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Obama made a move on Gun Control

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    At least .308AP then.

  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    that is a much more reasonable goal.

  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    Bare arms. Basically the right to wear a tank top to show off your sick ass biceps

    They're the only guns I've ever needed.

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    What if we abolished a standing army and relied entirely on civilian militia for national defense

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    What if we abolished a standing army and relied entirely on civilian militia for national defense
    That would be bad

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  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    It would be american.......

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  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    So if Obama does this thing, how likely is it that the repooplicans will just undo it if they get into power?

  • LabelLabel Registered User regular
    So if Obama does this thing, how likely is it that the repooplicans will just undo it if they get into power?

    What I've heard is that since it's an executive order, and not actually a law passed by congress, then it's basically effortless for the next president to simply change the executive order.

    So if a republican wins the white house, then it'll probably be reversed basically immediately.

  • OmnipotentBagelOmnipotentBagel floof Registered User regular
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    I always wonder how the hell anyone really expects to be able to prevent mentally ill people from buying guns unless they have comitted a crime.

    I wonder if they are seriously more comfortable with a government registry of mentally ill people than with a government registry of gun owners.

    They are. Because, you see, they aren't mentally ill.

    Yeah and they weren't terrorists in the early 2000's when we put together the anti-terrorism laws and look where we are now

    If you ask them, they still aren't and really never can be because if they were to rise against the government, it would be a justified action to defend their freedoms just like our forefathers did.

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    Label wrote: »
    So if Obama does this thing, how likely is it that the repooplicans will just undo it if they get into power?

    What I've heard is that since it's an executive order, and not actually a law passed by congress, then it's basically effortless for the next president to simply change the executive order.

    So if a republican wins the white house, then it'll probably be reversed basically immediately.

    I guess he's relying on republicans losing the next election, so it works and they'll just forget about it and will look crazy (uhh... crazier) if they try to revoke it a few years down the line.

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  • HawkstoneHawkstone Registered User regular
    Label wrote: »
    So if Obama does this thing, how likely is it that the repooplicans will just undo it if they get into power?

    What I've heard is that since it's an executive order, and not actually a law passed by congress, then it's basically effortless for the next president to simply change the executive order.

    So if a republican wins the white house, then it'll probably be reversed basically immediately.

    I guess he's relying on republicans losing the next election, so it works and they'll just forget about it and will look crazy (uhh... crazier) if they try to revoke it a few years down the line.

    He isn't relying on anything...he is doing what he can and hoping that the rest down the line works out. It is all he can do, it isn't like he can make it a law unfortunately, and I say that as a owner of several fire arms. I do have to laugh though in my state this stuff was already law and people here are still freaking out. Not even bothering to get educated..they just hear "herp derp gurn contreler" and go all NRA.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    What if we abolished a standing army and relied entirely on civilian militia for national defense

    You have the National Guard already.

  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    Opty wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    I always wonder how the hell anyone really expects to be able to prevent mentally ill people from buying guns unless they have comitted a crime.

    I wonder if they are seriously more comfortable with a government registry of mentally ill people than with a government registry of gun owners.

    They are. Because, you see, they aren't mentally ill.

    Since guns are mentioned in the sarosanct holy document that is The Constitution, trying to compare anything that isn't to guns will just be ignored by them. Alcohol, cars, knives, drugs, mental illness, chocolate with toys inside; anything you can think of they'll just go "Constitution" and consider themselves the winner.

    Are guns mentioned in the constitution? I thought it just talked about arms. Not firearms.

    Weird that the rhetoric never mentions people's right to use blackjacks and brass knuckles...

    It's possible that the gun lobby is a massively corrupting influence on American politics backed by the NRA or old timey street gangs can't organize a Super PAC.

    In fact, brass knuckles are straight up, end-of-discussion illegal.

    EDIT: ...in certain specific states.

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    SimBen wrote: »
    Opty wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    I always wonder how the hell anyone really expects to be able to prevent mentally ill people from buying guns unless they have comitted a crime.

