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johnnyFive  ·  3083 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: June 12, 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting, discussion

    Basically I'm saying don't take further amendment off the table.

That's fine, and that's how it should work. But in the meantime we can't pretend that it doesn't exist because we don't agree with it.

    I'm just saying guns can be regulated, which is what Obama suggests.

I was referring to his statements about the no-fly list versus gun purchasing.





snoodog  ·  3082 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    That's fine, and that's how it should work. But in the meantime we can't pretend that it doesn't exist because we don't agree with it.
This was also my point before I got muted into oblivion. I'm glad there are other sane minds out here that agree with this point.
galen  ·  3083 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    But in the meantime we can't pretend that it doesn't exist because we don't agree with it.

Not suggesting we should.

    I was referring to his statements about the no-fly list versus gun purchasing.

A type of regulation?

johnnyFive  ·  3083 days ago  ·  link  ·  

But a regulation based on free speech and association. You know, the kind guaranteed in by the First Amendment?

galen  ·  3083 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not tryna defend the specific suggestion. Just saying don't discount regulation only because it's regulation.

johnnyFive  ·  3083 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm definitely not, and don't think we should (discount all regulation, that is). But all I was saying before was that the specific things Obama suggested were not what we should be looking at.

galen  ·  3083 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's fair then.