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For those of you who support gun control
Please call your senators and put pressure on getting this legislation passed. It's so sad how much it's been diluted down (expanding background checks as opposed to universal background checks, etc) but if you feel as strongly as I do about gun control legislation, please call. The senators threatening a filibuster so this doesn't even get a vote should be ashamed of themselves. It, at the very least, deserves a vote. At the very, very least.
Re: For those of you who support gun control
p.s. I wish the idea that gun owners bear responsibility (to varying degrees) for crimes resulting from their guns would gain more traction. I found a good article on this topic:
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Right. Failure to keep your arms safeguarded or out of irresponsible hands should be a crime in my opinion, especially if it results in harm or death. Gun owners talk all the time about being "law-abiding citizens" and "responsible gun owne
Well speaking as a law enforcement officer, if I allow someone access to my weapon you better believe there will be hell to pay for me. It baffles my mind that people who claim to be such responsible law abiding gun owners have a problem wit
You're right, the proposal is for both criminal and civil penalties. Why don't you think it would help to prevent another tragedy? I thought responsible gun owners were law abiding citizens. The proposed law is aimed at encouraging re
I'm a liberal and I don't hate the NRA. I don't particularly enjoy its leadership at the moment but that's another story. While I do think it's admirable that the NRA encourages responsible gun ownership, I think laws on the books (and enfo
The whole definition of a criminal is someone who doesn't follow the law so not sure what that is all about.
I know CA will confiscate guns from people who obtained them legally and have since had a conviction...but if you're a law-abiding