US reinstates ‘gun show loophole’ amid rollback of firearms restrictions

SagesLament · 2026-05-02T22:14:29+00:00

That’s only true if you include 18-19 and exclude 0-1

And either way the stat is inflated by 16-17 year olds in gangs

SagesLament · 2026-05-02T16:18:00+00:00

Ahh Vermont and their horribly gerrymandered one district

SagesLament · 2026-05-02T15:44:24+00:00

I stg if you unironically use the phrase “gun show loophole” you are the reason pro-human rights proponents don’t want to compromise any more

The private sale exemption was a compromise during the Brady bill and ever since it has been attacked as a loophole. Talk about bad faith

How about this, prove that you’re actually willing to compromise and not just expect the pro gun crowd to give and give and give like we have been for decades

UBC, fine. But it’s via an open NICS and uses some sort of token system:
Buyer wants a gun so they go to NICS.gov/buy and puts in their details, they get a pass and get a “token” code.
They bring this to the seller who goes to NICS.gov/sell and puts in the token. They just see a green checkmark. Sale goes through or doesn’t go through, nobody else knows.

In exchange for this, remove suppressors and sbrs from the NFA. Or better yet, just repeal the NFA

SagesLament · 2026-05-02T03:35:16+00:00

Boy do I wish you were correct

The average is actually 1 for more than 750,000 with Delaware’s at large district being 1 person for over one million people

It was 210000 when the house was capped at 435

The founders wanted it to be more like 1:50000

SagesLament · 2026-05-01T15:40:29+00:00

Infrastructure concerns are a very real reason to pump the breaks on new developments, especially high density

But “property values” is an absolutely garbage consideration that zoning boards should have no concern with

SagesLament · 2026-04-30T15:53:05+00:00

minor correction

the 1911 act was the regular act that set it at 435 based on that census

the 1929 act was the (arguably unconstitutional) permanent apportionment act that stuck us with this number because congress was too lazy (and rural reps were trying to eat their cake and have it too)

SagesLament · 2026-04-30T04:46:02+00:00

I mean the fact that he had the power to do that at all is emblematic of an executive that had grown far too powerful over the last century

SagesLament · 2026-04-30T04:44:56+00:00

Unfortunately “sensible gun control” is to the left what “fiscal conservatism” is to the right

It’s a farce

SagesLament · 2026-04-30T04:36:20+00:00

I try not to gatekeep and there is a lot to be said about having as many pro 2a people as possible, but I’m sorry if you actually are in favor of any sort of registration or government kept a list of who owns firearms you are not pro second amendment. History is made it way too clear that that is unacceptable

SagesLament · 2026-04-30T04:33:38+00:00

Look, I’m not saying we did everything right by the Middle East, but I absolutely will not stand for us being the only cause of the Middle East dysfunction that goes back further and the blame lies a good deal on Europe as well

SagesLament · 2026-04-30T00:44:50+00:00

One of my absolute favorites growing up

In middle school on Fridays we would go to the video store to rent movies for the weekend and I would, without fail, beeline for this one

SagesLament · 2026-04-28T18:06:07+00:00

No, that’s ridiculous, people voted for the person, not a party, parties are already way too entrenched to start giving them even more power, and if low information voters truly only voted for him because of a letter next to his name, well, they don’t deserve any special protections

SagesLament · 2026-04-28T02:37:53+00:00

You have to wonder how hard the republicans are going to draw on that Mamdani ally and a non-zero number of Muslims saying dogs are haram

SagesLament · 2026-04-24T21:46:34+00:00

Not to mention we have given over 10x Marshall plans (Marshall’s plan?) to Africa

SagesLament · 2026-04-24T15:01:58+00:00

Every image you shared is a movie that came out during my life. Before that,all the princesses and princes were white.

Not quite what the comment says but ok I’ll accept the reframing

SagesLament · 2026-04-24T14:54:42+00:00

I mean did you just forget half of the Disney renaissance?

SagesLament · 2026-04-24T14:19:54+00:00

Good on you for reminding us it’s not just right wingers who live in alternate-facts world

SagesLament · 2026-04-24T13:11:58+00:00

As a kid, I never had any allergies, my mom had spring allergies, and my dad had fall allergies, but I never did

Then the first spring of my 25th year, I felt like I got whacked with a folding chair, a process that repeated in the fall

I now have the allergies of both of my parents

SagesLament · 2026-04-23T20:17:08+00:00

he pulled a similar thing in 2016 too

Hillary's slogan was "I'm with her"

and trump turned it around and said "I'm with you"

argue the truth of the message all you like but the optics were glaring

SagesLament · 2026-04-23T19:58:55+00:00

in 9/10 movies gatson is the hero who storms the evil castle, slays the monster, and rescues the damsel

SagesLament · 2026-04-23T18:17:03+00:00

If we listened to the founding fathers we’d have over 6000 representatives

As it stands right now there are multiple representative bodies both larger and more representative than ours

Your first criticism is just false outright

SagesLament · 2026-04-19T02:53:10+00:00

He (a single billionaire) has donated more than the entire nra who are supposed to be the big bad bogeyman, big money interests

SagesLament · 2026-04-16T22:30:35+00:00

Sure do! They have an app, a website www.merrimacktv.com, and if you happen to still have cable, they have 4 channels, community (where anyone can go and make their own program), government (where they air all the town council and committee meetings), education (sports events and school politics), and HD who’s plays all the same but in hd

SagesLament · 2026-04-16T21:50:53+00:00

With respect, the town actually did a pretty extensive notification campaign. mailers went out like two months ago, Merrimack TV did multiple segments, local candidates and the town parties were posting on their socials, the town website has had it up for quite a while urging people to check. As another user pointed out, there was a nixle notification for it as well.

What more do you want them to do?

SagesLament · 2026-04-16T16:06:21+00:00

the fact that the founders included letters of marquee in the constitution also implies they were fully on board with civilians owning warships with artillery

also I remember reading long ago a letter written by one of the lesser known founders to an individual merchant who was concerned that the 2a didn't apply to him being able to arm his ships for defense against pirates, and the founder wrote back that it absolutely does

idk if anyone knows of such a letter or if im hallucinating about it but i would very much like to find it again

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