"Senate Dems introduce 'assault weapons' ban bill on 205 gun models"

[friendly_iconoclast]

18. "No more compromise" I was waiting for the "no loaf is better than half a loaf" crowd to show up

I'll repeat this, for yours and others' benefit:

Democrats do not have the votes to pass this all on our own, and the last time something like it
*was* passed, we promptly lost the next Congress to the Republicans

Thank you for demonstrating yet again that gun control advocacy (like all puritanical movements)
is a hotbed of both false consensus effect and fascistic tendencies:


https://www.democraticunderground.com/126213599#post4

...I'm beginning to swing to the only way to prevent 40-50 deaths a year is to just say 'fuck it, take 'em all and round up the people that don't comply'.

That's what happens when one side refuses to compromise on legal, constitutional changes to the law. The push the other side to equally outrageous solutions...

"Darn those pesky gun owners for making us act out a brownshirts' wet dream!"

And then there's this, from one of hosts of the other group:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/126212396

Expanded background checks to include local police departments needs to be implemented in order to identify social misfits even though they have no criminal record.

Also:

How did

...(D)ecades of discussion with those who have in depth knowledge about firearms...

lead you to post clangers like:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/126211810

These guys were making suppressors (aka silencers which really don't silence and only serve the purpose of making your gun longer...

and

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=146846

Actually that statement is correct. While there many regulations effecting guns,
they are exempt from product safety regulations. Gun makers cannot be sued for producing a defective, unsafe product. Examples would be the Remington 700 safety that caused the gun to fire when the "safety" was disengaged

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=146863

Not true- Remington has been sued many times over defective rifles

http://www.cnbc.com/id/39554936

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/idaho-lawsuit-is-latest-claim-against-remington/

http://helenair.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/class-action-lawsuit-filed-in-montana-against-remington-arms/article_6211a22e-ce36-11e2-b81b-0019bb2963f4.html

Class-action lawsuit filed in Montana against Remington Arms

June 06, 2013 12:00 am • By EVE BYRON Independent Record

A class-action lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Montana against gun manufacturer Remington Arms Company, claiming that it knew since the 1940s that its Model 700 rifle had a faulty mechanism that allowed the gun to discharge without a trigger pull, but failed to notify the public of the defect.

This lawsuit, filed by Richard Ramler on behalf of Eric Huleatt and Allen Bowker, is different than previous lawsuits filed in the state because it’s not focusing on allegations that the plaintiffs were seriously injured or killed by their gun’s misfiring.

Instead, Ramler writes that Remington knew the Model 700 rifles were defective, yet the company failed to warn people who purchased the weapon, failed to remedy the situation and required gun owners to pay a fee for both shipping and a replacement trigger once they notified Remington of the defect...

You do your cause no favors by spreading untruths...

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Ignorance really *is* strength with you lot..