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In reply to the discussion: FBI Data Show Gun Background Checks Still Undermined [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)44. Hopefully police are doing things that you aren't -- hopefully you are not police wannabe.
CCW are not less likely to shoot people than those who do not carry guns. Nor, are they more law-abiding than those who could qualify for a permit but know they don't need one and that society is better off without a bunch of yahoos walking around with guns.
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Good post. And a good reason to restrict gun sales. The system is broken and dangerous people are
Hoyt
May 2012
#1
It would be wise to update the background check system as was supposed to happen ...
spin
May 2012
#3
Does the concept of FIXING features of our government that are broken have any meaning for you?
slackmaster
May 2012
#24
The NRA, TParty and the gun culture segment that uses guns to intimidate are right wingers.
Hoyt
May 2012
#38
Exactly, right wingers have mobilized TBaggers, NRA types, etc., to pass right wing legislation that
Hoyt
May 2012
#43
You can actually defend yourself without a gun, as the 96+% who do not carry prove every day.
Hoyt
May 2012
#45
So you leave home prepared to shoot some "young punk." How many times has that happened?
Hoyt
May 2012
#58
Sure, but it's hilarious how common that explanation is here in the Gungeon
Electric Monk
May 2012
#71
Potentially they are. Non-toters are obviously much less likely to shoot innocents.
Hoyt
May 2012
#36
Hopefully police are doing things that you aren't -- hopefully you are not police wannabe.
Hoyt
May 2012
#44
YOU, and EVERY CCW, BETTER care what others think. That insular militant attitude, SHOULD disqualify
WingDinger
May 2012
#68
re: "BTW, police shoot innocents many more times than CCW citizens."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
May 2012
#57
"Swearing and personal insults in all most every post may indicate a person with
rl6214
May 2012
#66