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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Man Shot, Killed After Breaking Into Ex-Girlfriend's Home [View all]MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)19. You are absolutely suggesting it. Guns make the world less safe for me. So you are forcing me to
put my life on the line for others.
I tell you what: Go out and create the world with no guns in it, and then we'll talk about whether it's true.
In the meantime, down here in the fallen world we live in, I'm not too eager to put impediments in the way of people taking steps for their own self-defense.
It's pretty well verified that other industrialized countries with very strict gun laws are generally safer.
Yeah, but you're not them. You're a tough guy -- remember? Try a little empathy. Imagine life as a weak, elderly, or infirm person.
Not a guy. I've been infirm as well when very sick or after surgery. Never thought shit I better get a gun.
Are you one of those people who says, "If your neighborhood is dangerous, why don't you just move?"
What the fuck? No.
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The Kentucky woman who shot her boyfriend said she was giving him a nose job...
Human101948
Mar 2016
#1
So because of your article you want the woman in the OP disarmed? How does that make sense?
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2016
#3
The purpose of the OP is to demonstrate why the RKBA is to be protected. Does your post
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2016
#5
I'm not violent. Why should I just be happy that the extreme amount of guns in this
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#11
I would obviously be violent in self defense. I'm supposed to be happy that
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#15
So the physically strong are supposed to put our LIVES on the line for the
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#17
You are absolutely suggesting it. Guns make the world less safe for me. So you are forcing me to
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#19
Are you familiar with sophism? You're repeatedly straw manning my points, not understanding
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#44
"a safe room could be constructed with a metal secure door and sandbags or old refrigerators."
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2016
#45
Why not? It would be bullet proof enough to deter most criminals. Sure it's not going to
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#46
The belt would take up less space than sand bags and old refrigerators in my old
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2016
#49
Could have done it just fine in my 1 bedroom 600 square foot that 2 of us lived in. Would have just
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#50
No and I will never support that industry of death. Interestingly, I do like
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#52
I was curious if your assertion that things are "guns, guns, guns" was true.
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2016
#53
You wouldn't try to stop an assault on an elderly or infirm person if you were capable of doing so?
Marengo
Mar 2016
#22
If I was capable, of course. That's not the same thing as being in a country awash with guns which
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#23
Ok, since you're weakening my strength, what's YOUR responsibility to me? And I will
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#32
Thanks. Just hope you don't miss and hit me... or escalate the situation further.
MillennialDem
Mar 2016
#36