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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fix your shit, gun people.

[quote]In Florida, though, you don't need a license to buy or carry a rifle like the AR-15. There is a three-day waiting period to purchase a handgun like the Glock Mateen also had on him, but no waiting period at all to buy an AR-15.[/quote]

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ar15-gun-used-in-orlando-20160613#ixzz4BUIsTgzV

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[quote]Today, just over 24 hours since the Pulse attack, the NRA broke its silence by using the Twitter account of a magazine it owns to retweet from @NRABlog, “Need a gift for #FathersDay? How about a gift from the #NRA store?!”[/quote][/quote]

It's pretty common to not need a license to buy or carry a long gun, and in most places you only need a permit to carry the handgun if you are going to conceal it. If you want to wear it on your belt or in a shoulder or thigh holster where it can be seen, you can without a permit.[/quote]

Right, and those of us with COMMON SENSE want you to be required to be licensed only after you have completed a federally approved training and safety course just like a car, and to be required to MAINTAIN your license through periodic testing just like a car, and to have any violations or offenses count against your lisence just like a car, and to be required to REGISTER your firearms just like you register your car and to re-register periodically just like your car, and to PROVE that you have proper safety equipment in place (i.e. a gun safe).  If you are so law-abiding I see no reason why you can't do this.  [b]No one is coming for your GD guns[/b], just like no one is coming for your car.  But just like with a car, you should be held LEGALLY accountable for maintaining it and operating it safely, and if you can't, then yes you should lose the privilege.  We don't want reckless crazy people on our streets putting our lives in danger.  We shouldn't accept reckless crazy people on our streets with guns without any way to check them either.  A one-time background check at the time of purchase is bullshit.  A patchwork of state laws is bullshit.  I want FEDERAL LAWS that apply to everyone so that, no matter where you go in this country, you know everyone is playing by the same rules.  [/quote]

Reasonable proposals, but judging by this thread, quite a few people ARE coming for your guns.

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Oh, please.  Everyone KNOWS that that will never happen.  Republicans repeat this lie because it riles people up.  It's irresponsible and borderline criminal to play politics that way while people die.  Who cares if a bunch of anonymous internet strangers say they support taking your guns when you know damned well that it will never happen?  I mean, logistically, how at this point could the authorities possibly round up every gun in America?  It would be the shootout at the OK Corral on every street corner in America.  This is as stupid an assertion as deporting 11 million people or banning Muslims from the country.  Can't we all grow up, be reasonable, analyze our problems and apply common sense to solving them?  Be a part of the solution.  Stop the nonsense.  Stop the ideological pandering.  And I say this to EVERYONE, regardless of political persuasion.  We've all lost our goddamned minds.  [/quote]

10:05 here.  I agree, but believe that we need to identify and neutralize the extreme rhetoric, regardless of whether it emanates from the right or left and regardless of whether the issue is immigration or gun control.

The people railing against gun owners here are no better than Trump supporters railing against immigrants or Muslims.  They make the respective problems more difficult to solve.[/quote]

PP here.  Enough blame to go around.  The other side lies blindly on a regular basis to stoke fear and routinely blocks common sense reform.  So I'm sorry, but you fail my reasonableness sniff test with that response.[/quote]

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