Comments on: Feinstein’s gun ban draft https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:37:05 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22471 RobVG Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:46:44 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22471 I want the 1994 ban reinstated. I want to see gun shows shut down. I also want to see a requirement that the private sale of all guns be run through a federally licensed gun dealer. I want the 1994 ban reinstated.
I want to see gun shows shut down.
I also want to see a requirement that the private sale of all guns be run through a federally licensed gun dealer.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22470 RobVG Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:35:02 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22470 Well, if you have a source that contradicts mine I'd like to see it. n/t Well, if you have a source that contradicts mine I’d like to see it. n/t

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22463 bowser Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:23:06 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22463 Besides, mortars don't kill people. Neither do weapons of mass destruction. Smallpox doesn't kill people. People kill people. We should ask ourselves. Do we want to get rid of people, or guns? Actually, there is no national will to stop these massacres. They are an acceptable price for people with poor self-esteem to prop up their feelings of inadequacy and vent their hostility toward those they perceive to be stronger. A massacre every few days is a small price to pay to help those people feel adequate to cope with the world. According to them. Besides, mortars don’t kill people. Neither do weapons of mass destruction. Smallpox doesn’t kill people. People kill people.

We should ask ourselves. Do we want to get rid of people, or guns?

Actually, there is no national will to stop these massacres. They are an acceptable price for people with poor self-esteem to prop up their feelings of inadequacy and vent their hostility toward those they perceive to be stronger. A massacre every few days is a small price to pay to help those people feel adequate to cope with the world. According to them.

]]> By: MaryAnne https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22460 MaryAnne Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:27:10 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22460 Original sources, even Senate and Congressional bills which are full of unnecessary verbiage, are always superior to the Cliff Notes. I will say that an advocacy group is not a bad place to get analysis, as long as you get an equal and opposite analysis from another advocacy group on the other side. It's entertaining, in fact, and gives one an opportunity to see on what points, if any, there's already agreement. Original sources, even Senate and Congressional bills which are full of unnecessary verbiage, are always superior to the Cliff Notes.

I will say that an advocacy group is not a bad place to get analysis, as long as you get an equal and opposite analysis from another advocacy group on the other side. It’s entertaining, in fact, and gives one an opportunity to see on what points, if any, there’s already agreement.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22459 alcaray Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:22:25 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22459 About point #1: Do you know the provenance of that "draft" on which they gave their considered advice. I'd really like to do "the reading and analysis" (and judgement on whether that "draft" actually has something to do with what will be offered on the third). But that's not possible since they did not provide it. About point #2: Seriously? You think an advocacy group is the best place to get analysis? One that wants to turn our schools into armed camps? About point #1: Do you know the provenance of that “draft” on which they gave their considered advice. I’d really like to do “the reading and analysis” (and judgement on whether that “draft” actually has something to do with what will be offered on the third). But that’s not possible since they did not provide it.

About point #2: Seriously? You think an advocacy group is the best place to get analysis? One that wants to turn our schools into armed camps?

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22455 TB Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:24:31 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22455 That's not what they said, Robert. That’s not what they said, Robert.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22454 Robert Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:11:46 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22454 Yeah, the NRA isn't a crazy source for an analysis of any proposed gun regulation. Sure. Fair and balanced, too. Yeah, the NRA isn’t a crazy source for an analysis of any proposed gun regulation. Sure. Fair and balanced, too.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22453 TB Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:40:17 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22453 That was a lot easier than actually reading the analysis, wasn't it? That was a lot easier than actually reading the analysis, wasn’t it?

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/12/31/feinsteins-gun-ban-draft/#comment-22452 alcaray Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:26:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.net/?p=29372#comment-22452 1) wait for the legislation to be put up in a few days(and you actually have that version to kick around), and 2) go to a less crazy source for your analysis. 1) wait for the legislation to be put up in a few days(and you actually have that version to kick around), and
2) go to a less crazy source for your analysis.

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