Gun Control & RKBA

appal_jack

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12. Why should a gold-medal winning Olympian abandon her own country?

Sun Aug 7, 2016, 10:34 PM

Aug 2016

There are lots of countries that are friendlier to gun-grabbers than the USA. Have you considered relocating to Great Britain or Australia perhaps?

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Rio 2016: top American Olympic shooter Kim Rhode attacks gun control laws [View all] appal_jack Aug 2016 OP

I have to show ID to buy ammo MattP Aug 2016 #1

It's more than just showing an ID ... NashuaDW Aug 2016 #5

No it does not add a significant amount of time to a regular clean buyer grubbs Aug 2016 #53

of course that is not the same as a background check is it? Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #6

Apply that to voting - a less constitutionally protected right. N/T beevul Aug 2016 #20

Well, two days and still no answer. beevul Aug 2016 #43

Oh well MFM008 Aug 2016 #2

Lets also require an ID for voting Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #33

She wants to live in the times of Annie Oakley??? Dawson Leery Aug 2016 #3

so you are calling an Olympic competitor Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #7

And she would be more than welcome to move here. n/t oneshooter Aug 2016 #11

Reading is Fundamental, my friend. appal_jack Aug 2016 #13

Meet the guy who wrote and first introduced those new gejohnston Aug 2016 #15

What do you call people who support the convicted gun-runner Leland Yee? Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #25

So, she has to show ID to purchase hundreds or thousands of rounds stopbush Aug 2016 #4

It is a full background check Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #8

The real issue is the cost and time on the store Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #32

The gun-control extremists wreck any opportunity at reasonable measures like UBCs... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #26

The gun-control advocates are simply responding to th gun lobby which will stopbush Aug 2016 #27

If you read about the history of gun-control, the extremist controllers set the tone... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #30

Right. Sure they are... beevul Aug 2016 #36

It's the extreme restricions that make RKBA advocates so distrustful of gun control. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #40

The new laws in California are pretty overbearing bluestateguy Aug 2016 #9

Maybe she should stay in Rio mwrguy Aug 2016 #10

Why should a gold-medal winning Olympian abandon her own country? appal_jack Aug 2016 #12

or Brazil gejohnston Aug 2016 #16

Or consider Mexico, only 1 gun store in the whole country, total gun control very safe there DonP Aug 2016 #18

Brazil's gun laws are stricter than the UK's or Australia's gejohnston Aug 2016 #14

But Brazil isn't industrialized enough to have them counted as having a higher... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #19

You would... beevul Aug 2016 #21

Of course I would be happy to trade a teabagger for a progressive mwrguy Aug 2016 #22

Thats an answer to aquestion that I didn't ask. beevul Aug 2016 #23

Really? sarisataka Aug 2016 #29

That sound a lot like "Send 'em back to ______!" Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #31

Its nice to be able to make your own ammunition... virginia mountainman Aug 2016 #17

Reuters is virulently anti-gun. THAT'S the reason she expected "gun control" to be more important Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #24

What did those skeet ever do to her? underpants Aug 2016 #28

She sees her future as an NRA shill. anamandujano Aug 2016 #34

Right. HOW DARE she confront dishonest political theater. NT pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #35

Are parents grieving dead children dishonest political theater? anamandujano Aug 2016 #37

No, but gratuitous mention of dead children is. It's known as 'appealing to emotion' or Lovejoying: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #39

"gratuitous" anamandujano Aug 2016 #41

You've present a far better case... beevul Aug 2016 #45

You 'rested your case' by using logical fallacies? Shades of 'Hitchen's razor': friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #46

. anamandujano Aug 2016 #49

So far, thats your most "inteligent" argument DonP Aug 2016 #50

And, in the meantime, I own a Kalashnikov and remain quite sane, thank you... derby378 Aug 2016 #55

They were at the rnc. beevul Aug 2016 #48

"I'm not interested in debating this crap with you any further..........." pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #54

"(T)he NRA pays better." They do? And how did you come to know this? friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #38

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ anamandujano Aug 2016 #42

So, no evidence. Did you perchance attend the College of It Stands to Reason?: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #44

Oh you mean when you don't have any proof, just make shit up DonP Aug 2016 #47

Lol, no answer as usual when challenged Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #52

Color me surprised liberal N proud Aug 2016 #51