Biden just now: "executive orders and executive action can be taken" to enact gun control

[NanuqoftheNorth 8,848]

i guess the thing that troubles me is usually those that lean left, seem to have this very odd or almost naive trust of govt. and they don't even mind if the govt is hypocritical or condescending. they just trust them.

i don't mind smarter more common sense gun laws. but thats as far as it needs to go.

I guess the thing that troubles me is usually those that lean right, seem to have this very odd or almost naïve trust of Corporate America, and they don't even mind if Corporate America is hypocritical or condescending. They just trust them.

"I don't mind smarter more common sense gun laws. but that's as far as it needs to go." I have yet to read anything which would lead me to believe our federal government intends to do anything other than that.

[NanuqoftheNorth 8,848]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/443675

[SuperMan 141]

Most unconstitutional president ever.

Ill happily give them my bullets :) if they try to take my guns.

[SZ James (banned) 5,605]

^ "law-abiding gun-owner" I presume

[pstall 5,772]

I guess the thing that troubles me is usually those that lean right, seem to have this very odd or almost naïve trust of Corporate America, and they don't even mind if Corporate America is hypocritical or condescending. They just trust them.

"I don't mind smarter more common sense gun laws. but that's as far as it needs to go." I have yet to read anything which would lead me to believe our federal government intends to do anything other than that.

i can take my business elsewhere much easier than i can taxes. also. big corps don't have this neat little luxury called printing money.

[SuperMan 141]

^ "law-abiding gun-owner" I presume

Yes, I am a responsible gun owner.

CC permit holder and avid supporter of having a gun safe.

Lawful owership of firarms is an undeniable right since the founding of our once great nation, if one man thinks he can deny that I have a feeling there will be a great deal of people who see it the way I do.

[logic1977 246]

why do people think that if they pass an executive order that it would be wide ranging, or that it won't get challenged and thrown out.

And guess what, if it doesn't get thrown out in court, then by definition it's constitutional regardless of whether or not you agree with it.

[Delhommey 3,027]

Firearm deaths are the second leading non-natural forms of death in the US for children.

Cause everybody's a responsible gun owner.

[SZ James (banned) 5,605]

^^^that's fine. you're just not one of the law-abiding citizens that people refer to when the "Gun control only affects law-abiding gun ownerz!" argument comes up.

you would be a criminal in other words.

[Delhommey 3,027]

Laws don't apply to ME cause I'M a good person.

[SuperMan 141]

^^^that's fine. you're just not one of the law-abiding citizens that people refer to when the "Gun control only affects law-abiding gun ownerz!" argument comes up.

you would be a criminal in other words.

The right to bear arms exists for this very reason.... (a corrupt goverment trying to violate our constitutional rights)

Anyone care to take a look at history and see what happens when leaders disarm the people?

[NanuqoftheNorth 8,848]

i can take my business elsewhere much easier than i can taxes. also. big corps don't have this neat little luxury called printing money.

The only allegiance most corporations have in a plutocracy is to their share holders. Big Business has an enormous influence on our political representatives. Bailouts with out accountability, continued exclusive rights to virtually free money via the fed for only the largest financial institutions. Billions in annual subsidies to the most profitable industry the world had ever know, big oil. The bloated MIC? These are just a few Corporate sectors receiving all the benefits of being able to print money without the aggravation of having to actually print it. The only thing preventing Corporate America from completely taking this country back to the age of the "Robber Barons" is an American's right to vote. Citigroup Plutonomy Report Part 2 Mar 5 2006

RISKS -- WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

Our whole plutonomy thesis is based on the idea that the rich will keep getting richer

.

This thesis is not without its risks

. For example,

a policy error

leading to asset deflation, would likely damage plutonomy. Furthermore, the

rising wealth gap

between the rich and poor will

probably at some point lead to a political backlash.

Whilst the rich are getting a greater share of the wealth, and the poor a lesser share,

political enfrachisement remains as was

--

one person, one vote

(in the plutonomies). At some point it is likely that labor will fight back against the rising profit share of the rich and there will be

a political backlash

against the rising wealth of the rich. This could be felt

through higher taxation on the rich

(or

indirectly

though higher

corporate taxes/regulation

) or through trying to

protect indigenous

[home-grown]

laborers

, in a push-back on globalization -- either

anti-mmigration, or protectionism

.

We don’t see this happening yet, though there are signs of rising political tensions

. However

we are

keeping a close eye on developments.