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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,669 posts) Sat Sep 12, 2015, 12:31 PM Sep 2015

Is it just me or is anyone else mystified on why... [View all]

...one guy who became a felon for writing a bad check for maybe $900 can be excluded from owning a gun but another guy who became a felon through securities fraud involving 5 to 50 times more money has no issues at the gun store?

There just seems to be a disconnect here.

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Is it just me or is anyone else mystified on why... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 OP

1%ers rule.....and some here want to give them even more power. ileus Sep 2015 #1

Daniel Webster on power discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #4

yep, money talks Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #2

Yep, Terry McAuliffe virginia mountainman Sep 2015 #8

Who is it? Link? yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #3

One percenters mostly discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #5

There's nothing in there about "securities fraud". n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2015 #6

IIRC SEC violations have been covered discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #7