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Gun Control & RKBA

LAGC

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3. To be fair, the author supports universal background checks and regulating guns "like cars."

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 12:08 AM

Jan 2016

He just thinks we should stop focusing on distractions like so-called "assault-weapon" ban and unrealistic magazine limits.

More of a "public health" approach rather than "guns are scary so lets ban them all" instead.

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NYT: Some Inconvenient Gun Facts for Liberals [View all] LAGC Jan 2016 OP

Important paragraph, here... Wilms Jan 2016 #1

It's sort of hard to seriously describe the antagonizing as "inadvertent" Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #6

I have the same quibble. Wilms Jan 2016 #7

The fact that the author keeps sneering at "liberals" shows what a worthless piece this is. Warpy Jan 2016 #2

To be fair, the author supports universal background checks and regulating guns "like cars." LAGC Jan 2016 #3

Re that final paragraph: Were you interviewed for that piece? Eleanors38 Jan 2016 #5

Imagine being a battered spouse for a moment.... Kang Colby Jan 2016 #4

A big wet kiss for the NRA---from the Sunday NYT opinion section. Paladin Jan 2016 #8