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Gun Control Reform Activism

Sancho

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3. Yes, a permit to purchase might open the door - so that a step in the right direction.

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 14, 2015, 12:14 PM

Jul 2015

There needs to be a "check" at every point of use - from buying to borrowing to whatever.

Virtually all the killers were will known to family, friends, therapists, teachers, law enforcement, etc. BEFORE they committed murder or suicide. Almost all were not stopped from easy access to guns.

If you extend "carry permits" with training, permits to purchase, etc...you eventually end up with a universal permit which I call a license.

Right now, even crazies (like Zimmerman with multiple public reasons that he should not have a gun) still obtains one.

I agree, the GOP won't move on this unless there are too many voters that they can't ignore it (like confederate flags).

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When Washington State passed I594 that required background checks [View all] flamin lib Jul 2015 OP

Which is, again, why a person possessing a gun should have a license! Sancho Jul 2015 #1

The permit to purchase being floated in Congress now would be a flamin lib Jul 2015 #2

Yes, a permit to purchase might open the door - so that a step in the right direction. Sancho Jul 2015 #3