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DanTex

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4. Guns and civil rights have nothing to do with each other.

Reply to badtoworse (Reply #3)

Wed May 15, 2013, 09:41 AM

May 2013

I would happily trade the "right" to be able to buy a gun with no background check or paper trail in order to reduce illegal gun trafficking and cut down on gun violence. The right to life is much more important than some fictional right to unchecked gun purchasing.

I'm curious what you actually think the government is going to do with the background check paper trail. Care to spell out the paranoid fantasy?

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Letter To Sen Ayotte: "Please, you are supposed to work for us-not the gun industry fronted by NRA" [View all] kpete May 2013 OP

Many gun owners do not want background checks that tie the individual to a specific gun... badtoworse May 2013 #1

Yes, many gun owners are paranoid nutjobs. We know. DanTex May 2013 #2

Yes, and many here will naively jeopardize their civil rights by trusting a government... badtoworse May 2013 #3

Guns and civil rights have nothing to do with each other. DanTex May 2013 #4

I can think of two things they could do: Tax guns or confiscate them badtoworse May 2013 #5

Yeah, I don't agree with Scalia on much. But I'm not surprised that you seem to be a big fan. DanTex May 2013 #6

I am very concerned about the current level of gun violence badtoworse May 2013 #7