View Poll Results: How do you feel about gun control laws?
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Current laws infringe on our rights and should be weakened
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Current laws are just fine, thanks. We don't need anything more
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Current laws are not satisfactory, there are "common sense" adjustments that should be made
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02-17-2018, 06:22 PM
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#91
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gelding
Join Date: Oct 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clocker
There was enough public opposition to renewing it in 2004 to kill any attempt to renew the ban.
Politicians know what side their bread is buttered on.
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Yes, and the NRA was supplying the butter. Big refrigerated trucks just full of the stuff.
Your claim that there was public opposition to renewing the ban is disingenuous and bogus. 68% of Americans supported renewing the ban, as did law enforcement.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/assault...n-ban-expires/
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02-17-2018, 06:34 PM
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#92
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FantasticDan
Your claim that there was public opposition to renewing the ban is disingenuous and bogus.
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I didn't say the opposition was in the majority, I said that it was strong enough to kill it.
Just like the popular vote for Trump wasn't in the majority, but it was strong enough to put him in office.
Our system protects against the tyranny of the majority, again and again.
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02-17-2018, 08:16 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
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68% of Americans supported renewing the ban, as did law enforcement.
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Then you better be asking the spineless democrats, 0bama, Pelosi, and Schumer WHY did they not bring it back when they had both houses???
If the demand is there, why are you losers not trying to change the constitution to do it?
I'll tell you why - you guys do NOT have the support you claim to have,no matter what cBS says.
And if you did, you still lack the balls and the work ethic to actually DO something rather than WHINE about it. Put the blame where it belongs - YOUR PARTY of losers.
Face it, your guys are nothing but blather. Always have , always will be. Loser and whiners. You have become all that can be.
As little as it is.
0bama - the 0 was earned!
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02-17-2018, 09:41 PM
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#94
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gelding
Join Date: Oct 2008
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02-17-2018, 10:06 PM
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#95
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,972
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Thought assault was a act not a object.
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02-18-2018, 02:14 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: donkeys ride from ASD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FantasticDan
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I take it you took the time to call him to congratulate him.
We can all do more.
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02-18-2018, 04:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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The States With The Most Gun Laws See The Fewest Gun-Related Deaths
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...deaths/448044/
And although crime rates are at historical lows, it is low only if we ignore how poorly we do compared with OTHER countries. BTW, there may be other reasons it is low historically....
Has removing lead from paint and petrol reduced CRIME? Toxin is linked to surges in theft and violent assault
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02-18-2018, 06:56 AM
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#98
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BaffertsWig
6 pages and not one mention of high capacity magazines? Or is that too "common sense" and obvious?
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That is common sense to someone anti-gun who wouldn't know a 9mm pistol from a Co2 one.
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02-18-2018, 07:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Beaverdam Virginia
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[QUOTE=hcap;2278426] The States With The Most Gun Laws See The Fewest Gun-Related Deaths
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...deaths/448044/
Do you believe that utter nonsense? Someone found a way to manipulate numbers or outright lie. It has DC as 13th safest "state" in the USA, are you kidding me?
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02-18-2018, 09:38 AM
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#100
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 5,414
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FantasticDan
Can you cite a source for "public opposition" to the Assault Weapons Ban?
Your Wiki article says nothing about it, altho it does cite public support for the ban in the first place:
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The only source you need is "Trump was elected president".
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02-18-2018, 10:45 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Oklahoma
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Hicup
why would we want to compare the USA to another country is that the same as comparing apples to oranges?
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02-18-2018, 10:51 AM
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#102
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Originally Posted by pandy
What if, say, a guy beats his wife and gives her a concussion and a few broken bones. Should he be allowed to buy a gun?
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It’s already the law that if convicted of such, no gun.
But it’s stupid. This same guy can get a gun and kill (and they do) any time he wants. Just like your 18 yr old from the burbs. If motivated no law stops a killer, ever!
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02-18-2018, 10:52 AM
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#103
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hcap
The States With The Most Gun Laws See The Fewest Gun-Related Deaths
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Short rebuttal: Chicago and D.C.
Longer rebuttal: I would suggest that the binary categories, such as states with and without "stand your ground" laws are too vague and vary too much within each category for a statistically significant study. Similarly, "may issue" and "shall issue" can vary greatly from state to state.
The category about background checks on private sales is meaningless. A quick check shows that some states listed as requiring background checks actually require a check for handguns but not for long guns.
Given those differences, the sample sizes are too small for a statistically significant finding.
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02-18-2018, 11:22 AM
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#104
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: donkeys ride from ASD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clocker
Short rebuttal: Chicago and D.C.
Longer rebuttal: I would suggest that the binary categories, such as states with and without "stand your ground" laws are too vague and vary too much within each category for a statistically significant study. Similarly, "may issue" and "shall issue" can vary greatly from state to state.
The category about background checks on private sales is meaningless. A quick check shows that some states listed as requiring background checks actually require a check for handguns but not for long guns.
Given those differences, the sample sizes are too small for a statistically significant finding.
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Thanks for this info its very helpful.
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02-18-2018, 11:33 AM
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#105
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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Shocking news from the Washington Post.
After the school shooting in his state, Sen. Mario Rubio was asked about new gun legislation. His response was that no proposed legislation currently being discussed would have prevented that shooting, or any of the other mass shootings in the past years.
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The Washington Post went back to the Newtown shooting in 2012 and chose 12 mass shootings to analyze. Fact-checkers concluded that none of the shootings would have been avoided by passing new laws currently under discussion.
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Oops, Rubio was right.
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/02/...-new-gun-laws/
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