    I wonder if they are seriously more comfortable with a government registry of mentally ill people than with a government registry of gun owners.

    They are. Because, you see, they aren't mentally ill.

    Since guns are mentioned in the sarosanct holy document that is The Constitution, trying to compare anything that isn't to guns will just be ignored by them. Alcohol, cars, knives, drugs, mental illness, chocolate with toys inside; anything you can think of they'll just go "Constitution" and consider themselves the winner.

    Are guns mentioned in the constitution? I thought it just talked about arms. Not firearms.

    Weird that the rhetoric never mentions people's right to use blackjacks and brass knuckles...

    It's possible that the gun lobby is a massively corrupting influence on American politics backed by the NRA or old timey street gangs can't organize a Super PAC.

    In fact, brass knuckles are straight up, end-of-discussion illegal.

    Which is unconstitutional, if you go by the NRA-style interpretation of the 2A.

  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    Last nights town hall in a nutshell:

    Person: why are you making it harder for me to protect myself.

    Obama: are you a felon?

    Person: no.

    Obama: then im not.

    Repeat for an hour.

    Post show interview:

    Jake tapper: what did you think of the president's answer.

    Person: hes trying to make it harder for me to protect my family.

    Then I was so worked up I took a sleeping pill so I could sleep betore work.

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  • HawkstoneHawkstone Registered User regular
    Label wrote: »
    MrMonroe wrote: »
    I always wonder how the hell anyone really expects to be able to prevent mentally ill people from buying guns unless they have comitted a crime.

    I wonder if they are seriously more comfortable with a government registry of mentally ill people than with a government registry of gun owners.

    from the little bit of poking in to it I did yesterday, it seems to be using some pre-existing standards. I think it was "if you're too unfit to be responsible for your own welfare check," and "if you're deemed a danger to yourself and others through some sort of court ruling." (I forget exactly what.) Overall I'm happy with Obama's gun action.



    the town hall thing in Burns was yesterday, there's a couple links to summaries on page 3.

    I would be down with it being a law to temporary seize weapons and ban further purchase if you are currently under a 5150 hold. Then it is in the hands of a court and a doctor and isn't something morbid like keeping lists of people who have any sort of mental illness diagnosis. Then again I am also in the camp that a temporary seizure and ban should be a viable option if you appear on a no fly list and I am emphatically behind not only background checks for the purchaser but also being able to run one for anyone who comes into the store with them....you can do it with beer...why the hell cant you for a gun?

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  • WheatBun01WheatBun01 Face It, Tiger Registered User regular
    I'm pretty bummed out that this wasn't a thing already. In fact, I thought it was!

    I'm glad something is finally happening, and props to Obama for getting something off of his fuckit bucket list.

  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    mxmarks wrote: »
    Last nights town hall in a nutshell:

    Person: why are you making it harder for me to protect myself.

    Obama: are you a felon?

    Person: no.

    Obama: then im not.

    Repeat for an hour.

    Post show interview:

    Jake tapper: what did you think of the president's answer.

    Person: hes trying to make it harder for me to protect my family.

    Then I was so worked up I took a sleeping pill so I could sleep betore work.

    Even if he was doing anything to keep these people from owning guns, which he's not, arghlbbraghle owning a gun does not protect your family in fact it makes your family significantly less safe garhhhgb

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  • Dead LegendDead Legend Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    Butler wrote: »
    Really, the only thing Obama did is sell more guns and make the sellers a ton of profit because they get to benefit from the panic-buying by all the paranoid people who think they're gonna lose their opportunity to buy more guns and ammo even though they probably have a ton stored away.

    Should be fun looking at all the ads over the next few months

    I think (if they're kept) the positives of the orders will outweigh the negatives of people freaking out about them in the long run. But in any case I can sympathise with why Obama did what he did. For eight years he's been POTUS, by many measures the most powerful man on Earth, but he's been unable to stop deluded fuckwad after deluded fuckwad from murdering hundreds of his own citizens, all because an absurdly powerful minority of people would rather preserve their own power fantasies than stop innocent people from dying.

