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The point is there is no use arguing with the gun lobby, they are against common sense measures even when you tell the you are a Democrat in favor of the Second amendment.
The point is there is no use arguing with the gun lobby, they are against common sense measures even when you tell the you are a Democrat in favor of the Second amendment.
When the words "common sense" come out of a politician's mouth when they're proposing new legislation, a voter's brain should always translate them to "I'm a politician and I know what's best for you, so don't question me."
My idea of common sense measures to reduce gun crime would be to actually do something about the street criminals, gang members and drug dealers who are actually committing gun crimes, not outlawing adjustable stocks or magazine capacity.
When President Clinton was considering tackling gun control early in his first term, President Carter’s press secretary, Jody Powell, sent him this memo. It’s a rare example of an influential Democrat admitting the truth about gun control laws.
“As much as I hate to say it, the NRA is effective primarily because it is largely right when it claims that most gun control laws inconvenience and threaten the law-abiding while having little or no impact on violent crime or criminals. I support registration in principle, but two questions need to be asked. Are the people causing the problem going to comply voluntarily? If not, do you have a way to effectively enforce compliance?"
The point is there is no use arguing with the gun lobby, they are against common sense measures even when you tell the you are a Democrat in favor of the Second amendment.
The point is there is no use arguing with the gun lobby, they are against common sense measures even when you tell the you are a Democrat in favor of the Second amendment.
The common sense measures would be like these:
1. Anybody and his accomplices committing any felony with any arm should get mandatory 30 years without parole.
2. Anybody eligible for parole or release must pass the background check - if they aren't qualified for purchasing a firearm, they should remain in prison or hospital.
3. Anybody released from prison should have their criminal background locked and have their rights including purchasing firearm fully restored. They have served their time and should be allowed to start anew. If that makes anybody uncomfortable, don't release them.
4. Remove all other gun laws - they defy common sense.
With this kind of laws, we would easily drop our crime rate down to nothing.
Wanted to ask something-- maybe it's regarding something I've been naïve about all these years...
Who here owns a gun and who doesn't?
I'm sitting in my church small group and a general conversation starts up regarding someone going to the gun range. I thought no big deal. Next thing I find out of the five couples in the group my family is the only one without a gun. Hell I've never even fired a gun.
The guys in the group asked my wife if she was good with this? LOL. They said they own it for protection for their family. If I owned a gun probably one of two things would happen: 1) I'd shoot myself by accident 2) someone that shouldn't will get possession of it...lol
I guess its how I was raised. My dad never was into guns and neither was I. I guess I was just surprised about the reason people own guns-- I get hunting. But protection? I thought 911 was for that.
So does everyone here own a gun? Why/ why not? ....
When you have to rely on 911 to protect yourself, by the time law enforcement gets there, they will more than likely be doing a scene investigation. With a gun, you'll stop an intruder in his tracks.
Accidents can happen, but if you look at the majority of the very small number of these incidents, they were preventable by proper training and safety.
Now, do you see the problem in that video?
No, of course you don't, you have no clue about guns and you are yet again fear mongering with ignorance.
That video is an example of not teaching proper safety.
First, the child is obviously limited in experience with firearms in the first place (her stance and holding is weak).
Second, the firearm she is holding is fully automatic. It is not safe to have a child of that age and timidness fire powerful weapons even if they are experienced with a firearm and much less with a child who is inexperienced with a range of weapon calibers.
So, this entire video is a lesson of: Don't let children, inexperienced, or of various small weak size frames use a weapon that has a high grip requirement. It is risky and dangerous.
What did we learn?
We learned you need to learn how to read first and be honest.
The point is there is no use arguing with the gun lobby, they are against common sense measures even when you tell the you are a Democrat in favor of the Second amendment.
I am not "gun lobby"
I am not a member of the NRA or any other gun ownership organization.
I have seen this thing called "common sense gun law" and I have heard of these Democrats that "favor second amendment
but what I have seen is gun laws that restrict law abiding citizens from access to firearms and democrats that will side with wiled eyed gun grabbers over any other group.
I don't agree with you at all. I don't care if you sleep with a fully auto AR 15 , if you vote for Hillary you want guns confiscated. period.
if you believe that a simi-auto long gun is an "Assault Rifle" and its common sense to ban them, then you have neither common sense nor fidelity to the constitution.
Period.
If you think electing Hillary Clinton doesn't mean making the minority opinion in the Heller decision the law of the land... or worse that the minority decision in Heller is "common sense"
then you are almost an enemy of the state.
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