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Republican pushes gun show bill (VA)
Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | January 15, 2007 | NA

Posted on 01/16/2007 10:28:37 AM PST by neverdem

A Fairfax Republican will carry this year's version of a measure that would close the so-called gun show loophole in Virginia.

State Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, R-Fairfax, is sponsoring the bill that gun control advocates contend would close what they call a loophole that allows people to buy firearms from unlicensed dealers without a background check at gun shows. Similar measures have died in past legislatures -- last year, a proposal pushed by state Sen. Henry L.Marsh III, D-Richmond, died in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee.

Davis described her bill "as not about taking away anybody's Second Amendment rights" but a "commonsense bill."

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1 posted on 01/16/2007 10:28:40 AM PST by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Yet another turncoat Repubby


2 posted on 01/16/2007 10:29:59 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT (In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
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To: neverdem
'Pubbies are useless.

And yet I keep voting for them...
3 posted on 01/16/2007 10:31:12 AM PST by LIConFem
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To: LIConFem

I used to as well.... past tense.


4 posted on 01/16/2007 10:32:02 AM PST by Leatherneck_MT (In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
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To: Leatherneck_MT
I still do... I just don't feel so good about it these days.

What I wouldn't give for a viable third party.
5 posted on 01/16/2007 10:33:58 AM PST by LIConFem
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To: LIConFem
'Pubbies are useless.

And yet I keep voting for them...

Admitting to your problem is half the battle! ;)

6 posted on 01/16/2007 10:34:09 AM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite
LOL!! Know any good 12-step programs??

;o)
7 posted on 01/16/2007 10:34:50 AM PST by LIConFem
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To: neverdem

Federal law does not currently regulate private firearms transactions-it's NOT a loophole. This is just more liberal Newspeak, like 'Saturday Night Special' or 'assault weapon'.


8 posted on 01/16/2007 10:36:26 AM PST by Spok
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To: LIConFem
'Pubbies are useless. And yet I keep voting for them...

Why?? How many so-called "turncoat" Republicans does it take to convince conservatives that Republicans - from Lincoln through Bush II - never gave two s**ts about freedom and rights. You can't call anti-gun (and other anti-Bill of Rights) Republicans traitors or turncoats if they're the rule rather than the exception.

9 posted on 01/16/2007 10:39:49 AM PST by Freedom_no_exceptions (No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
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To: Freedom_no_exceptions
"Why?? "

Because I'm one of those idiots who still insists that the 'Pubs are the lesser of two evils. My perception still hasn't caught up with reality. Either that, or I'm being intellectually dishonest with myself.
10 posted on 01/16/2007 10:42:43 AM PST by LIConFem
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To: LIConFem

RINO Anonymous? ;)


11 posted on 01/16/2007 10:43:19 AM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
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To: neverdem
so-called gun show loophole

At least they used the correct phrase, "so-called". The entire gun show connection is a farce and smokescreen to obscure the real question:

"Should it be legal for a private individual to sell a firearm to another private individual?"

Obviously for most of us here the answer is a absolute yes, as it applies to any other piece of private property and our personal privacy in what we can or should be able to do with it.

Anytime somebody asks me about this 'loophole' crap I ask them directly what they believe about the private sale of guns. There is no difference, only location.

There is no difference in the 'loophole' question from the banning of private sales. It's only location.

12 posted on 01/16/2007 10:43:39 AM PST by kAcknor (Don't flatter yourself.... It is a gun in my pocket.)
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To: Freedom_no_exceptions

Let's not forget Ronald Reagan endorsing the Brady Bill and signing the "Make it financially impossible for any normal person to buy a machine-gun commerce act of 198?"


13 posted on 01/16/2007 10:44:35 AM PST by RayStacy
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Works for me! Maybe I should start a NY chapter. I wonder if Bloomie would consider lending his name to the effort?


14 posted on 01/16/2007 10:44:41 AM PST by LIConFem
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

"Pubbie's Anonymous"???

"Hi, my name is Steve..."

[all] "Hi, Steve"

"I've been Pubbie free for...ahhhh...2 months now..."

[applause]


15 posted on 01/16/2007 10:45:26 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: neverdem

I guess I've never really concentrated too much on it...But what exactly is the "loophole" they keep talking about???

This has been going on for years now...


16 posted on 01/16/2007 10:46:44 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: neverdem
RINO. When you hear "gun control" and "common sense" in the same breath, you have a leftist gun grabber.
17 posted on 01/16/2007 10:48:04 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: neverdem
Davis described her bill "as not about taking away anybody's Second Amendment rights"

What part of "shall not be infringed" does this RINO not understand?

in-fringe (ĭn-frĭnj')   
v.   in-fringed, in-fring-ing, in-fring-es

v.   intr.
To encroach on someone or something; engage in trespassing: the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

18 posted on 01/16/2007 10:53:41 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgences of society's understanding.)
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To: neverdem

"Guns are like, bad and stuff. They fire those nasty millimeters."

19 posted on 01/16/2007 10:54:56 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: neverdem
Does anybody remember "Red Dawn"?
When the enemy took over a town, they went to the gun registration lists to get most weapons.
20 posted on 01/16/2007 10:56:47 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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