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Jerry442

(1,265 posts)
12. Sorry, real life intervened.
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 02:04 PM
Jul 2016

It appears from your suggestions that you favor a small-L libertarian approach to gun regulation. (Not intended to be an insult, since most Americans are small-L libertarians on a lot of subjects.) The problem with this approach is that there doesn't seem to be any way of addressing the concerns of people who feel that too many guns are being pushed at people who probably shouldn't have them -- that gun makers and sellers are often in a position similar to predatory lenders, pursuing profit through practices that make a bad outcome likely for everybody else.

As far as fixing the NFA, I haven't heard a lot of interest in that from any side. There don't seem to be that many civilian full-autos out there nor much interest in putting more out there nor taking the ones out there away -- nobody seems to be all that dissatisfied with the status quo.

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What gun-control really ought to do [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 OP
They tried the new name thing Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #1
OK, you opened the door here. Jerry442 Jun 2016 #2
I infer you mean 'What gun regulations do I favor in addition to what we have?' discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #3
quick correction gejohnston Jun 2016 #4
Dyslexia discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #5
I agree with you on suppressors Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #6
But we have a self-proclaimed sarisataka Jun 2016 #8
Then there are the other experts Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #9
Sorry, real life intervened. Jerry442 Jul 2016 #12
Yeah, life does that discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #13
When you have a few... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #7
He responded to your question. Why won't you respond to his? pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #10
So, here's my thought: pablo_marmol Jun 2016 #11
They ought to wise up Matrosov Jul 2016 #14
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