In article , tonycooper214
@gmail.com says...
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:38:55 -0400, "J. Clarke"
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In article , tonycooper214
says...
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:46:24 +1200, Eric Stevens
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:37:17 -0400, "J. Clarke"
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In article , tonycooper214
says...
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:49:31 -0400, PeterN
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On 9/17/2013 1:40 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:41:57 -0700, Savageduck
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On 2013-09-17 08:23:10 -0700, George Kerby said:
On 9/16/13 9:33 AM, in article ,
"Bowser" wrote:
On Sat, 07 Sep 2013 10:25:25 -0400, Alan Browne
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On 2013.09.06 22:13 , PeterN wrote:
On 9/6/2013 4:45 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2013.09.05 22:25 , Michael Benveniste wrote:
On 9/5/2013 1:21 PM, Bowser wrote:
Let's see what you've got. For Sale is due October 6th, 2013.
I won't be in Washington D.C. this month, so I can't submit a picture
of the Capitol or the White House.
They sold out a long time ago.
True. But it's on ongoing sale.
Confirmed then: they are prostitutes.
Now, now, there's no need to insult prostitutes. I'll take them over
politicians any day.
Is there a difference?
Have you ever been satisfied with any encounter with a politician?
With a prostitute there is always the promise of some sort of
satisfaction, however fleeting that might be.
Actually, I've had one experience in dealing with a politician, and no
experience at all dealing with a prostitute. My US Representative did
meet with me, and did take care of a problem for me. He was quite
efficient.
that was one politician that help.
Well, I asked one to help and he did so.
When over 90% of the people surveyed want to ban gun ownership to people
with mental problems, whey hasn't backround check legislation passed.
http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm
That isn't an example of a experience with a politician. While I
agree with you on the need - although I would take it further and have
much more stringent gun controls - you brought up comparing a personal
experience with a politician vs a personal experience with a
prostitute.
Besides, background check legislation was enacted 20 years ago, so the
politicians can be forgiven for not passing the same law again.
Tell them in Washington. :-(
Stores that sell guns in Florida are required to conduct background
checks. Not to worry, though, if you don't think you will pass. Just
go to a flea market and buy a gun. Don't want to wait until the
weekend for the flea market? Look on Craigslist and buy one today.
No background checks required by either seller.
Which is the general exception for private sales, which is a nod to the
reality that there is no practical way to police private sales of
firearms. When Grandpa kicks it and Grandma wants to get rid of his
guns, she's not going to consult a lawyer to find out that she has to do
background checks. That's the reality that Congress was dealing with,
and making a criminal out of Grandma is a political non-starter.
It is only one, very limited, form of reality. A state law could
require Grandma to sell the gun on consignment through a licensed
retail gun seller. There certainly is no shortage of them in this
state.
Fine, you pass that law. Since Grandma has no interest in guns and gun
laws and wasn't paying attention the day you passed it, she has no idea
that there is such a law and goes ahead and lists the guns on Craigslist
anyway. Now what?
That would probably be safer for Grandma. For Grandma to offer the
gun on Craigslist and meet with a total stranger is putting Grandma in
danger. Worse, if Grandma is so naive to allow the stranger to come
to her home. Nor do we want Grandma toting the gun to a flea market
to sell it.
rolling eyes
Do you hear yourself? Yeah, gotta protect grandma from all those mean
ugly looking mother-stabbing father raping strangers if she wants to
dispose of grandpa's guns. Why don't you pass a law that says that she
has to take his cameras or golf clubs or fishing tackle to a gunshop and
get a background check run on the buyer as well? Wouldn't that be safer
for her as well?
Heck, just ban private sales of everything unless they happen at a gun
shop. Gotta protect Grandma you know.
Congress deals with the reality that the NRA dreams up.
You go on believing that.