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Gun Control & RKBA

In reply to the discussion: This seems familiar. [View all]

randys1

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1. Only Americans have the idea that they have some innate right to own a tool built solely to
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 02:50 PM
Nov 2015

kill others. Well, to kill and to play with as a recreational item (toy bothers some too much to use here, but appropriate).

The ban of course makes perfect sense, with or without what happened last week in Paris.

You wont hear millions of people complaining about it though.

They do that here. I am using the word "complaining" because the word I want to use would get me in trouble.

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This seems familiar. [View all] beevul Nov 2015 OP
Only Americans have the idea that they have some innate right to own a tool built solely to randys1 Nov 2015 #1
Only doctrinaire anti-gun zealots see semi-auto rifles as beevul Nov 2015 #3
That might explain why they are so pathetically ineffective DonP Nov 2015 #5
re: "...ban racing stripes on Dodge Omnis..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #6
Your emotional need to own a gun is yours and not mine. randys1 Nov 2015 #9
Real, emotional or otherwise, there's really nothing you can do about it DonP Nov 2015 #12
I could if we interpreted the 2nd the way it is clearly written, but thanks to the randys1 Nov 2015 #13
Keep using the "NRA money" as your excuse for repeated failures DonP Nov 2015 #27
Agreed, we have failed. We have failed to curtail the sick and twisted deaths randys1 Nov 2015 #29
Its not your place to determine whos guns are necessary or not... beevul Nov 2015 #31
And yet the rest of the civilized world doesnt play with guns the way we do. or kill with them randys1 Nov 2015 #32
The rest of the civilized world... beevul Nov 2015 #36
You have failed because all you do is talk about it DonP Nov 2015 #33
If you're interested in reducing deaths, benEzra Nov 2015 #41
Pre-fucking-cisely. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #43
Whoa ^^^^^ Kang Colby Nov 2015 #34
Fortunately the civil right to own one is also mine hack89 Nov 2015 #14
Only because the NRA has bought the Supreme Court randys1 Nov 2015 #15
Has the NRA bought the Democratic Party ? hack89 Nov 2015 #18
Guns have influenced all areas of American life. randys1 Nov 2015 #20
Gun control is simply not that big an issue for most Americans hack89 Nov 2015 #22
"The people" is composed of individuals. krispos42 Nov 2015 #39
Another case of pick and choose Big_Mike Nov 2015 #42
Your emotional need to control others is yours and not mine. beevul Nov 2015 #25
Mine are built solely to save lives. ileus Nov 2015 #7
Nonsense, they exist to kill people or animals or both. You cannot control access to the gun randys1 Nov 2015 #8
and neither can the cops or military discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #10
Like most civilized countries, a few cops would have guns, most wouldnt. randys1 Nov 2015 #11
re: "...military comment is meaningless, they fall entirely..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #24
Mlitary is not the public, military is military and military has restricted randys1 Nov 2015 #28
well............. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #37
"a dangerous, sometimes childish behavour"? beevul Nov 2015 #26
So are places like Syria and the Ukraine still civilized? beardown Nov 2015 #35
In 35 years of gun ownership I have never killed or harmed a living thing hack89 Nov 2015 #16
Ahh, the insult. ANyway, vote a straight democratic ticket, take someone with you randys1 Nov 2015 #17
I always vote Democrat - they represent no threat to my guns hack89 Nov 2015 #19
Why do you so badly need a gun? Dont tell me you dont, because you do, since you argue randys1 Nov 2015 #21
I do not need one. I just want them. hack89 Nov 2015 #23
Sure I can. ileus Nov 2015 #30
How do you own anything sharp, heavy, pointed, or capable of moving faster than 2 miles per hour? krispos42 Nov 2015 #40
Previously, assault rifles were sold legally... right along the Seine. Cheaper on the Left Bank. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #2
Terrorists use automatic weapons, bombs, suicide vests, and grenades... beevul Nov 2015 #4
No thanks....I'll keep my Counter-Assault rifles. ileus Nov 2015 #38
Didnt the parris assaults prove that gun bans dont work. Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #44
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