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Gun Control & RKBA

Kang Colby

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6. One point....

Reply to SecularMotion (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 27, 2015, 08:12 AM

Dec 2015

The Brady Act was passed in 1993, and earlier versions had been attempted in the 1980s. Reagan was a huge advocate for the Brady Bill after leaving office. This was six years prior to Columbine.

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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