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deathrind

(1,786 posts)
41. I stand corrected.
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 11:06 AM
Oct 2015

At least partially. You include several caveats in your reply such as "All sales through an FFL", "the vast majority of exhibitors at gun shows are FFLs" but all sales do not go thru and FFL. Firearm purchases from state to state are not uniform they are not as black and white as you suggest. I wish they were.

My initial reply to your reply was snarky and I apologize for that...but yours was as well so I think we are even. I appreciate the tone and information you provide above. I don't hunt but I do own a .45 and a Benelli Shotgun and I enjoy target shooting. I personally do not want to see firearms banned but if a ban did come down I would have no issue with it, the adage of a "few bad apples" really is true. There are lots of items I wish I could buy but certainly it is better for the greater good that one cannot buy them.

Fire arm purchases I feel should be heavily regulated. 5 day waiting periods (ex-girlfriend worked at a kmart sold a shotgun in the am and had police come in the pm because the guy shot someone not long after the buy.) Testing should be required. Licensing and tracking yearly as well. It should be difficult to get a gun not impossible but a person should have to show that they understand what it is they are getting into.

As for CCW... I don't think they should be allowed. If a person is willing to carry a gun they should be willing to show it.



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AAHHH THE STREETS WILL RUN WITH BLOOD NOW!!!!!!!!!! Lurks Often Oct 2015 #1
There will be a dramatic increase in suicide by gun now OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #2
There will? Straw Man Oct 2015 #4
Oh come on OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #9
I see. Straw Man Oct 2015 #15
I doubt that, but I'm not a suicide prevention expert. beardown Oct 2015 #5
Oh come on OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #10
I thought that Eleanor38 was next up for the mandatory reply? beardown Oct 2015 #16
Or maybe they won't Lurks Often Oct 2015 #6
Do you have any studies or scholarship that demonstrate branford Oct 2015 #7
Oh come on OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #11
Never forget the "sarcasm" tag! branford Oct 2015 #14
You forgot this. GGJohn Oct 2015 #12
Right - Tee - Oh OakCliffDem Oct 2015 #13
Prefer folks carrying have some training beardown Oct 2015 #3
Me too. Straw Man Oct 2015 #8
Support your local militia. beardown Oct 2015 #17
I'm not sure ... Straw Man Oct 2015 #18
Means I should stop referencing old movie titles beardown Oct 2015 #19
Do you mean ... Straw Man Oct 2015 #20
No, the one that was in "Support Your Local Sheriff" beardown Oct 2015 #22
He was also Oneka Oct 2015 #25
Also a decorated Korean War veteran DonP Oct 2015 #28
I too prefer a CCW system that includes Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #21
Yes, legal not tactical beardown Oct 2015 #23
I can understand your point about costs for CCW training. Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #24
Agreed! Jester Messiah Oct 2015 #26
Are Maine folks just dumber? DonP Oct 2015 #29
Yes. Like Vermont for the last 225+ years. Anarchy all over the place. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #30
So now a person deathrind Oct 2015 #27
Personally, I favor a reasonable test for proficiency and knowledge of the law... Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #31
Yup, just like voting DonP Oct 2015 #32
One has to register to vote. deathrind Oct 2015 #35
I guess the NICS FBI background check that we have to pay for doesn't count... DonP Oct 2015 #37
And this type of check takes place deathrind Oct 2015 #38
All sales through an FFL, in store or at a gun show have to go through the NICS check ... DonP Oct 2015 #40
I stand corrected. deathrind Oct 2015 #41
Hasn't been a problem in the other states with constitutional carry, GGJohn Oct 2015 #36
I agree with you. deathrind Oct 2015 #39
Now that's progressive....expanding peoples rights is a good thing. ileus Oct 2015 #33
Vermont has been constitutional carry Kang Colby Oct 2015 #34
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