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Habitants87 said:
Again, if Americans don't care about gun violence(complete inaction after Sandy hook) it's time to stop caring about these mass shootings.

Sandy hook was the best chance for significant change, and nothing came of it.

This shooting is nothing in comparison. Sad as that is. But it's just the way it is.
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Best chance of significant change may have to be when a nursery/daycare with 3-month olds get shot up, I hope to God it won't.....but that's all that's left, it will only a matter of time.
 
Sal_Butera said:
Best chance of significant change may have to be when a nursery/daycare with 3-month olds get shot up, I hope to God it won't.....but that's all that's left, it will only a matter of time.
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true, elementary schools, high schools, colleges and universities have all been hit,,,

hell so have churches including an Amish church.
 
Maybe a shooting of Canadian tourists in Seattle? J/k. I don't think anything will change it. Regardless, the odds of being the victim of such a shooting in a country of 300 million are beyond tiny so it's nothing to too much sleep over. Just saying.

See, we're all numb to it. Unfortunately.
 
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XPOFAN said:
What is the loophole you often hear about regarding gun shows?
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Yeah I've also heard much mentioned about a loophole with gun shows. Not that the following can be perceived as being fully accurate but here are some highlights of the Wiki page on it;



Gun show loophole is a political term in the United States referring to sales of firearms by private sellers, including those done at gun shows, and within the secondary market.[1] The loophole refers to a perceived gap in the law with regard to sales or transfers of firearms between private citizens.[2] The concept may also be referred to as the Brady Law loophole and the private sale loophole. Under federal law, private-party sellers are not required to perform background checks of buyers to verify that the buyer is not prohibited from possessing a firearm. Private sellers are also not required to record the sale or ask for identification. Federal law prohibits private individuals from selling a firearm to a resident of another state, or to someone they know, or have reason to believe, is prohibited from owning a firearm.[3] Gun laws in the United States by state determine where the gun show loophole exists in addition to federal law. As of September 2015, 18 states and Washington, D.C. do require background checks for some or all private firearm sales.[4] This is in contrast to sales by gun stores and other Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders, who are required by federal law to perform background checks of all buyers, and to record all sales, regardless of whether the sale takes place at a gun show or not.
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Generally, gun control advocates want to extend background check requirements to private sellers.[tone] Gun rights advocates say there is no loophole, and believe any federal law requiring background checks for sales of secondary market firearms between private citizens, whether at gun shows or not, would exceed the government's authority, be a prelude to gun registration, and endanger gun owners' Second Amendment rights
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Seven gun show loophole bills were introduced in the U.S. House and four in the Senate between 2001 and 2013, but none were passed
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_show_loophole
 
Krustchev said:
Maybe a shooting of Canadian tourists in Seattle? J/k. I don't think anything will change it. Regardless, the odds of being the victim of such a shooting in a country of 300 million are beyond tiny so it's nothing to lose sleep too much sleep over. Just saying.

See, we're all numb to it. Unfortunately.
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that is probably true, the chance is small but it is quite a bit higher in your adopted land than anywhere else in the western world. BTW, what kind of arsenal do you have in your gated community?
 
I would never own a gun and I don't live in a GC, as I've told u before. In fact, I live right across from a not great neighborhood in the city.
 
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It's been pretty well documented in the Dallas Morning News - a liberal paper - that the entire episode was a hoax orchestrated by this idiot kid's family. They should all get Iranian-style justice. Just saying.
 
Krustchev said:
It's been pretty well documented in the Dallas Morning News - a liberal paper - that the entire episode was a hoax orchestrated by this idiot kid's family. They should all get Iranian-style justice. Just saying.
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Yep, so quick to bring him to the palace yet no one really looked into it. Still don't understand why Osama got involved.
 
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