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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:36 AM Original message |
What if Obama's healthcare law required every American to buy a gun? How'd you feel about that? |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. actually - wasn't tehre a community a few years back that said all residents must own a gun? |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Kennesaw, Georgia |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. is it enforced? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. No it wasn't and isn't enforced. Also it wasn't the federal govt. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. Was the mandate put in the health care bill for this reason |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. How would it be a posion pill? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Simple question - poison pill allowing states to challenge it |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That makes sense. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. A mandate that levied a tax |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. What if freedom of speech was forbidden instead of carrying a concealed weapon? |
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Chorophyll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. Aren't we required to buy car insurance? nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Only if you own a car. Some people don't own cars. nt |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Only if you drive it on a public roadway. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thanks for the clarification. nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. No. You have many choices that don't involve buying car insurance. n/t |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. Do I get a tax credit if I already own one? NT |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. A ridiculous analogy -- especially coming from a federal judge! |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. What is ridiculous about it? Even IF SCOTUS finds it Constitutional it is a good challenge. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Comparing mandatory health insurance to forcing people to own a gun IS ridiculous. |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. I will not see the validity |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. without insurance |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. If it's a law Obama wanted then I'd be for it. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Ya got that right! |
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brewens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
14. The gun would be the Republicans idea of insurance for poor |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
15. Well, there was the Militia Act of 1792, which required just that |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. Hmm... it might cut down the time I spend in the waiting room. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. or make the waiting room twice as crowded |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'd buy gun company stock |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. So did you buy health insurance stock? n/t |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I wouldn't want to make money off people's misery! |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. Seems to me in the beginning America did require every able bodied man to buy a gun |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. However the Congress didn't use the commerce clause to make it Constitutional. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. i'll own a gun when they place it in my cold dead hands |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'd buy a flintlock rifle and store it in the closet. n/t |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
34. We are already required to buy guns |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. +1 |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. Worried we're spiralling into some hellhole like Switzerland? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. So we would end peoples misery by shooting them? Sounds like a plan! |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. There once WAS a LAW that had a mandate to buy a gun - see below |
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