Senate overcomes filibuster, votes to open debate on gun bill

danarhea said:

Actually, you are wrong on that point. I know from real life. I got my .25 Beretta at the gun show held at the George Brown Convention Center, right here in Houston. Here's the deal. Gun dealers do need to do the background checks at gun shows. Individuals do not.

Note: I would like to see background checks strictly enforced. However, if that comes at the expense of banning certain weapons, then I am not in favor of this bill.

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So, you are admitting your original post was incorrect.

iguanaman said:

Like they all didn't know that.
It's just like Rand Paul telling black history students that the NAACP was started by Republicans. They think they are being smart and come off as ignorant hicks. I have nothing against them except when they try to be "smart".

I'de really like to do something about the fellas that come down here to Fl. and load their trunks up with guns and sell them in every major city in the North but no..... that's too big a market I guess.

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Hate to break this to you, but Rand Paul was correct.

What were you saying about "ignorant hicks"?

Gill said:

Hate to break this to you, but Rand Paul was correct.

What were you saying about "ignorant hicks"?

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So You don't think those black history students knew that either? LOL Of course it's true. Paul acted like he was surprised they knew it. Just like you

Catawba said:

Here's how it works:

A Private gun dealer knows that he can advertise guns on sites like Armslist and other internet sites for gun buyers and bypass the requirement of FFL dealers to perform a background check. So all this "private" dealer has to do is arrange for him or someone to meet the buyer and exchange a gun for cash, no questions asked.

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Please, please, PLEASE, PLEASE tell me you do NOT believe "universal background checks" will prevent this hallucinated scenario! BTW, this "private gun dealer", where is he getting his guns?? Also, if he's going to this extreme to sell a gun, the transaction is already ILLEGAL, count on it.

danarhea said:

No - We do NOT have background checks at gun shows, or sales on the internet. This bill would close both of those loopholes. As for your idiotic ad hom attack, this thread is not about me.

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When's the last time you bought a firearm at a gun show??????????????? PLEASE don't tell me about the law. Are you an exhibitor at a gun show? Do you hold an FFL???

As per the internet, when's the last time you BOUGHT a gun over the internet??????? Again, don't make statements that are inaccurate. Low information voters are great at same.

iguanaman said:

So You don't think those black history students knew that either? LOL Of course it's true. Paul acted like he was surprised they knew it. Just like you

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Based on the revisionist history taught at today's universities, I would not be at all surprised if they did not know it. In any case, certainly doesn't hurt to remind them of the facts.

Gill said:

So, you are admitting your original post was incorrect.

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Nope. My original post is about background checks being needed at gun shows. My last post says that, at this time, INDIVIDUALS are NOT required to do background checks at gun shows. What don't you understand about that?

Reading is fundamental.

iguanaman said:

After 20 years we will finally be getting a vote on significant gun legislation. The NRA juggernaut is weakening and we will hear from the people instead.

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LOL. The Senators being the people. If anything the House is the people since the represent the proportionally the US population.

cpgrad08 said:

LOL. The Senators being the people. If anything the House is the people since the represent the proportionally the US population.

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Let me see...

1) An overwhelming majority of the population wants background checks.

2) Background checks will never pass the House. The House leadership has said so.

Nice representation..... NOT!

I really really dislike the way filibusters are used to stifle discussion. In fact, I really don't like them being part of the process at all. I like them as grand gestures, where the person actually gets up and talks for the whole time. Those bring attention to the issue and can get people talking about it. The recent filibuster by Rand Paul was actually really good. But then it's time to discuss and vote. Hopefully public opinion can then reach out and inform the way the vote will go. But mechanisms to make congress not do anything... I really don't like that. So I'm glad that this discussion can take place.

For the most part, I agree with Danarhea's positions. The point is to keep the crazies and the crooks from getting weapons. The point is not to strip legal gun owners of their rights or property. That means some regulation, and requiring documentation and process of gun transactions is a good way to do that. It means that the sane, law abiding citizens can still buy guns, and the crazies and crooks can't. I don't see a downside.

danarhea said:

Nope. My original post is about background checks being needed at gun shows. My last post says that, at this time, INDIVIDUALS are NOT required to do background checks at gun shows. What don't you understand about that?

Reading is fundamental.

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That's odd. I could have sworn your original post said "No - We do NOT have background checks at gun shows". And then you change and say that dealers at gun shows DO have to perform background checks.

Guess you're right and I can't read....... or maybe you can't write clearly...... or maybe you were just plain wrong the first time.

Gill said:

That's odd. I could have sworn your original post said "No - We do NOT have background checks at gun shows". And then you change and say that dealers at gun shows DO have to perform background checks.

Guess you're right and I can't read....... or maybe you can't write clearly...... or maybe you were just plain wrong the first time.

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You know damn well what I meant.

And another troll goes on my ignore list.

danarhea said:

You know damn well what I meant.

And another troll goes on my ignore list.

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No, all I know is what you write. When you make a post, then follow with another contradicting the first, it's not my fault.