(08-29-2018, 06:24 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(08-28-2018, 02:41 PM)EricC85 Wrote: That's just not true the last speaker of the house Nancy Pelosie went on record a while back that if she could she would round up and confiscate every last firearm. 

Im not disagreeing this guy should've been flagged I'm just pointing out the statement that confiscation is not the end motive or result of most legislation is incorrect. I for one never want to live where only the state is armed. 

The landing is a gun free zone obviously laws didn't stop this nut job.

Even the most liberal politicians of any influence over the past two decades have publicly conceded numerous times that they realize they can't pull off any legislation that involves confiscation and many have plainly said "we're not coming for your guns." 

I find it odd how often this is ignored or twisted.

 I'm sure Pelosi has some "ideals" involving confiscation, but if asked point blank about the goals of specific legislation, even she would likely concede that confiscation is a fairy tale. Because it is a fairy tale. Gun ownership is too embedded in our constitution to allow for such legislation. The government coming for your guns is just something you're being told to fear by the gun lobby. And many folks, including my family and friends,  are all hook, line and sinker swallowing that crap.  I find it truly odd.

Just read a study from YouGov that said 82% of self-identified democrats favor banning semiautomatic weapons (almost all of them), and 

Pelosi, Feinstein, Biden, Cuomo, Clinton, Schumer, etc. etc. have all expressed interest in an outright ban or a ban on semiautomatic rifles. This doesn't include politicians that have shown unfettered support for the gun control protests that often ask for full confiscations. This isn't an isolated issue among certain democrats. This is a widely held view, and people like Clinton openly admit that she has a public view and a private view.

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