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1 posted on 05/26/2022 6:58:34 PM PDT by SecondAmendment
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Is this idiot going for the lowest vote total ever?


24 posted on 05/26/2022 7:29:11 PM PDT by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR. Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee.)
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Some needs to kick him in the C’


25 posted on 05/26/2022 7:31:03 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what you get when gullible children run a 'news' channel.)
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Maybe he will ride his skateboard.


27 posted on 05/26/2022 7:44:12 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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He’s a sick SOB!


28 posted on 05/26/2022 7:46:52 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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Interesting to note - the protestors do not fear getting gunned down outside the NRA conference? Why would that be???


29 posted on 05/26/2022 7:56:07 PM PDT by One4Life (It's all about control )
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He should bring Megan Markle with him...the Attention Wh*re Tour.


30 posted on 05/26/2022 7:57:36 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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Breathtakingly stupid Marxist Pendejo, Fake Mexican


32 posted on 05/26/2022 8:19:38 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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Someone just needs to curb-stomp this jerk. Enough with the kid gloves...


35 posted on 05/26/2022 8:54:34 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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Problem with the Right is we are not willing to go to the Wall with the Left as in order to fight these people we have to get in the gutter where they are.


39 posted on 05/26/2022 11:07:37 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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Important indication I just read::::

“Pay attention to the talking points claiming that gun violence is a “public health crisis” and an “epidemic”. This wording is particularly alarming when put in context with the WHO treaty”


42 posted on 05/27/2022 12:45:02 AM PDT by TianaHighrider (God moved David to STAND UP to Goliath ❣)
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Is this buck-toothed, slack-jawed grave dancing ghoul gonna hide under Milano’s armed security detail when confronted?

I hope so, and I hope it gets on video.


43 posted on 05/27/2022 1:23:29 AM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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Here is a simple idea that I think will curb school shootings by loner teenagers and is 100% constitutional:

2nd Amendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Article I Section 8:
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
Federalist #29:
Little more can reasonably be aimed at, with respect to the people at large, than to have them properly armed and equipped; and in order to see that this be not neglected, it will be necessary to assemble them once or twice in the course of a year.
I think that there should be no laws abridging the right to keep and bear arms; that includes 18-year-olds. If they want to change the age to 21 (like with cigarettes and alcohol), then change the age of emancipation to 21 across the board. That means that nobody under 21 can sign contracts, can be called up for selective service, etc.

The federal government lowered the voting age to 18 because they wanted the youth vote, but 18-year-olds won't be allowed to exercise their 2nd amendment rights? If we allow 18-year-olds to exercise the constitutional right of citizens to vote, then 18-year-olds should receive ALL the rights afforded by the Constitution.

Here is my solution:


  1. Based on the points in Federalist #29, require a proficiency certificate for the weapon being purchased to be included in the paperwork to purchase a firearm.
    • If you buy a shotgun, you need a shotgun proficiency certificate for the model or general type being purchased.
    • If you buy a handgun, you need a proficiency certificate for the model or general type being purchased.
    • If you buy a long gun, you need a proficiency certificate for the model or type being purchased.
  2. One proficiency certificate may be used for unlimited purchases of the stated model of weapon, but only for that model of weapon.
  3. The issuance of proficiency certificates will be licensed out to private shooting ranges, similar to how states license private mechanics to do annual automobile inspections.
    • Private shooting ranges will have many types of guns available for rent or purchase. It should not be too much of a burden for a person to go to a range, take a simple class on the use of the weapon, demonstrate proficiency in using that weapon safely, and then receive a legal Proficiency Certificate from a licensed expert at the shooting range.
    • Government agencies will be prohibited from issuing proficiency certificates. We all know how government agencies would slow-walk this kind of paperwork to stop people from getting guns.
  4. Proficiency Certificates will have an expiration date not less than five years (amateur radio licenses must be renewed after 10 years). An expired certificate will not stop someone from legally using their weapon, but no additional weapons of that model or type may be purchased until the proficiency certificate is renewed.

What this solution will do is stop an 18-year-old (or anyone) from simply walking into a sporting goods store to buy several rifles. That teenager will first have to go to a shooting range, meet with the operators of that range, take a simple class, use the weapon on their range, and receive a Proficiency Certificate.

If instructors at the range have doubts about that teenager's mental state, they don't have to issue the certificate. That's a red flag right there. If the instructors don't have doubts and do issue the certificate, all it does is slow down the process and add a third party to the process to observe the character and state of mind of the person seeking to purchase the weapon.

To me, this is no different than flight instructors raising red flags about students who don't want to learn how to take off or land, but just fly in cruising mode. A gun proficiency instructor would similarly look for signs that someone seeking a gun is unstable and alert authorities.

I'm not saying that this is 100% perfect. I can foresee someone going "gun-range shopping" until they find an instructor who is willing to issue the certificate; at least that slows down the process and adds more people into the loop. But I do believe it is constitutional to insert this one step into the process of purchasing a firearm without it becoming a slippery slope to banning guns or building a national gun registry that could be used for door-to-door gun confiscation.

-PJ

44 posted on 05/27/2022 2:15:16 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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"Happy as a Commucrat after a School Shooting!"


46 posted on 05/27/2022 4:59:20 AM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
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The protest will get more attention from the media than the actual speakers.


48 posted on 05/27/2022 5:39:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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