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Cory Booker proposes national license for all gun owners
AP ^ | May 6, 2019 | Elana Schor

Posted on 05/06/2019 6:52:39 AM PDT by C19fan

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is pitching a sweeping gun control agenda with more than a dozen specific elements, marking his second policy rollout in three weeks as he looks for a breakthrough moment in the crowded 2020 primary. The New Jersey senator's plan to curb gun violence centers on the creation of a national license required for all firearm owners, which would include an interview and mandatory completion of safety training. A summary released Monday by Booker's campaign says among the other elements of the gun control platform are universal background checks for gun buyers and the reinstitution of a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity firearm magazines.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020; 2020demprimary; badabing; badaboom; banglist; booker; gardenstate; guns; newjersey; nj; potus
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To: Fred Hayek

If constitutional rights can be subject to a Federal licensing scheme, why not have a Federal license for journalists, which can only be obtained after proper training and an interview to assure the applicant’s objectivity.


61 posted on 05/06/2019 7:36:44 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: RaginRak

Spartacus should be forced to obtain a license to run for office.


62 posted on 05/06/2019 7:38:02 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: rktman

It’s cute that they think anyone is going to comply with their dictats. They don’t believe in the rule of law, they don’t believe in equality under the law, or any other bedrock principle.

They DO of course, believe everyone should follow whatever nonsense they pull out of their ass. Go to hell.


63 posted on 05/06/2019 7:40:03 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: C19fan

The Constitution is the license. The Declaration Of Independence is the bail if they try arresting


64 posted on 05/06/2019 7:40:19 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (“Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts.”)
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To: T-Bird45

Uh, gentleman?


65 posted on 05/06/2019 7:40:20 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman
Oops, mistook him for Cory Booker.


66 posted on 05/06/2019 7:41:34 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: C19fan

The goal is to take guns from honest, law-abiding, non-violent people and leave them in the hands of violent criminals so they can waltz right in and take what they want from their “oppressors.”


67 posted on 05/06/2019 7:41:52 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Envisioning

CONgress——CONvict———


68 posted on 05/06/2019 7:42:52 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Once the criminals have all registered their guns the Government can seize them and there will no more violence in the society. There will be a victory parade with fairies mounted on unicorns


69 posted on 05/06/2019 7:50:09 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: rktman

“Uh, gentleman?”

Using the term as it is used in the legislative halls where words mean nothing.


70 posted on 05/06/2019 7:50:46 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: C19fan

If only these idiots would read the Constitution first, it would save the country time and money.


71 posted on 05/06/2019 7:52:28 AM PDT by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: C19fan
"Cory Booker proposes national license for all gun owners"

Like anyone with two brain cells to rub together would apply for one. Talk about painting a target on your back. Sheesh!

72 posted on 05/06/2019 7:52:49 AM PDT by Desron13 (You may choose to ignore reality but you can't force reality to ignore you.)
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To: T-Bird45

:-) Got it.


73 posted on 05/06/2019 7:54:58 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Cory Booker is an ignorant asshat. He’s probably never heard of Haynes vs United States.

Because of Haynes vs United States, his national license proposal, even if passed, will never apply to convicted felons who are not legally permitted to own a firearm. Only people who are legally permitted to own firearms can ever be prosecuted under such a licensing scheme.


74 posted on 05/06/2019 7:55:28 AM PDT by sonjay
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To: C19fan

Yeah, that’ll stop the gangbangers.


75 posted on 05/06/2019 7:55:48 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: C19fan; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ...

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FReepmail me if you want to be added to or deleted from the list.

More 2nd Amendment related articles on FR's Bang List.

76 posted on 05/06/2019 7:57:43 AM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)
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To: C19fan

Hey there, Spartacus, I saw what you said and have something to say in return: the Constitution specifically says that, “...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” How does that square, logically or legally, with forcing us to get (and, of course, pay for) a license to exercise those rights? You know the answer, we know that you know it.

Additionally, we know WHY you’re proposing this kind of a law - to register every gun owner, and their guns, and to gradually make it so expensive to own guns that most won’t...and that’s actually your goal, isn’t it? To either make it too burdensome to own guns...or, in the final analysis, to seize guns from ordinary citizens.

So much for “shall not be infringed” under a Democrat. ANY Democrat.


77 posted on 05/06/2019 7:58:17 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: C19fan

I agree that all Democrats and minorities should register their weapons. Caucasians and Republicans should be exempt.


78 posted on 05/06/2019 8:05:00 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: C19fan
I propose, or, in leftist politician words, "DEMAND!" that people in Congress get no perks that the average workers don't get. When we you do that, then we promise to stop laughing at all your stupid ideas. And we'll stop saying you look like a caveman. Deal?

79 posted on 05/06/2019 8:08:42 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: C19fan
Want to cut gun crime?

Make ANY gun crime a FEDERAL offense

Punishable by TEN YEARS mandatory prison time.

Any problem? RIGHT...politicians with no cajones.

80 posted on 05/06/2019 8:08:57 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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