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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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14. Please tell me how deadly does a weapon have to be...

Reply to flotsam (Reply #12)

Thu Aug 16, 2018, 05:12 PM

Aug 2018

...before possessing information on its manufacture becomes a crime... exactly?

A combat worthy bayonet seems like it may only kill one at a time but information on IED manufacture is out there with the potential for each device to kill or injure dozens.

Where should the line be drawn? Exactly?

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And the moral panic slogs on: "3D-printed guns lead Broward libraries to suspend printers' use" [View all] friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 OP

Holy cow! 3-D printers in libraries?? Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1

Wait till the more excitable antigun types find out about tool libraries: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 #3

THATSwild man. What? You don't have the book _____? Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #10

I'm likewise astonished to learn that a library has a 3D printer. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #2

As noted in post #3, at many libraries you can borrow tools that can be used to make homemade guns friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 #4

I'm with the library on this flotsam Aug 2018 #5

If someone makes a gun or shank with borrowed tools and uses it in a crime... friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 #6

Not really flotsam Aug 2018 #9

You don't have to be a skilled machinist to make a shiv, and it's a hell of a lot easier: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 #11

BS slippery slope arguement flotsam Aug 2018 #12

Please tell me how deadly does a weapon have to be... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2018 #14

The propaganda is working Alea Aug 2018 #15

Well ... Straw Man Aug 2018 #16

I wonder what their security is sarisataka Aug 2018 #7

You're not supposed to think critically about this, just play along with the panic mongering... friendly_iconoclast Aug 2018 #8

Yup, cause there is no difference between a shiv and a gun. Eko Aug 2018 #13