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In reply to the discussion: If a CCW applicant has to take classes and pass tests... [View all]Glaug-Eldare
(1,089 posts)48. To some extent, but as much as anything I mean testimony.
Regular folks coming to Annapolis and explaining why a bill is right or wrong, how it could be made better, how and who will be affected by it, etc. For important issues like gun rights, environmental protection, or public transportation, there are very often genuine grassroots organizations that maintain year-round contact with legislators and their staffs, and they can have a great impact on what gets to committee and what gets out.
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I vote yes, and add that LEOs should have to pass constitutional literacy tests.
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#1
And do you think the legislators all know how to fly planes and how they work?
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#8
Maybe it's like the Manhattan Project and the decision to bomb Hiroshima
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#20
Antigun types tend to not know what they're talking about and/or embrace ignorance
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#18
See? There ya go being confrontational. Lacing your reply with commentary insulting to
flamin lib
Aug 2014
#25
Your post #25 has three problems: 1)I insulted no one- the groups mentioned are...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#62
No, they don't say no one should have guns. You are parroting the NRA which you
flamin lib
Aug 2014
#69
As long as those owners are pre-approved by TPTB, and use only 19th C. technology
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#71
The jibes of the politically ineffectual are more amusing than stinging
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2014
#78
Will you also be willing to apply this system to other dangerous rights, or equipment?
oneshooter
Aug 2014
#89