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Gun Control & RKBA

flamin lib

(14,559 posts) Sat Aug 1, 2015, 04:10 PM Aug 2015

Okay, I'm just gonna leave this here 'cause there has been so much [View all]

hoopla over "enforce the laws" and other commentary on background checks. It's hard to do when an entity as powerful as the NRA doesn't want it.

Discuss among yourselves.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12629388

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Okay, I'm just gonna leave this here 'cause there has been so much [View all] flamin lib Aug 2015 OP

I pity you, flamin lib! MarianJack Aug 2015 #1

It's a religion that they want to force down the throats of everybody. stone space Aug 2015 #3

One of President Obama's few statements with which I disagree,... MarianJack Aug 2015 #4

Hey, MJ, been here for awhile and know better than to engage the usual suspects. flamin lib Aug 2015 #6

"been here for awhile and know better than to engage the usual suspects." Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #7

In 12 years here,... MarianJack Aug 2015 #8

"...I've "ignored" 6 people. In ONE thread in the last 3 days, I've added another 9." friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #9

And so,... MarianJack Aug 2015 #11

LMAO! "Willfully ignorant"! pablo_marmol Aug 2015 #15

Been here 9 years and no one is on my ignore list. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #10

If you've listened to NRA talking points for the past few years,... MarianJack Aug 2015 #12

Do you support banning the civilian purchase/possession of "assault weapons"? benEzra Aug 2015 #13

I stated very clearly in the post to which you are responding,... MarianJack Aug 2015 #14

Thank you, I respect that. benEzra Aug 2015 #17

And I respect that. MarianJack Aug 2015 #18

The NRA's 800 lb gorilla is a creature of the gun control outlook. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #16

So basically what you're saying is... MarianJack Aug 2015 #19

Hmmm. Didn't know they resurrected the Eisenhower "Golf Gap" of the 'fifties. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #20

Again,... MarianJack Aug 2015 #23

Who are you listening to and why? Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #24

You listen to the NRA? May as well listen to Alex Jones or Rev. Fall Flat. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #21

I don't listen to the NRA, but... MarianJack Aug 2015 #22

Hi flamin lib discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #2

Your comments are interesting -- Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #5

"NRA doesn't want it. " beergood Aug 2015 #25

Don't know that a C&R will help you buy Mosins at a lower price tularetom Aug 2015 #26

"Good luck with the Mosins. A lot of the lower priced 1891's have already been snapped up." beergood Aug 2015 #28

Takes about 3 months and costs $30 for 3 years. flamin lib Aug 2015 #27

thanks for the info beergood Aug 2015 #29

C&R licensees are not required to surrender records to the BATF... Marengo Aug 2015 #31

Hmmm, that's not what the ATF agent told me when I was applying but yours is in writing so I'll flamin lib Aug 2015 #34

A wise choice discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #35

Not all gone. Straw Man Aug 2015 #33

There are a lot of Schmidt Rubins around but I haven't seen a 7.50carbine in a long time flamin lib Aug 2015 #36

They're back. Straw Man Sep 2015 #37

Picked up a K31 last year Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #38

Me too, a couple of months ago. Straw Man Sep 2015 #39

Background checks are anti-liberty because everyone has a right to bear arms Matrosov Aug 2015 #30

My answer would have been -- Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2015 #32