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In reply to the discussion: Not Just A Novelty Item: Get to Know the Americans You'd Least Expect to Fancy the Firearm [View all]Jenoch
(7,720 posts)18. In most of your posts
you seem to lump all gun owners together, at least it seems that way to me. Are you now making a distinction between a gun owner who is a pro-RKBA person and a 'gun nut'?
I am in favor of universal background checks, as long as the law is reasonable (meaning I can buy a gun from my brother who is a cop and I can loan a gun to my BIL who is a dentist, for example) and the cost for the NICS check is not too great (say $25 per check).
I am not in favor of an AWB because they are not effective and would cost too much political capital. As to gun registration, that too would take up too much political capital and besides that, a federal gun registration database is currently illegal.
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Not Just A Novelty Item: Get to Know the Americans You'd Least Expect to Fancy the Firearm [View all]
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
OP
Sorry. They don't exist. That's a fictional group. A figment of someone's imagination.
Common Sense Party
Aug 2013
#3
They're also cackling that those they've purged aren't responding to them.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#7
People respond People who conform with the articles of faith of the group
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#38
I'm confused. What group are you speaking of, Bansalot? May be a reason for that?
Eleanors38
Aug 2013
#24
And yet you have enough faith in capitalism to be willing to let its managerial arm...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#39
Your criticism is appropriate. In a sense, the "Moms Demand" group may be getting short shrift...
Eleanors38
Aug 2013
#23
I think I phrased that a bit badly: I have no idea whether the "Moms Demand" group
petronius
Aug 2013
#33