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gejohnston

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14. Brazil's gun laws are stricter than the UK's or Australia's
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:06 PM
Aug 2016

it doesn't seem to help their murder rate at all.

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I have to show ID to buy ammo MattP Aug 2016 #1
It's more than just showing an ID ... NashuaDW Aug 2016 #5
No it does not add a significant amount of time to a regular clean buyer grubbs Aug 2016 #53
of course that is not the same as a background check is it? Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #6
Apply that to voting - a less constitutionally protected right. N/T beevul Aug 2016 #20
Well, two days and still no answer. beevul Aug 2016 #43
Oh well MFM008 Aug 2016 #2
Lets also require an ID for voting Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #33
She wants to live in the times of Annie Oakley??? Dawson Leery Aug 2016 #3
so you are calling an Olympic competitor Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #7
And she would be more than welcome to move here. n/t oneshooter Aug 2016 #11
Reading is Fundamental, my friend. appal_jack Aug 2016 #13
Meet the guy who wrote and first introduced those new gejohnston Aug 2016 #15
What do you call people who support the convicted gun-runner Leland Yee? Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #25
So, she has to show ID to purchase hundreds or thousands of rounds stopbush Aug 2016 #4
It is a full background check Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #8
The real issue is the cost and time on the store Travis_0004 Aug 2016 #32
The gun-control extremists wreck any opportunity at reasonable measures like UBCs... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #26
The gun-control advocates are simply responding to th gun lobby which will stopbush Aug 2016 #27
If you read about the history of gun-control, the extremist controllers set the tone... Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #30
Right. Sure they are... beevul Aug 2016 #36
It's the extreme restricions that make RKBA advocates so distrustful of gun control. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #40
The new laws in California are pretty overbearing bluestateguy Aug 2016 #9
Maybe she should stay in Rio mwrguy Aug 2016 #10
Why should a gold-medal winning Olympian abandon her own country? appal_jack Aug 2016 #12
or Brazil gejohnston Aug 2016 #16
Or consider Mexico, only 1 gun store in the whole country, total gun control very safe there DonP Aug 2016 #18
Brazil's gun laws are stricter than the UK's or Australia's gejohnston Aug 2016 #14
But Brazil isn't industrialized enough to have them counted as having a higher... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #19
You would... beevul Aug 2016 #21
Of course I would be happy to trade a teabagger for a progressive mwrguy Aug 2016 #22
Thats an answer to aquestion that I didn't ask. beevul Aug 2016 #23
Really? sarisataka Aug 2016 #29
That sound a lot like "Send 'em back to ______!" Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #31
Its nice to be able to make your own ammunition... virginia mountainman Aug 2016 #17
Reuters is virulently anti-gun. THAT'S the reason she expected "gun control" to be more important Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #24
What did those skeet ever do to her? underpants Aug 2016 #28
She sees her future as an NRA shill. anamandujano Aug 2016 #34
Right. HOW DARE she confront dishonest political theater. NT pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #35
Are parents grieving dead children dishonest political theater? anamandujano Aug 2016 #37
No, but gratuitous mention of dead children is. It's known as 'appealing to emotion' or Lovejoying: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #39
"gratuitous" anamandujano Aug 2016 #41
You've present a far better case... beevul Aug 2016 #45
You 'rested your case' by using logical fallacies? Shades of 'Hitchen's razor': friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #46
. anamandujano Aug 2016 #49
So far, thats your most "inteligent" argument DonP Aug 2016 #50
And, in the meantime, I own a Kalashnikov and remain quite sane, thank you... derby378 Aug 2016 #55
They were at the rnc. beevul Aug 2016 #48
"I'm not interested in debating this crap with you any further..........." pablo_marmol Aug 2016 #54
"(T)he NRA pays better." They do? And how did you come to know this? friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #38
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ anamandujano Aug 2016 #42
So, no evidence. Did you perchance attend the College of It Stands to Reason?: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #44
Oh you mean when you don't have any proof, just make shit up DonP Aug 2016 #47
Lol, no answer as usual when challenged Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #52
Color me surprised liberal N proud Aug 2016 #51
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