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Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.

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Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 21, 2019 at 4:48 pm (This post was last modified: August 21, 2019 at 4:49 pm by Brian37.)
(August 21, 2019 at 4:41 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(August 21, 2019 at 4:17 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I wish that surprised me, but unfortunately it does not.

I may have mentioned in this thread before, in debates with my late Republican mother  whom was a lifetime teacher, to which we disagreed on everything, the one thing we did agree on is that both of us thought it was  BAT SHIT INSANE to arm more in a public school.

Nonsense! More guns always make things better.  Tut Tut

You got my peanut butter stuck in my chocolate! You got my chocolate stuck in my peanut butter! 

Greedy assholes got reality stuck in their greed.
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 22, 2019 at 2:40 am (This post was last modified: August 22, 2019 at 2:40 am by A Godzilla fan.)
A red flag law would be ripe for abuse
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 22, 2019 at 5:46 am
(August 22, 2019 at 2:40 am)Atomic Monster Wrote: A red flag law would be ripe for abuse
Slippery slope argument.
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 22, 2019 at 5:47 am (This post was last modified: August 22, 2019 at 5:55 am by onlinebiker.)
(August 22, 2019 at 2:40 am)Atomic Monster Wrote: A red flag law would be ripe for abuse

True.


They should - but likely won't put in provisions to punish anyone filing a report for revenge.

I suspect those will actually be the majority.
(August 22, 2019 at 5:46 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(August 22, 2019 at 2:40 am)Atomic Monster Wrote: A red flag law would be ripe for abuse
Slippery slope argument.

Says a dink that would be the first on his block to turn people in - because he doesn' t like them....
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 22, 2019 at 7:27 am
(August 22, 2019 at 5:47 am)onlinebiker Wrote:
(August 22, 2019 at 2:40 am)Atomic Monster Wrote: A red flag law would be ripe for abuse

True.


They should - but likely won't put in provisions to punish anyone filing a report for revenge.

I suspect those will actually be the majority.
(August 22, 2019 at 5:46 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Slippery slope argument.

Says a dink that would be the first on his block to turn people in - because he doesn' t like them....

Practically anything that involves having certain people being putting on lists literally at the discreation of the government is something I'm weary of as well. I recall people wanted to post maps of gun owning households and have that information on file. There are more ways than one that could have been abused.
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 22, 2019 at 7:55 am
We were at 291,000,000+ people in the 2000 census IIRC. That means the total number of crazies is about double what it was in 1960. Keeping tabs on them is a bad idea? (Blanket statements about anything is just lazy thinking.)
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 23, 2019 at 9:26 am
If everything worked the way the right sells on firearms, nobody would be bitching and we would not have the level of firearm violence we do. It is that simple.
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 23, 2019 at 10:44 am
Until 5-30 Good Guys with Guns open fire in a crowded bar because one of them saw what looked like a gun.
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 23, 2019 at 10:50 am
(August 23, 2019 at 10:44 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Until 5-30 Good Guys with Guns open fire in a crowded bar because one of them saw what looked like a gun.

The only thing that stops a corporate lobbyist are the sane.
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RE: Why Red Flag Laws Won't Work.
August 23, 2019 at 11:04 am (This post was last modified: August 23, 2019 at 11:06 am by onlinebiker.)
(August 23, 2019 at 10:44 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Until 5-30 Good Guys with Guns open fire in a crowded bar because one of them saw what looked like a gun.
^^^^^^^

This is what life looks like when you think the Rambo movies are a documentary of your life as a master ninja...


You think up ridiculous, unlikely scenarios.
(August 23, 2019 at 10:50 am)Brian37 Wrote:
(August 23, 2019 at 10:44 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Until 5-30 Good Guys with Guns open fire in a crowded bar because one of them saw what looked like a gun.

The only thing that stops a corporate lobbyist are the sane.

English much?
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