message was self-deleted by its author James48 Mar 2018 #83
Agreed madville Mar 2018 #85
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