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bobclark86

(1,415 posts)
7. Sure, you can't ban handguns...
Thu Mar 21, 2013, 01:54 PM
Mar 2013

...until a couple new SCOTUS members are seated.

Until then, though, there's stuff we can do to limit handgun access: Safe storage, background checks, registration (which has been the case in NY for the last century... nope, they've not been all rounded up yet ), establishing requirements getting rid of the all-too-common pot-metal semi-autos like the Hi-Points, Jennings and Phoenix Arms of the world (like the ATF's import restrictions), etc.

Oh, and big-ass magazine limits. Sure, reloading can be fast if you train a lot, but its one more place for someone to screw up (Aka Tucson).

This is all crap we can shame at least some of the NRA-sponsored twits and their ilk into doing. Remember, Kirsten Gillibrand used to be one, and Gabby Giffords asked the SCOTUS to overturn the handgun ban in D.C. v. Heller...

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My NRA bullsheet meter strikes again. [View all] graham4anything Mar 2013 OP
What are you referring to? dkf Mar 2013 #1
Huh? Can you be a bit more...specific, I guess? jmg257 Mar 2013 #2
Handguns BainsBane Mar 2013 #3
Resgistratio of ALL handguns safeinOhio Mar 2013 #4
Exactly. It's too bad nobody is talking about this. DanTex Mar 2013 #6
Before these recent rampage killings BainsBane Mar 2013 #9
In Nevada, premium Mar 2013 #10
Sure, you can't ban handguns... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #7
I'm all for that BainsBane Mar 2013 #8
We await the translation of your post into English but not holding our breath. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #5
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