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hoolstoptheheels

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These gun arguments become so infuriating because they are..


so damn political. Wanting more stringent gun laws doesn't mean that the shooter isn't responsible for pulling the trigger. That's one stupid common argument from the pro gun side.

Wanting more stringent gun laws doesn't mean that we shouldn't do everything possible to identify people at risk of committing atrocities. But how feasible is that in most cases? What have you learned after a month and a half or so to suggest that the LV shooter could have been pre-empted? Does that somehow mean that something simple like legal status of bump stocks shouldn't be under consideration?

My favorite is the terrorist watch list argument. We can't possibly let inclusion on a watch list effect a person's ability to get a gun, because there is insufficient due process to challenge inclusion on the watch list.

Huh? So the problem then is INSUFFICIENT DUE PROCESS TO CHALLENGE THE WATCH LIST!! Can't we address that since, you know, we're a nation of laws where people are innocent until proven guilty, and at the same time prevent people we think might be terrorists from legally buying guns?

When it comes to guns in this country, everyone has such a hard-on that we can't deploy basic common sense.
[Post edited by hoolstoptheheels at 11/07/2017 11:10AM]

(In response to this post by SokurHoo83)

Posted: 11/07/2017 at 11:06AM



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