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

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
40. How do you own anything sharp, heavy, pointed, or capable of moving faster than 2 miles per hour?
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 10:04 PM
Nov 2015

I mean, you personally?


If that's how you see the world, then how do you even leave your home? What if you just decide to grab a baby carriage and whip it out into traffic?


Can you guarantee, 100%, that you WON'T shove a toddler into traffic?

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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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