BamaD
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ORIGINAL: BamaD Nancy Pelosi has said that all combat veterans should be banned from owning guns do to possible psych problems. Really REALLY??? RREALLLY?????????? you couldnt get anything MORE wrong if you tried. Bloody hell talk about screwing facts up. and you wonder there is so little credibility for your posts Senator Dianne Feinstein, referencing a proposed amendment exempting veterans from her bill banning assault weapons: SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN: If I understand this, this adds an exemption of retired military. As I understand our bill, no issue has arose in this regard during the 10 years the expired ban was in effect and what we did in the other bill was exempt possession by the United States or a department or agency of the United States. So that included active military. The problem with expanding this is that, you know, with the advent of PTSD, which I think is a new phenomenon as a product of the Iraq War, it’s not clear how the seller or transferrer of a firearm covered by this bill would verify that an individual was a member, or a veteran, and that there was no impairment of that individual with respect to having a weapon like this. So, you know, I would be happy to sit down with you again and see if we could work something out but I think we have to– if you’re going to do this, find a way that veterans who are incapacitated for one reason or another mentally don’t have access to this kind of weapon. Fucking DUH Your quote carries a presumption that veterans are sick people, if they shouldn't have assault weapons then they shouldn't have guns, or for that matter cars knifes or fertilizer period.
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Government ranges from a necessary evil to an intolerable one. Thomas Paine People don't believe they can defend themselves because they have guns, they have guns because they believe they can defend themselves.
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