President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

No, YF, I'm using the same logic that's been used by the gun lobby every time the question arises, including yesterday by Rubio. Their argument is getting quite tired, as tired as thoughs and prayers and the need for more tome to study it, as Ryan said.

 

Interesting concept.

 

I mean, that’s great, but don’t be surprised when you don’t get very far.

If that’s your one proposal, you won’t get the support you need.

 

And I don't have enough grip on the factual particulars here of what we face to propose anything concrete. I'm just spitballing some first principles here.

 

Buybacks work.

Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.

Australia solved this problem by introducing a mandatory buyback: Australia's states would take away all guns that had just been declared illegal. In exchange, they'd pay the guns' owners a fair price, set by a national committee using market value as a benchmark, to compensate for the loss of their property. The NFA also offered legal amnesty for anyone who handed in illegally owned guns, though they weren't compensated.

 

I'm very, very comfortable with aggressively putting AR-15 advocates on the defensive.

 

True, there are other differences, and there's no way Bill Clinton gets elected in the 1950s. But that's really the main difference. It's the hypocrisy of the Falwells and the Huckabees who screech about family values, and then say that Trump deserves mulligans.

 

What would we name the program? Greenbacks for Guns? Benjamins for Blunderbuss? Pennies for Pea-Shooters? Cash for Carbines? Pesos for Pieces? Bucks for Old Betsy?

 

Gunemployment.

 

But you won’t, and this isn’t the case that will do it.

 

Very similar societies.

 

Which one are you again, @YankeeFan?