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galen  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: June 12, 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting, discussion

    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  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·  

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

galen  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·  

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

johnnyFive  ·  2872 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  ·  2872 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's fair then.