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reply to post by eLPresidente
A very slippery slope we're going down...
The question we should all be asking ourselves is, WHO wants the American people disarmed, and WHY?
Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by eLPresidente
A very slippery slope we're going down...
It's really more like a "cliff" than a slope. At some point, this country will hit the canyon floor, and that point will be when open rebellion starts.
That will happen when the brain dead people wake from the dead, and realize that this current direction is leading the rest of us and them into a complete dictatorship.
Right now, the social media sites give them the illusion that they are free. It reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man:. For those too young to remember or have seen it:
www.imdb.com...
edit on 18-1-2013 by ProfEmeritus because: (no reason given)
Anyone who is classified with a criminal record (this could be even you with a speeding ticket /DUI) will not be allowed by the system to own a gun.
reply to post by uSNUUZuLUUz
You mean just like the Civil war and the addition to Slavery?? right now americans are ADDICTED to GUNS, the same way we were ADDICTED to SLAVERY. Does this sound familiar? You will NOT take our SLAVES!!! Same as "You will NOT take our GUNS."
Originally posted by NoJoker13
reply to post by aryaputhra
I live in MA where we already have extensive background checks, take that off the list. I live in MA where you can't own an automatic weapon aka an assault rifle, take that off the list. I live in MA where you can't purchase a gun if you've committed a felony, of any type, take that off the list. Everything else in the bill seems pretty reasonable to me, more money for psychiatric drug research, further restrictions for people living with psychiatric people. Harsher penalties for gun abuse, wait I live in MA they're already there, 6 years for a unlicensed firearm one year more for each bullet in the magazine, possible life in prison for a unlicensed unlawful automatic weapon. Hmmmm my life still seems fine, I'm allowed to own weapons, I have no need for automatics, and magazines over 10 rounds don't matter because I can cycle a mag in a second. So what are we blowing up about here? I mean I agree everything in America should be free but lets get this straight, the NRA and gun advocates need a better argument then "these guns are mine, my right, and you CAN'T HAVE THEM!!!". Since the new liberal base is much more highly educated I suggest playing ball and upping your game.
Originally posted by Sabreblade
reply to post by NoJoker13
Same here.
5 years ago in NC I couldn't get a handgun permit because I was being treated for Anxiety Disorder.
In hindsight that seems like a good call to me.
My friend couldn't get one because of an outstanding bad check in another state from 10 years ago that she didn't even know about.
These "new" laws dont seem that crippling.
Originally posted by NavyDoc
Originally posted by NoJoker13
reply to post by aryaputhra
I live in MA where we already have extensive background checks, take that off the list. I live in MA where you can't own an automatic weapon aka an assault rifle, take that off the list. I live in MA where you can't purchase a gun if you've committed a felony, of any type, take that off the list. Everything else in the bill seems pretty reasonable to me, more money for psychiatric drug research, further restrictions for people living with psychiatric people. Harsher penalties for gun abuse, wait I live in MA they're already there, 6 years for a unlicensed firearm one year more for each bullet in the magazine, possible life in prison for a unlicensed unlawful automatic weapon. Hmmmm my life still seems fine, I'm allowed to own weapons, I have no need for automatics, and magazines over 10 rounds don't matter because I can cycle a mag in a second. So what are we blowing up about here? I mean I agree everything in America should be free but lets get this straight, the NRA and gun advocates need a better argument then "these guns are mine, my right, and you CAN'T HAVE THEM!!!". Since the new liberal base is much more highly educated I suggest playing ball and upping your game.
You are quite right...likewise everyone who owns more than one typewriter, or votes, or surfs the internet, or uses a lawyer had have a better argument than "this is my right!"
I agree with you, the NRA and legal gun owners need to step up their game and that is framing the argument in the realm of rights that the left pretends to respect.