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Mr. Luddite

On 1/6/2016 2:48 AM, Boating All Out wrote:
In article ,
says...

Your position is an honest one, although a bit simple.
Just don't have guns.

Not true. I have and want the right to own firearms.
But I see nothing wrong with having to jump though hoops to
exercise that right.
A gun demands respect.

The other side of the argument, expressed here by a few,
says that basically *nothing* can be done to reduce gun deaths,
so why bother trying?

Somewhere, in the middle, a reasonable and responsible course
exists. We'll never eliminate crime or murders but it's irresponsible
to not address obvious loopholes or problems with the laws we have.

Hard to get folks to the "middle" when they won't give an
inch. It'll take many more mass murders to move 'em.

Probably and if and when they occur (that really have nothing to do
with background checks and gun purchase loopholes in the laws) there
will eventually be an emotional over-reaction with far more draconian
restrictions ... perhaps even outright bans in many areas ... all
because the NRA and those who worship it won't budge an inch on some
fundamentally basic loopholes.