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Comment Re:..or without a background check? (Score 1) 310

Why that condition? Do you honestly believe that the moment the general populace is disarmed, armed government officials will start shooting people left right and center? That every civil liberty you have will be trampled underfoot?

I don't think that anyone suspect *that* scenario to play out but it's a bad idea to give the government a monopoly on force. The level of that government's corruption has a proportional relationship with the danger.

LK

Comment Re:..or without a background check? (Score 3, Insightful) 310

That's not necessarily true.

I can pass a background check. I have passed a lot of them.

I still understand how someone could like the idea of the government not having a record that they own a gun.

BTW, that's what opposition to "Universe Background Checks" is about. It would create a backdoor registry.

LK

Comment Re:..or without a background check? (Score 1) 310

Well yes, Captain Obvious. Facebook would be within its rights to block firearm discussions, included in that would be sales.

Do you think they want to open that can of worms?

They have to do a little math. Will they lose more users by keeping the current policy or by imposing a new one?

This isn't just Zuckerberg's plaything anymore. There are investors to whom they must answer.

LK

Comment Re:Solution - Face-saving way out (Score 1) 482

What part of the constitution allows parents to compel their children not to get vaccinated (or to get vaccinated, for that matter)? If we're going to talk about this in terms of individual freedom, shouldn't we consider the individuals actually affected?

The Tenth Amendment.

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Any other questions?

LK

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