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billh58

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24. Yet this felon found

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 02:11 PM

Oct 2013

it easy enough to get a gun, and most likely from a "legal gun owner." Please spare me your NRA apologist bullshit about how ALL "legal" gun owners are beyond reproach. A recent study showed that 80% of convicted criminals obtained the guns they used in the commission of crimes from "private sources."

Until we have full national registration of guns, and other forms of accountability for the fucking things (insurance, licensing, etc.) criminals will continue to obtain guns from "legal" sources. It's just too easy to get a gun in this country (and especially in Texas), thanks to the NRA and its obscene political influence which is at least partially enabled by people like you.

And yes, I DO see a difference between "legal gun owners" and "felons": most felons were at one time or another "legal gun owners," or they got their guns from a "legal gun owner."

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2nd Amendment Freedom! jpak Oct 2013 #1

What is it called; greiner3 Oct 2013 #2

It doesn't matter how responsible and law abiding gun owners think they are. Loudly Oct 2013 #3

This man could not legally own guns - he has an extensive criminal record. hack89 Oct 2013 #8

He was able to obtain a gun because guns are so abundant in America. Loudly Oct 2013 #12

And how do you plan to accomplish that? hack89 Oct 2013 #14

First turn off the "legitimate" spigot. Shut down manufacture, importation and retail sale. Loudly Oct 2013 #21

Doesn't your "solution" have to have at least a tenuous link to American legal and cultural reality? hack89 Oct 2013 #22

Nothing which a solidly liberal U.S. Supreme Court cannot solve. Loudly Oct 2013 #47

Just like the conservative SC promptly over turned Roe v Wade ... oh wait. hack89 Oct 2013 #48

SCOTUS need not ban it. Loudly Oct 2013 #49

Make air. sendero Oct 2013 #50

Good God, there used to be a mass shooting every 10 years. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #4

yep, true +1000 heaven05 Oct 2013 #5

Yeah, most had emotional/mental problems already. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #11

I take your word on the fantasy of screening heaven05 Oct 2013 #15

Good post. nt tblue37 Oct 2013 #23

you are never going to catch everyone, but you can catch some.... ejpoeta Oct 2013 #53

Pleas understand I'm not agruing against gun control. Just about a proposed method. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #57

They seem to be averaging every four days. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #6

Actually the number has held steady for 30 years hack89 Oct 2013 #7

Okay. I feel so much better knowing that the status quo maintains. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #19

Personally I am happy they are not increasing. hack89 Oct 2013 #20

but the homicide rate is still the lowest in a long Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #51

That's true--all crime rates are much lower than 20 years ago. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #58

And the NRA apologists billh58 Oct 2013 #9

There is a lot to see here. hack89 Oct 2013 #17

Yet this felon found billh58 Oct 2013 #24

So all legal gun owners are to blame? hack89 Oct 2013 #25

Just like a Gungeoneer billh58 Oct 2013 #26

I fully agree that guns can be regulated and I do not support unlimited access to guns hack89 Oct 2013 #27

A good guy with a gun would have.... meanit Oct 2013 #10

You just said what I was going to say. Aristus Oct 2013 #13

Responsible gun owner Dopers_Greed Oct 2013 #16

No - a violent felon who cannot legally own guns. nt hack89 Oct 2013 #18

It's always interesting to see how easy it is for these prohibited felons to get guns! rdharma Oct 2013 #28

I certainly agree that the illegal gun trafficking is a serious problem hack89 Oct 2013 #29

No. Gun registration is needed. rdharma Oct 2013 #30

Two major flaws with that idea hack89 Oct 2013 #31

Start registration NOW! rdharma Oct 2013 #32

And just how do you plan to do it? hack89 Oct 2013 #33

A simple Federal law requiring that all modern firearms be registered. rdharma Oct 2013 #34

Just like those simple Federal laws making heroin and cocaine illegal? hack89 Oct 2013 #35

Oh, it will work! rdharma Oct 2013 #36

So why do so many criminals have guns right now? Isn't there a law against that? hack89 Oct 2013 #37

Because there is no "track of ownership"! rdharma Oct 2013 #39

So with hundreds of millions of presently unregistered guns in America hack89 Oct 2013 #40

It won't stop gun sucides or mass shootings hack89 Oct 2013 #38

Yes. Criminals make up for many gun deaths due to lack of gun control/registration. rdharma Oct 2013 #41

So you don't care about two thirds of gun deaths? Ok hack89 Oct 2013 #42

It's time to collect the "unregistered" guns! rdharma Oct 2013 #43

Why can't we collect all the illegal guns right now? What is stopping us? hack89 Oct 2013 #44

No registration or tracking mechanism. rdharma Oct 2013 #45

How will all those illegal guns owned by felons be registered? hack89 Oct 2013 #46

I don't think Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #52

Oh, it's feasible! rdharma Oct 2013 #54

we would loose elections like crazy Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #55

So the NRA wins again..... rdharma Oct 2013 #56

the nra isn't the lead on this... Niceguy1 Oct 2013 #59