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Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
A liberal lock on common sense.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago
A key common sense solution to a corporate lock out of sanity.
mickey1339
said, 5 months ago
There was a reason Obama spoke harshly about congressmen voting their conscience, appealing to them to ignore the 20 million dollars the NRA spent lobbying both sides of the aisle. Those gun control people only stimulated their conscience with 4 thousand dollars. His legislation is getting a lukewarm reception amongst many in his own party. Money talks, plus for those many liberal congressmen (in both chambers) who are facing reelection in 2014, their record on gun control will be widely publicized when they are campaigning. Elections have a tendency to carry more weight than appeals to conscience. Aren’t politics wonderful?
cdward said, 5 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Common sense would dictate that we look around and see what others are doing and then emulate those with low gun death rates. Let’s see now… What are they doing? Oh yeah! Very strong gun regulation coupled with very good public mental health services, public education and public health care. Those are things they ALL have in common. And yes, though Switzerland had lots of guns, they are rigidly regulated.
Nos Nevets said, 5 months ago
If speech were more restricted and controlled, one life may be saved because people couldn’t lead others astray.
If searches and seizures didn’t need warrants, we would be safer.
If we could force people to confess, we could get more criminals off the street.
If we controlled access to guns generally, fewer people would be hurt by guns.
We willingly trade Safety for more Freedom with the other enumerated rights, but the 2nd amendment?: remove all rationality.
Doughfoot said, 5 months ago
An efficient and loophole-free system of background checks will not infringe on anyone’s right to self defense. Stronger rules on armor-piercing bullets will not prevent you from protecting your family. A more robust system for identifying people with mental disorders will not subvert the constitution.
Banning “assault weapons” is more problematical. It is rather like banning pornography or sports cars. A gun is a collection of components. Gun owners can modify their own weapons. Gun makers can skirt around whatever rules are made. It’s just not that simple.
olfart said, 5 months ago
@ Nos Nevets
Did you just learn to cut and paste? Spam.
Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago
As a senator, O voted against EVERYTHING he demands today.
Stray9999 said, 5 months ago
Canada has more thorough restrictions on weapons ownership. Compare the homicde rates in the capital city of Ottawa: population 812,135, 7 homicides (1 for 116,019). Washington D.C.: population 5,582,170, 88 homicides (1 for 63,434). In other words, you are twice as likely to get murdered in Washington D.C. Now either the restrictions are effective, or Americans are more violent. Which is it?
Omnius said, 5 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Only a moron like Miss Ima would misinterpret the cartoon, it’s the corrupt and cowardly NRA and republicans who have a trigger lock on common sense.
GreggW
said, 5 months ago
Because it’s full of b.s.
GreggW
said, 5 months ago
@cdward
Switzerland unlike the U.S. conforms in effect to the second amendment IN ITS ENTIRETY.
GreggW
said, 5 months ago
@Stray9999
You’re actually comparing the city of Ottawa with the Washington Metropolitan Area not the city itself: population 632,323. Metro Ottawa, called the National Capital Region, has a population of 1,451,415.
Godfreydaniel said, 5 months ago
Actually, pornography was never banned, it was obscenity that was (and is) banned, though of course the ban is purely theoretical these days.
ARodney said, 5 months ago
Obama’s proposals are hugely popular among the American people. Not that that ever mattered to the GOP.