• dan1101@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Same. I realize the politicians voting against gun rights are almost all Democrats, but the NRA needs to quit being political and stick to the topics instead of demonizing half their potential membership.

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      8 months ago

      Shit, or work with the Dems and Republicans to make reasonable gun legislation that everyone can support, for example the gun show loophole IMO.

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        8 months ago

        The “gun show” loophole is the “I want to sell my gun to someone who isn’t a firearms dealer” loophole.

        Terming it a gun show loophole makes legislators go after gun shows as if dealers are selling firearms there to anybody without a background check.

        It also leads into legislation like the recent proposal for preventing non-dealers from turning a profit on gun sales( many guns increase in value over time, discouraging private sales in general)

        What most people can agree on is universal background checks for private sales, but because of weasel words the conversation is poisoned.

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          8 months ago

          Yeah, I call it the gun show loophole because that’s the common phrasing, but I see your issue with the phrase. Do you have a preferred name for it?

          I personally still think any gun sale should be facilitated through an FFL whether directly or as a third party for the purpose of background checks being done.

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      8 months ago

      Let it burn to the ground at this point. Other organizations can take up the mantle in a less shitty way.