    I'm not complaining because this really doesn't affect me. And for most gun owners, this really doesn't affect them.

    And if I were gonna do a private sale, for the sake of my own sanity, I would pay the extra $20-35 that an FFL dealer would charge to do the transfer and NICS check.

    Which would be a moot point if they had a CHL because all they have to do is fill out the paperwork and they can purchase, no NICS call necessary since they've been fingerprinted and background checked more thoroughly than the NICS incomplete database provides.

    Edit: just so you know where I stand, I think this is fine. I just know the people are raising a stink about it suck.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    I feel for the president.

    Even under the most conservative definition of spree killings by unhinged people, more people have been killed by those during his terms than by terrorism, yet they want nothing done for the former, and mountains moved for the latter.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    I feel for the president.

    Even under the most conservative definition of spree killings by unhinged people, more people have been killed by those during his terms than by terrorism, yet they want nothing done for the former, and mountains moved for the latter.

    white people

  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    There's an article on CNN by Fareed Zakaria stating that white people (and some minorities/immigrants) have been horse fed an image of the world that causes them to drink heavily, do hard drugs, and kill themselves more often than minorities (and immigrants) who did not have this image.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    I feel for the president.

    Even under the most conservative definition of spree killings by unhinged people, more people have been killed by those during his terms than by terrorism, yet they want nothing done for the former, and mountains moved for the latter.

    white people

    Man I wish that was a white person exclusive world view.

  • PwnanObrienPwnanObrien He's right, life sucks. Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    I feel for the president.

    Even under the most conservative definition of spree killings by unhinged people, more people have been killed by those during his terms than by terrorism, yet they want nothing done for the former, and mountains moved for the latter.

    white people

    To this point, Americans are five times more likely to be killed by white people (specifically right wingers) in acts of terrorism.

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  • LabelLabel Registered User regular
    to be honest, Obama's action barely qualifies as gun control action in my mind. it's a very light action. i do think it could have a useful effect on gun violence, too.

  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Which makes it sadder that the right is angry about it.

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    I swear to god, theres a guy who I'm facebook friends with who I've known a very long time. Hes a great dude, but he HATES Obama to the point where 90% of his wall these days is just Memes about how somehow Obama is the worst President we've ever had the most tyrnical dictator whos ever existed. Today he had a god damn scene from a Nazi film where the armbands were replaced with Obamas campaign logo. And even though I unfollowed (not unfriended) Facebook keeps putting his stuff in my feed

  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    I also just have such a hard time with this stuff lately because I've always believed in the power of speech and debate and have some close friends who I've had great conversations with where we have helped form and change each others view points through facts, figures, and sure personal experience. We've been able to understand each other.

    But there are so many people (on both sides, but I don't typically have these conversations with people who agree with me) who I can show facts and figures to and try to have a conversation where I show experts talking about something (Like gun control) and how it might benefit us and they will say "Yes but this picture my aunt sent me on facebook disagrees with your point. Those pollers or statistics are just biased! It says its middle ground or whatever but its not because this website by Jon B. Gunguy says its fake!" and they curl into a ball and hide themselves from anyone who disagrees.

    Sometimes it makes me think, maybe we don't deserve a better world.

  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    I think Obama put it best when he said he's been better for the gun industry than any president to come before him.

    Probably better than all previous presidents combined.

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Hard to convince someone of anything if they are in no way willing to risk losing an agreement. If they aren't willing to take that risk, there's no getting through to them.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I swear to god, theres a guy who I'm facebook friends with who I've known a very long time. Hes a great dude, but he HATES Obama to the point where 90% of his wall these days is just Memes about how somehow Obama is the worst President we've ever had the most tyrnical dictator whos ever existed. Today he had a god damn scene from a Nazi film where the armbands were replaced with Obamas campaign logo. And even though I unfollowed (not unfriended) Facebook keeps putting his stuff in my feed

