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04-09-2013, 10:46 AM #21
It's not semantics. It's admitting this is a multi pronged problem and one can't look solely at background checks or even gun control to fix the problem.
Or do you think health care and mental health in the US is satisfactory?
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04-09-2013, 11:03 AM #22
No, I don't think that any one thing is a fix to the problem. Stiffer gun laws only affect those who abide by the law. Stiffer background checks only work if the reporting system is infallible. There are flaws in every facet of the problem which is why I argue that more gun laws and stricter gun laws do not fix the problem.
My honest opinion is that the best way to target gun related deaths in America is a hardcore assault on the illegal gun trade. Extremely stiff penalties for trafficking, owning or selling an illegal gun would be a nice start. A HUGE chunk of the gun deaths in our country are perpetrated by gangs which use illegal guns. Stifling the illegal gun trade would hurt their cause immensely.
And no, the health care system in our country is far from perfect, but if those diagnosed with mental disorders were entered into a database then the VA Tech shooting and Aurora theater shooting would not have happened (at least not with legally purchased guns). That is a step in the right direction IMO.
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04-09-2013, 04:19 PM #23
I assume this is to my post. I think it's a question and would be a hypothetical argument based off of those answers, but I'd rather discuss the topic than definitions.
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04-09-2013, 04:27 PM #24
I don't think anyone would do that or even bring up to do that, but just used that as an example. I'm in no way advocating that either. It was just a hypothetical example of questioning where lines for background checks could be moved.
I actually agree with you that not every felon needs to be kept from owning guns. I can see an argument for violent felons, but like you say, insider trading or embezzling are felons. I don't think that people who pay for those crimes are any more dangerous to own a gun than others for the most part. To my knowledge felons aren't allowed to have guns currently. Is that too strict to just make a blanket call like that? Seems to be at first glance.
I would not agree that people should have to take tests to prove mental stability. Wasn't point on the post. Just bringing it up for discussion.
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04-09-2013, 05:15 PM #25
If we have to have background checks for guns can we have photo id's for voting?
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04-10-2013, 09:22 AM #26
Violation of the 24th amendment
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04-10-2013, 09:32 AM #27
Oh no! We can't have that. The current regime only wants to restrict the rights of conservatives. Requiring photo ID might prevent someone from voting for a liberal so they fight that tooth and nail.
I read it over and over. Still can't find where it says anything about photo ID in the 24th amendment...
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04-10-2013, 09:43 AM #28
Last time I checked state IDs and driver's liscence cost money which the state collects. Making someone purchase an item from the state in order to vote is akin to a poll tax which is a violation of the 24th amendment.
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04-10-2013, 09:53 AM #29
Oh I see. A turtle has legs, legs are used for walking, birds walk, therefore birds are turtles.
A poll tax is a fee charged at the polling location to cast a vote. An ID is used for many things like cashing a check, renting an apartment, proving who you are when the police ask for proof of ID, etc. Unless these people are sitting around in a vegetative state for 2 years between elections, they already have an ID. That is a copout. The only reason liberals fight voter ID is because their platform is so weak they can't win unless they get criminals and illegal aliens to vote for them and protect the criminal act of people voting multiple times.
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04-10-2013, 10:01 AM #30
Why was the purpose of asking for a photo ID anyway? Where was all the rampant voter fraud that you conservatives speak of. I know of cases of voter itimidation that the republicans pretended didn't exist but where's the voter fraud that would have been solved by forcing everyone to present an ID?
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