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When Democrats Push For Universal Background Checks, The Danger Of A National Gun Registry Looms
Townhall ^ | September 21, 2019 | John R. Lott, Jr. and Andrew Pollack

Posted on 09/24/2019 10:41:12 AM PDT by rogerantone1

When it comes to gun control, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: criminals and psychopaths shouldn’t be allowed to get guns. The real question is how to stop them.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; clickbait; cprc; democrats; johnlott; lazyposter; mediabias

1 posted on 09/24/2019 10:41:12 AM PDT by rogerantone1
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To: rogerantone1

When registration happens, it is only a matter of time before the surrender order comes. Registration has no legitimate use as a law enforcement tool.


2 posted on 09/24/2019 10:44:25 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: rogerantone1

Enforce the present laws.


3 posted on 09/24/2019 10:44:46 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: rogerantone1

No, its NOT something everyone can agree on.


4 posted on 09/24/2019 10:49:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: rogerantone1

No, the real question is have Americans become idiotic enough to fall for the old “give up some of your freedoms for the sake of security” con-game.

“Universal Background Checks” are a national gun registry. There is no such thing as a “mandatory buy-back”, there is only confiscation, which is the inevitable result of a national gun registry.


5 posted on 09/24/2019 10:50:10 AM PDT by Junk Silver ("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
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To: rogerantone1

Dems are committed to their causes. They will nullify the 2nd amendment by using indoctrination and incrementalism. It will take time, but they play the long game.


6 posted on 09/24/2019 10:51:03 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: Biggirl; All

Yup. Enforce current laws before creating new criminals with new laws. Today, we reward bad behavior.


7 posted on 09/24/2019 10:55:12 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: rogerantone1

There was a story out a few months ago titled, “Where are all the Guns?” It went on to say that many guns in America have been passed down, usually without an official transfer. Grandpa dies and his guns are given to family members. So in effect, those guns have vanished and I doubt will ever be “registered” if such a law is passed.


8 posted on 09/24/2019 10:55:48 AM PDT by rexthecat
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To: DesertRhino

I have no weapons, I sold my under the parking lot loop hole at the gun show. I needed quick money.


9 posted on 09/24/2019 11:04:25 AM PDT by DEPcom
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To: DEPcom

How about federal voter registration?


10 posted on 09/24/2019 11:33:54 AM PDT by jonose
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To: DEPcom

“I have no weapons, I sold my under the parking lot loop hole at the gun show. I needed quick money.”

Big Brother has no record of you paying sales tax on the transactions.


11 posted on 09/24/2019 11:38:33 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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Eight or nine years ago, the creator of The LawDog Files wrote this still timely piece.

Let's say I have this cake. It is a very nice cake, with "GUN RIGHTS" written across the top in lovely floral icing. Along you come and say, "Give me that cake."

I say, "No, it's my cake."

You say, "Let's compromise. Give me half." I respond by asking what I get out of this compromise, and you reply that I get to keep half of my cake.

Okay, we compromise. Let us call this compromise The National Firearms Act of 1934.

This leaves me with half of my cake and there I am, enjoying my cake when you walk back up and say, "Give me that cake."

I say -- again: "No, it's my cake."

You say, "Let's compromise." What do I get out of this compromise? Why, I get to keep half of what's left of the cake I already own.

So, we compromise -- let us call this one the Gun Control Act of 1968 -- and this time I'm left holding what is now just a quarter of my cake.

And I'm sitting in the corner with my quarter piece of cake, and here you come again. You want my cake. Again.

This time you take several bites -- we'll call this compromise the Clinton Executive Orders -- and I'm left with about a tenth of what has always been MY DAMN CAKE and you've got nine-tenths of it.

Let me restate that: I started out with MY CAKE and you have already 'compromised' me out of ninety percent of MY CAKE ...

... and here you come again. Compromise! ... Lautenberg Act (nibble, nibble). Compromise! ... The HUD/Smith and Wesson agreement (nibble, nibble). Compromise! ... The Brady Law (NOM NOM NOM). Compromise! ... The School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act (sweet tap-dancing Freyja, my finger!)

After every one of these "compromises" -- in which I lose rights and you lose NOTHING -- I'm left holding crumbs of what was once a large and satisfying cake, and you're standing there with most of MY CAKE, making anime eyes and whining about being "reasonable", and wondering "why we won't compromise" as you try for the rest of my cake.

12 posted on 09/24/2019 11:47:05 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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To: rogerantone1

Democrats? Is this in the president’s gun control package? It’s been a busy week.. did I might have missed it.


13 posted on 09/24/2019 11:47:22 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: DEPcom

Most of the Sea level rise attributed to climate change is actually caused by the guns at the bottom of random unnamed lakes where they lie as a result of millions of boating accidents


14 posted on 09/24/2019 12:07:05 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot (I won`t be wronged. I won`t be insulted. I won`t be laid a hand on. - John Bernard Books)
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To: rogerantone1

Yes this why we have to stop universal background checks. There is no way to enforce it without a national gun Registry.


15 posted on 09/24/2019 12:07:24 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD. Count on it.


16 posted on 09/24/2019 12:26:31 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: Biggirl

The present laws are unconstitutional, but I do agree to this point: Demonrats are not in favor of going into their big cities like Chicago and Baltimore and arresting “felons in possession” of guns, because almost 100% of them will be black. Demonrats think that prisons should be filled according to racial quotas, not according to who commits the crimes.


17 posted on 09/24/2019 12:28:23 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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To: rogerantone1

When the Democratss say background checks they mean registration

When they say ban assault weapons they mean all semiautomatic fire arms

When they say sensible gun control they mean confiscation of all fire arms


18 posted on 09/24/2019 12:40:29 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: rogerantone1

I long for a future day when the very idea of putting a person out on the street, while denying that person, under color of law, an otherwise Constitutionally protected means of self defense, is viewed with as much horror as the notion of throwing a paralyzed child into the deep end of a swimming pool without a flotation device.


19 posted on 09/24/2019 2:34:03 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: rogerantone1

I will register my guns after all of the illegals in sanctuary cities are registered.


20 posted on 09/24/2019 6:12:49 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Fascism and socialism are cousins. They both disarm their citizens.)
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