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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: If guns were as regulated as cars [View all]TeddyR
(2,493 posts)46. A one year waiting period
Seems awful arbitrary (not to mention unconstitutional). A background check is already performed. Why do you need to be fingerprinted in order to exercise the constitutional right to keep and bear arms?
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That's why it's up to progressives like you and I to fight for what little 2A rights
ileus
Nov 2015
#22
PEOPLE kill people. Guns are just the tool ..imho, we need to regulate the PEOPLE who own the guns
secondwind
Nov 2015
#9
Your response is so full of holes it's only just barely worthy of a response.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Nov 2015
#28
Your incoherent response is hilarious! More, PLEASE! I do love a good laugh!
gregcrawford
Nov 2015
#35
Regardless of that that dipshit LaPierre may be "glossing over," the RKBA is not dependent...
Lizzie Poppet
Nov 2015
#36
The intellectual dishonesty and bald lies of the gun lover and NRA are equal to what the GOP uses.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#14
"In a well regulated militia there would be tons of restrictions on a killing tool"
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2015
#16
Actually, the well-regulated Militia would be required to keep and train with the same
jmg257
Nov 2015
#45
Well shit - of course "of the times"...hence the terms "the original constitutional intent..."
jmg257
Nov 2015
#49
And moreover, the steps listed would be largely useless as suicide prevention.
Lizzie Poppet
Nov 2015
#37
More than 90 percent of American households own a car while little more than a third own guns
liberal N proud
Nov 2015
#52