    Look man I don't want to come off as harsh here

    But that doesn't sound like a great dude

  • HawkstoneHawkstone Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I swear to god, theres a guy who I'm facebook friends with who I've known a very long time. Hes a great dude, but he HATES Obama to the point where 90% of his wall these days is just Memes about how somehow Obama is the worst President we've ever had the most tyrnical dictator whos ever existed. Today he had a god damn scene from a Nazi film where the armbands were replaced with Obamas campaign logo. And even though I unfollowed (not unfriended) Facebook keeps putting his stuff in my feed

    Look man I don't want to come off as harsh here

    But that doesn't sound like a great dude

    I know a lot of people like this...it isn't always about being evil, some of them are just easily manipulated and listen to too much republican radio.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    Hawkstone wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I swear to god, theres a guy who I'm facebook friends with who I've known a very long time. Hes a great dude, but he HATES Obama to the point where 90% of his wall these days is just Memes about how somehow Obama is the worst President we've ever had the most tyrnical dictator whos ever existed. Today he had a god damn scene from a Nazi film where the armbands were replaced with Obamas campaign logo. And even though I unfollowed (not unfriended) Facebook keeps putting his stuff in my feed

    Look man I don't want to come off as harsh here

    But that doesn't sound like a great dude

    I know a lot of people like this...it isn't always about being evil, some of them are just easily manipulated and listen to too much republican radio.

    In my opinion the nazi symbolism is a step beyond the "good but misguided" category. If you truly believe Obama is some sort of tyrant you are incredibly foolish and divorced from reality.

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  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User, Moderator mod
    Butters wrote: »
    Hawkstone wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I swear to god, theres a guy who I'm facebook friends with who I've known a very long time. Hes a great dude, but he HATES Obama to the point where 90% of his wall these days is just Memes about how somehow Obama is the worst President we've ever had the most tyrnical dictator whos ever existed. Today he had a god damn scene from a Nazi film where the armbands were replaced with Obamas campaign logo. And even though I unfollowed (not unfriended) Facebook keeps putting his stuff in my feed

    Look man I don't want to come off as harsh here

    But that doesn't sound like a great dude

    I know a lot of people like this...it isn't always about being evil, some of them are just easily manipulated and listen to too much republican radio.

    In my opinion the nazi symbolism is a step beyond the "good but misguided" category. If you truly believe Obama is some sort of tyrant you are incredibly foolish and divorced from reality.

    Some people legitimately have an opinion that people doing the sorts of things that Obama has done is literal tyranny. A narrow, shortsighted view of tyrrany, yes, but it's still what they actually feel it to be.

    It's very weird and I am not sure if them being truly sincere is depressing or slightly relieving (that they aren't, at their core, awful human beings)

  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    When did it become acceptable to ratchet all opinion of your opposition into the stratosphere, calling them Nazis and Demons? I've heard this from Black people protesting for decades, as well as conservatives for the past ten years.

    If they really are what you say they are, then what is the point of obeying the law and talking? The only way your protests and actions have a good outcome is if your opposition is a decent human being.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    When did it become acceptable to ratchet all opinion of your opposition into the stratosphere, calling them Nazis and Demons? I've heard this from Black people protesting for decades, as well as conservatives for the past ten years.

    If they really are what you say they are, then what is the point of obeying the law and talking? The only way your protests and actions have a good outcome is if your opposition is a decent human being.

    24 hour news cycle

  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    I think Obama put it best when he said he's been better for the gun industry than any president to come before him.

    Probably better than all previous presidents combined.

    I have someone like this too. Except it's a lot of Hillary now. He was completely gung-ho for Carson, until he died out, and is now all about Cruz.

  • LabelLabel Registered User regular
    at this point i'm loath to call that sort of thing news


    speaking of which, does anyone have any news sources here on the net they respect? most of the ones I was reading have faded away, i'm looking for some new ones.

  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User, Transition Team regular
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Just watched Biden talk on CNN.

    I've never heard him talk before, but he's really fucking eloquent. Like, sheesh.

    Let's get a Bernie Sanders/Biden ticket going. That'd be impressive.

    Uncle Biden is pretty great.

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