What happened to liberals pushing gun control?

[Sallow]

Almost all effective firearms can kill people

all cars can kill people too, and we regulate those

As I have noted previously, I am -all- for treating guns just like we do cars.
You, likely, are not.

That's responsible.

Cool.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way in the rest of the country. The only reason to make a handgun is to kill someone.

Or to shoot targets. Or to hunt.
Never mind that killing someone, not target shooting or deer hunting, is the entire reason we have the right to arms.
So..... what's your point?

 

[M14 Shooter]

I can't speak for others but I'm a leftist and I think a lot of us just became pretty strict Constitutionalists over the last decade or so.

That remaisn to be seen, and in many cases is completely not the case, but it is, at least in some cases, plausible. Good response.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Liberals were too busy trying to keep the economy that Republicans fucked up from going completely down the tubes

Really. Explain the utter lack of any such attempts 1994-2001.

Other than that, your bigoted, partisan rant is, well, nothing more than a bigoted, partisan rant.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I think the state of the economy concerns has overridden most social issues.

Remember that we're talking about the period of time since 1994.

 

[jillian]

What happened to liberals pushing gun control?

At one point, they pushed it rather strongly. Nowadays its hardly ever brought up.

If the anti-gun crowd is so right, if their argument is so sound – why pull back from the issue?

Well, as the wife of a gun owning lib whose son takes trap shooting lessons with his dad, I think the answer is...

THE COURT DECIDED THE ISSUE. Not a lot to discuss.

D'uh.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I have 2 knives for personal protection at home. A bayonet given to me by a Vietnam vet..and a throwing knife..which I can use quite well. I'd rather those..then guns.

If faced with an attacker armed with a gun, you're woefully underarmed.

 

[M14 Shooter]

all cars can kill people too, and we regulate those

As I have noted previously, I am -all- for treating guns just like we do cars.
You, likely, are not.

That's responsible.
Cool.

I'm glad you like it!


Remember:
-You do not need a license to own a car.
-You do not need a license to drive a car on private property.
-You do not need a license to transport a car on public property.
-You only need a license to drive a car on public property.
-You do not need to register a car to own it.
-You do not need to register a car to drive it on private property
-You do not need to register a car to transport it on public property.
-You only need to register a car to drive it on prublic property.

So...

To treat guns like cars, the only licenseing and registration requirement would be for those used on public property.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Well, as the wife of a gun owning lib whose son takes trap shooting lessons with his dad, I think the answer is...
THE COURT DECIDED THE ISSUE. Not a lot to discuss.

Heller was in June 2008.
What explains the lack of activity 1994-2008?

 

[rightwinger]

Since 1994, there's been no major federal initiative by liberals for increased gun control.
Why do you suppose that is?

16 years?
We are talking about today.

No... we're talking about since 1994.
To that end, I havent seen your effective response.

You need to read your own thread pal

 

[rightwinger]

As I have noted previously, I am -all- for treating guns just like we do cars.
You, likely, are not.

That's responsible.
Cool.

I'm glad you like it!


Remember:
-You do not need a license to own a car.
-You do not need a license to drive a car on private property.
-You do not need a license to transport a car on public property.
-You only need a license to drive a car on public property.
-You do not need to register a car to own it.
-You do not need to register a car to drive it on private property
-You do not need to register a car to transport it on public property.
-You only need to register a car to drive it on prublic property.

So...

To treat guns like cars, the only licenseing and registration requirement would be for those used on public property.

Or carried on public property or roads

 

[bodecea]

What happened to liberals pushing gun control?

At one point, they pushed it rather strongly. Nowadays its hardly ever brought up.

If the anti-gun crowd is so right, if their argument is so sound – why pull back from the issue?

Well, as the wife of a gun owning lib whose son takes trap shooting lessons with his dad, I think the answer is...

THE COURT DECIDED THE ISSUE. Not a lot to discuss.

D'uh.

Isn't this turning out a bit like the Emperor's Clothes? The OP is finding out that the "They are Going to Take our Guns!" mantra was fantasy all along?

 

[M14 Shooter]

Or carried on public property or roads

That's covered under 'trasnported'. No license/registration requirement.

 

[M14 Shooter]

16 years?
We are talking about today.

No... we're talking about since 1994.
To that end, I havent seen your effective response.

You need to read your own thread pal

If you dont have a sound response to the issue put forth here, you should simply choose to not respond.

We're talking about since 1994.
To that end, I havent seen your effective response.

 

[jillian]

What happened to liberals pushing gun control?

At one point, they pushed it rather strongly. Nowadays its hardly ever brought up.

If the anti-gun crowd is so right, if their argument is so sound – why pull back from the issue?

Well, as the wife of a gun owning lib whose son takes trap shooting lessons with his dad, I think the answer is...

THE COURT DECIDED THE ISSUE. Not a lot to discuss.

D'uh.

Isn't this turning out a bit like the Emperor's Clothes? The OP is finding out that the "They are Going to Take our Guns!" mantra was fantasy all along?

that's true of most of their nuttiness.

 

[M14 Shooter]

The OP is finding out that the "They are Going to Take our Guns!" mantra was fantasy all along?

Strawman.
The question asks why the liberals have 'stopped pushing gun control', not 'stopped trying to take away our guns'.

 

[WillowTree]

What happened to liberals pushing gun control?

At one point, they pushed it rather strongly. Nowadays its hardly ever brought up.

If the anti-gun crowd is so right, if their argument is so sound – why pull back from the issue?

Well, as the wife of a gun owning lib whose son takes trap shooting lessons with his dad, I think the answer is...

THE COURT DECIDED THE ISSUE. Not a lot to discuss.

D'uh.

Isn't this turning out a bit like the Emperor's Clothes? The OP is finding out that the "They are Going to Take our Guns!" mantra was fantasy all along?[/QUOTE]

Ya think? Didn't we learn of a man in New Jersey who is spending 7 years in prison because he had unloaded, broken down guns in the trunk of his car?

I think we did.

 

[rightwinger]

Or carried on public property or roads

That's covered under 'trasnported'. No license/registration requirement.

Afraid it is not. If you have access to it, if it is loaded, you are using that baby

 

[jillian]

Ya think? Didn't we learn of a man in New Jersey who is spending 7 years in prison because he had unloaded, broken down guns in the trunk of his car?

I think we did.

so are you saying that the o/p is a lie?

 

[jillian]

The OP is finding out that the "They are Going to Take our Guns!" mantra was fantasy all along?

Strawman.
The question asks why the liberals have 'stopped pushing gun control', not 'stopped trying to take away our guns'.

you know that doesn't make sense, right?