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as with most laws, some amount of grandfathering will probably be necessary moondog Send a noteboard - 20/03/2013 05:34:57 PM

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There are millions of 15 round clips out there and it would impossible to make them illegal. I think that we should spend more money on mental health but not because it will cut down gun violence.

Then again I am a RINO on gun control issues.


but in canada they have limits on magazine capacity, and people still own and use guns, and the law is pretty well enforced from what i understand. the main thrust of capacity laws is to prevent mass shootings from being quite so deadly, as the thought is fewer shots means more reloading time. but overall, i highly doubt the capacity bill is going to be as easy to pass as expansion of background checks, so this one may be dead in the water as well...

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US Senate Democrats - already cave-in on the gun control bill - 19/03/2013 10:44:55 PM 1442 Views
right wingers are always point out there is no point legislating cosmetics - 19/03/2013 11:52:28 PM 857 Views
Late Term Abortion, Terry Schavio? *NM* - 19/03/2013 11:57:25 PM 420 Views
You know, what you are hoping for will not make any difference whatsoever..... - 20/03/2013 01:07:58 AM 723 Views
"if at first you don't succeed..... fuck it...." - 20/03/2013 04:10:47 AM 732 Views
I can agree with some of what you stated, though I prefer "logical" to "right winger" - 20/03/2013 01:56:34 AM 776 Views
you are correct. i forget sometimes that there **is** some common ground here.... - 20/03/2013 04:19:13 AM 688 Views
There'd be more common ground if anything were ever offered in exchange for concessions - 20/03/2013 02:20:26 PM 730 Views
Ben Franklin said it best... - 20/03/2013 04:14:45 PM 700 Views
interesting how that quote always applies to so many things, isn't it? - 20/03/2013 05:14:30 PM 694 Views
Absolutely - 21/03/2013 12:20:45 AM 758 Views
if there have to be concessions, what do you recommend? - 20/03/2013 05:10:53 PM 812 Views
That would depend, something of equal value - 20/03/2013 09:13:23 PM 708 Views
when very little is being given up, how do we determine equal value? - 20/03/2013 10:31:59 PM 975 Views
Outside of legislature people do it all the time, its called negotiation and bargaining - 21/03/2013 10:53:22 AM 722 Views
Re: Outside of legislature people do it all the time, its called negotiation and bargaining - 21/03/2013 07:16:57 PM 788 Views
Re: Outside of legislature people do it all the time, its called negotiation and bargaining - 21/03/2013 08:53:20 PM 868 Views
some answers - 21/03/2013 10:04:45 PM 1097 Views
Re: some answers - 21/03/2013 11:33:21 PM 874 Views
Re: the NRA - 22/03/2013 07:44:06 PM 720 Views
This is a matter of POV bias - 22/03/2013 09:04:25 PM 652 Views
we will have to agree to disagree then - 22/03/2013 10:12:02 PM 710 Views
I already knew we disagreed, that's why I suggested bargaining - 22/03/2013 11:11:04 PM 704 Views
i am merely taking the NRA at their word(s) - 23/03/2013 12:13:18 AM 647 Views
Re: i am merely taking the NRA at their word(s) - 23/03/2013 02:04:39 AM 909 Views
i am not trying to sway, just come to an understanding - 23/03/2013 03:03:14 PM 868 Views
I think you've actually managed to widen our gap - 23/03/2013 03:53:55 PM 886 Views
yes, because it was a failed attempt to re-boot and start the debate from the beginning..... - 24/03/2013 03:33:05 AM 1072 Views
I've difficulty seeing the point of going back to first principles but I'm willing to try - 24/03/2013 02:13:29 PM 701 Views
this has been more insightful than our previous tit-for-tat responses, actually - 26/03/2013 07:40:27 PM 683 Views
There's always room for reaosnable dialogue - 26/03/2013 10:09:58 PM 958 Views
even so, we are at yet another impasse.... - 26/03/2013 11:37:04 PM 792 Views
Probably, I don't know why that surprises you - 27/03/2013 02:02:54 AM 654 Views
I can see the argument for limiting magazine capapcity but it would be hard to enforce - 20/03/2013 05:11:51 PM 710 Views
as with most laws, some amount of grandfathering will probably be necessary - 20/03/2013 05:34:57 PM 681 Views
It would be a stupid meaningless "feel good" law as changing magazines takes almost no time. *NM* - 21/03/2013 01:05:34 PM 378 Views
I can't argue that - 21/03/2013 06:14:09 PM 718 Views
canada's magazine restrictions are credited with reducing fatalities in a mass shooting - 21/03/2013 07:22:45 PM 787 Views
what is high capacity? - 21/03/2013 11:09:09 PM 678 Views
according to the law, whatever is larger than the legal limit - 21/03/2013 11:31:08 PM 709 Views
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Your specified legal requirements already exist. *NM* - 21/03/2013 02:05:12 AM 371 Views
So what other stipulations would you put into effect? *NM* - 21/03/2013 02:42:53 AM 354 Views
none- I'd simply actually punish criminals instead of trying to "reform" them. *NM* - 21/03/2013 01:13:29 PM 374 Views
Criminals need to be punished AND reformed for their inevitable release back into society *NM* - 21/03/2013 11:58:20 PM 347 Views
I've always been rather partial to the criminal justice system in Heinlein's Starship Troopers novel - 22/03/2013 02:42:09 AM 791 Views
Yeah you're right. Let's just kill everybody who commits a crime - 22/03/2013 02:46:49 AM 724 Views
*NM* - 22/03/2013 10:55:36 AM 377 Views
That's not in Starship Troopers - 22/03/2013 12:51:44 PM 725 Views
Yeah, there was a small number of capital offenses (13 I think), most not specified. - 22/03/2013 05:27:11 PM 696 Views
14 then, he lists stupidity as one in another book - 22/03/2013 07:35:13 PM 734 Views
That's why we NEED to reform prisoners - 22/03/2013 10:33:08 PM 675 Views
It is probably an option we should work harder to develop - 23/03/2013 12:38:33 AM 726 Views
Out of curiosity. Is anyone against background checks at gun shows, and if so, why? *NM* - 21/03/2013 09:38:59 AM 361 Views
Not in principle but somewhat in practice - 21/03/2013 11:25:25 AM 866 Views
For what its worth.... - 21/03/2013 03:13:44 PM 685 Views
Personally, I am worried about criminals with guns. BUT... - 22/03/2013 03:44:47 PM 997 Views
What you are not factoring into your though process is that most criminals feels the same way. - 24/03/2013 12:56:04 PM 994 Views
I realize that can be the case. But... - 25/03/2013 03:32:59 PM 963 Views
Twice I was almost robbed, and my parents were robbed several times. - 26/03/2013 01:35:11 PM 610 Views

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