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Amishman

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5. this, lets at least wait a bit to commit political suicide

Reply to dware (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 6, 2021, 02:54 PM

Jan 2021

besides, even if it was remotely possible to pass even an item or two from that list, very little of what was mentioned would survive legal challenge with the current supreme court.

Some of it, such as a mandatory buybacks or outright confiscation, wouldn't pass 2nd and/or 5th amendment scrutiny with a fair court.

Given what we have seen from the right, and the impossibility to tracking down all the existing guns, I'm not sure I want much more than universal background checks and red flag laws.

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Real Gun Control must be done and done fast [View all] Jason1961 Jan 2021 OP

Love your enthusiasm, but there's no real mechanism to remove every handgun from existence. bearsfootball516 Jan 2021 #1

Unfortunately we'll never get them all Jason1961 Jan 2021 #2

You'll never to get any of them as this would be struck down by the dware Jan 2021 #7

Sure, why not? dware Jan 2021 #3

this, lets at least wait a bit to commit political suicide Amishman Jan 2021 #5

We don't have the political will to do it Spider Jerusalem Jan 2021 #4

It wouldn't get 30 votes BGBD Jan 2021 #6