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According to the Supreme Court, both guns and abortions are constitutional rights. So let's imagine if gun sales were treated like abortions:
According to the Supreme Court, both guns and abortions are constitutional rights. So let's imagine if gun sales were treated like abortions:
... Imagine if there were just one gun store in many states, + you had to travel there and 1 buy them in person.
If you had to travel to the store, watch a video on gun violence, then wait 48 hours before purchase.
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If you had to travel to the store, watch a video on gun violence, then wait 48 hours before purchase.
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If every gun salesman had to be licensed -- after eight years of professional training.
If gun buyers had to submit to being internally probed by their gun salesman before purchase, for no reason other than to discourage them.
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If gun buyers had to submit to being internally probed by their gun salesman before purchase, for no reason other than to discourage them.
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If selling guns without a license were an aggressively-prosecuted crime invariably resulting in jail time.
If gun stores had to report personal information on every buyer to the state government, including images of their unnecessary internal probe.
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If gun stores had to report personal information on every buyer to the state government, including images of their unnecessary internal probe.
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Imagine if every person in possession of a gun were assumed to have acquired it illegally, and subjected to imprisonment and criminal investigation until they proved otherwise. ...
If gun stores were subject to special building codes governing the width of hallways, complex HVAC systems, down-to-the-inch dimensions for sales floors, even paint colors and and specifications for outfitting janitors' closets. ...
Imagine, just imagine, if constitutionally-allowed gun sales were regulated like constitutionally-allowed abortions.
Imagine.
Imagine.
