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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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3. No, it's not.

Reply to SecularMotion (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 27, 2015, 01:45 AM

Dec 2015

The push was for universal registration of guns and gun owners. That failed. Read the article.

The GCA only restricted mail order sales, required licensing of dealers, and created the categories of "prohibited persons." That was far less than was originally envisioned.

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JFK assassination sowed seeds of failure for gun-control efforts [View all] sarisataka Dec 2015 OP

this is totally not true.. Massachusetts pushed and set in place hard gun control measures juxtaposed Dec 2015 #1

Yes, it's bullshit SecularMotion Dec 2015 #2

No, it's not. Straw Man Dec 2015 #3

The article is blatant RW gun lobby propaganda. SecularMotion Dec 2015 #4

I thought it was all just NRA talking points discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 #5

One point.... Kang Colby Dec 2015 #6

Thanks for catching that error SecularMotion Dec 2015 #7

No problem. n/t Kang Colby Dec 2015 #16

Ronald Regan is a gun controlers hero. davepc Dec 2015 #15

less of a response to but rather gejohnston Dec 2015 #8

Are all facts you do not like sarisataka Dec 2015 #9

"Or is encyclopedia.com also RW propaganda?" DonP Dec 2015 #10

It was the source of the article sarisataka Dec 2015 #13

A simple question. Straw Man Dec 2015 #11

...that with either be ignored or talked around friendly_iconoclast Dec 2015 #12

Strange, I thought the '68 Act was passed to "keep guns out of the hands of blacks..." Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #14