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friendly_iconoclast

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2. As is typical, you left out certain ...inconvenient... parts:
Sat Jan 16, 2016, 12:19 AM
Jan 2016
But to Delbert, the President’s other executive actions won’t do much. Delbert said smart gun technology will be expensive and leaves room for potential electronic malfunction and criminal hacking.

He added requiring every gun seller at gun shows to have a license and conduct background checks goes after the wrong people.

“The overwhelming majority of firearms that end up in the hands of the criminal, and are ultimately used in crimes, are coming from 1. Stolen guns and from 2. What is called a straw purchase. Having somebody who is legally able to buy it, buy the gun and give it to person who’s not," he said.

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