Afghanis build aks over open fires You know nothing John Snow On Jun 15, 2014 6:30 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > We can't control drug producers that are not in this country. Weapons are > much harder to smuggle in. Very crappy comparison. BTW, during > prohibition...the cost of alcoholic drinks skyrocketed. Again...basic econ > 101. Costs of drugs has also gone up as a result of making them illegal. > Pot would cost you a lot less in Colorado and Washington state than it > would > in any other state. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:42 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common sense > gun > laws in the United States > > > Just like drugs and booze > On Jun 15, 2014 4:12 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > If guns were less available publically, the prices on the black market > > would rise well above the ability for most common criminals to be able > > to afford one. Basic economics. If the supply decreases or the > > demand increases, prices go up. Underground manufacturing would not > > even be able to come close to meeting demand, the prices of those > > weapons would skyrocket. > > Again...basic econ 101 crap... > > > > Eric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 11:45 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: RE: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common > > sense gun laws in the United States > > > > > > Libertarians poll around 12% of the population, registered republicans > > higher. > > > > Your 90% number is pulled from thin air. > > > > Which doesn't even get into the notion that background checks will > > somehow fix any of this. It's like Pandora's box in a way. It's > > already been opened. > > > > There are as many guns as people in this country. > > > > If you stopped manufacturing them today, prohibited ownership today, > > the black market would still thrive, and under ground manufacturing would > boom. > > > > This is not this question by the way. > > On Jun 15, 2014 11:30 AM, "Eric Roberts" > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > You missed the actual reason...we have congressional republicans > > > that vote no or block the vote on everything that does not enrich > > > their corporatist masters. Background checks were agreed upon by > > > 90% of the country, yet that couldn't get passed by a congress > > > because congressional Republicans are paid off by the NRA and don't > > > want to piss the NRA off. They can car less if they piss the people > > > off...but they put the kid gloves on when it comes to corporate > > > lobbyists. So I call BS on your statement as a whole. > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 8:33 AM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: Obama's biggest frustration: inability to pass common > > > sense gun laws in the United States > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Rick Faircloth > > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > An ignorant and naive statement by the US President concerning the > > > > madness that is occurring too frequently in the US. > > > > > > > > > > Presented in a sympathetic journal that can't even label their own > > > images correctly (look at the "big red spending" infographic) > > > > > > However, I call BS on the President... because it's not just guns, > > > it's anything on his checklist. He's had to resort to using > > > agencies to advance his agenda (FCC, EPA, BLM, IRS, Border > > > Protection, DoJ) for one of two main reasons (or both): > > > 1. The policy that he wants to push is so far afield of what the > > > American people would accept that even a simple majority in Congress > > > is willing to touch it. > > > 2. The action or policy change he wants to implement runs directly > > > counter to either the Constitution or existing Federal Law. > > > > > > What most Americans, especially our President and members of the > > > Media seem to forget is that the Federal government was designed to be > slow. > > > The Constitution is a document that defines what the government > > > *can* do as well as what it *can't*. > > > > > > The fact that Obama is whining to a left-wing publication about his > > > inability to "get things done" after being in office for 5 years > > > should speak volumes. > > > > > > Until Later! > > > C. Hatton Humphrey > > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to > > > do some smelting to find it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370972 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
