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The Left has already proven they are not interested in 'common sense gun control'

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  1. carpro

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    They want only one thing, a total gun ban for law abiding citizens.


    REPORT: Obama DOJ Prosecuted Less Than 1% Of Criminals Who Tried To Buy Guns Illegally


    REPORT: Obama DOJ Prosecuted Less Than 1% Of Criminals Who Tried To Buy Guns Illegally
    "That should trigger a referral to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for investigation for lying on the forms."
    ByRYAN SAAVEDRA November 16, 2017

    Over 100,000 convicted felons attempted to illegally purchase firearms each year during President Barack
    Obama’s eight years in the oval office, and the Obama administration did virtually nothing about it.

    The Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) only "considered prosecuting" approximately 30 to 40 convicted felons per year who attempted to illegally purchase firearms — roughly .04%, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.
     
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    Some thoughts on current events and the second amendment (more at the link):

    The 2nd Amendment does not guarantee “the right to keep and bear a single-shot musket...” The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” It binds the federal government in regards to the rights of citizens. “Arms” means “weapons and ammunition; armaments.” Not only does the amendment not say “keep and bear a single-shot musket” – the single-shot musket was not the only “arms” available in 1791 when the 2nd amendment was passed. Further, the SCOTUS in ‘District of Columbia v. Heller’ clarified that “The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia...” It does not just guarantee guns for militia service, as some claim. The Second Amendment “is what it is” and it is not going anywhere (does anyone seriously think they can get 38 states to vote to amend or repeal this?). Rather than a shrill argument over what’s wrong with the Second Amendment and how to get rid of it – an argument that never goes anywhere – perhaps both sides might try to see what things they could agree on. Under the Second Amendment as it exists and has been interpreted, how can we work together to curb violence in our country? It is a societal problem – and I would say spiritual problem – much bigger than guns or mental illness. Without guns, using diesel fuel and fertilizer, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, and Michael Fortier killed 168 people (19 of whom were children) and injured more than 500 people!
     
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    Based on eight years of inaction under the Obama administration, at least 2 years of which they had control of all three branches of the government, I'd say they are not interested in gun control. It's just an issue they tout to play to their base.
     
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    Well, I wish they would keep touting it, if they do, the midterms are a slam dunk. There is no better issue that drives GOP voters to the polls that this "common sense gun control" nonsense except maybe in the Northeastern states, where they've already implemented it.

    What gets me is the same people will say things like "you can't judge all Muslims/illegal immigrants/criminals by the actions of one!" except gun owners, and that's exactly what they are trying to do. Not gonna happen, too bad, so sad.

    The Obama Administration didn't like to prosecute one of their own, but they did run arms down to Mexican drug dealers. And that weirdo guy in Michigan in the 1920s still holds the record and he used explosives. In Florida, firing Israel would be a start.
     
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    Democrat stand on gun control, like all the rest of Democrat "logic", is pure foolishness.
     
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    They need to harden entrances and exits to schools. Israel does not have school shootings. Also, they need to filter out mentally ill from buying guns no matter if it does stigmatize them. Most of these shooters are Democrats so.... And instead of calling the lazy FBI, it would be better to call the State Police.
     
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    No, they need to go back to the system of putting crazy people in mental institutions. We don't need these nut cases walking the streets. Ask any peace officer about their feelings of repeatedly dealing with these crazy nuts. Lock them up and throw away the key.
     
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    According to the progressive marxist philosophy:

    The way to defeat drunk driving is to take away the automobiles from all the sober folks.
     
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    And yet - there are times that after a DWI conviction - a person will be give a "restricted" license. ie - can only drive to work and return.
     
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    Do you have a legitimate source for this assertion? I've only ever seen it on Facebook memes and it strikes me as self-contradictory in that:

    1. Democrats are the ones who want strict gun laws/guns banned or guns confiscated

    And

    2. Democrats are the ones who commit most mass murders and spree kills with guns.
     
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    AGREE!!

    Bill Clinton's Costly Assault Weapons Ban

    "...I remember standing up with this big knot in my stomach, and we’re voting on the assault weapon ban and we win by one vote...."

    "...The political price for passing the ban included the loss of Congress to the Republicans in 1994, endangering Clinton’s agenda, and creating the partisan conditions on Capitol Hill that produced his own impeachment. Even Clinton himself, looking back on the assault weapon ban in his memoir, My Life, concluded that he had likely “pushed the Congress, the country, and the administration too hard.”..."
     
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    Oh yeah, gun control is toxic to the Democratic Party, on a federal and state level:

    Colorado recall election, 2013 - Wikipedia

    so they can keep at it for all I care

    But Germany DOES have school shootings, despite all their gun control. Notice this happened in a Democratic stronghold, seems like they often do. Mass murderers in schools is a very complex problem, many factors are the cause, guns aren't one of them.

    This was Broward County:

    https://nypost.com/2018/02/16/deputies-called-to-suspected-shooters-home-39-times-over-seven-years/

    and all of them "knew" but these people have an instinct to protect the criminal - don't know or care what his political beliefs were, doesn't matter, he had to be aware that he was in a gun-free zone. Maybe some more signs would have helped.
     
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    They probably have every kind of sign except a welcome sign already but your joke is very funny!

    Several people said on the news that they don't have school shootings in Israel anymore. Maybe we need to send a delegation of security experts over there or ask some of their experts to come show us how to do it. This does need to stop once and for all. The Broward County students are not even mourning but are taking to the streets with political action right away--like you say it is Democrat Party politics with them.

    I still agree with Florida Governor Rick Scott that Christopher Wray needs to be fired.
     
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    I have to rely somewhat on FDR's grandfather Delano, who said, Not all Democrats are horse thieves but all horse thieves are Democrats.
     
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    Of course he doesn't have any proof on the second statement. In fact there's proof this is a lie that's been spread by the far-right for a long time.
     
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    Wray resign or fired? Maybe, but he has not been on the job that long to begin to fix the FBI's problems - he took waaaaaay too long to get rid of McCabe.

    the only reason I didn't address post before is that I wasn't sure exactly what you'd seen. Anyways, I will now:

    FACT CHECK: Is This List of Democrat Shooters Accurate?

    libtarded snopes says no but why it never mattered to me is that I think any mass murderer can't really grasp an ideology but I see no contradiction here. I see more of one in people like Al Gore and George Clooney that run around advocating gun control with their well-armed bodyguards 24/7.
     
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    Here in WA State a device is installed to sample the breath after which the car will not start if alcohol is detected.
     
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    Not all Democrats are horse thieves but all horse thieves are Democrats.
     
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    Your so-called "crazy people" have an illness just as real as as cancer or a heart condition. We do need to provide not only better medical care for the mentally ill but we also need to dispel lies about them told by ignorant people like you. The major problem is that many poor people with mental illnesses are sent to state hospitals but aren't given proper care and are released to go back on the street.
     
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    I dealt with these people for years. They are crazy, nutty, 96 and everything else. I was injured in the line of duty three times by these nuts that should have been locked up. When they are a danger to others, they need institutionalized. They get proper care, then go off meds; then get care, then go off meds. It does not work. Institutions worked.
     
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