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    Mother Jones‏Verified account @MotherJones 5 Dec 2015

    What if getting a gun were as hard as getting an abortion? http://mojo.ly/1PFcol8 pic.twitter.com/cX8mpFKJfc

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      2. Ken Keenan‏ @kjkeenan1950 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones @nhdogmom or even as difficult as it is to register to vote.

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      1. Howard Brooks‏ @BarackChecker 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones Well then in California we'd be handing them out to middle schoolers without telling their parents.

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      1. Sandy Oberle‏ @SandyOberle 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones This is a perfect solution!!!!!

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      1. Happy now?‏ @jeanthorpe 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones @MaryTrinetti I'd like to hear that question asked of the GOP candidates at the next debate.

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      2. Adeptus Econicus‏ @EconAdept 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones in CA we have: 240hour wait period, signed sworn testimony, fingerprinting, background check. DROS on file for 7 years

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      3. Adeptus Econicus‏ @EconAdept 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones oh and I almost forgot we have to pass a written exam to buy guns now too.

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      1. Roland Kausen‏ @RolandKausen 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones ..."Gun ownership is a Constitutional right!" #MrObvious

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      1. Shepherd6567‏ @Bmarcantel85 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones @williesband last I checked abortion was not in the Bill of Rights!

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      1. Samuel B. Roberts‏ @maravillage44 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones You would be dreaming. Then you wake up and it's back to the weekly carnage.

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      1. Adeptus Econicus‏ @EconAdept 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones safety features like barrel shrouds, grips, & mufflers are outlawed because the look scary. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ospNRk2uM3U …

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      1. Adeptus Econicus‏ @EconAdept 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones most people need a flow chart to find out if their long gun is legal,

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      1. Adeptus Econicus‏ @EconAdept 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones then we can only buy handguns if they r on a list. Models expire off the list. & now it's impossible to add or renew listings

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      1. David Henderson‏ @flanole831 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones @drreznicek it's easy to get an abortion.

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      1. gerda‏ @zambezi52 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones @Msengana1 only criminals will have guns.

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      1. mutheca itu‏ @gazzel 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones I can see the equivalence. You know there are easier ways to start a dialogue.

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      2. Joe Paulson‏ @JoePaulson2 5 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones @JuliaSweeney I'm for protecting both rights with reasonable regulations logically applied to the issue at hand.

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      1. Jessie Flagg‏ @JessieFlagg1 6 Dec 2015
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        @MotherJones @ernestsanmartin Note- some idiot GUY in comments says it's "easy" to get an abortion. #Clueless

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