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DBoon

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7. yes

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2018, 04:40 PM

May 2018

The fewer guns the better

I also think a lot of the issue isn't just the guns, it is a culture that romanticizes gun use. The rugged individual fighting for justice ' just them and their trusty firearm.

When gun owning becomes socially suspect, you will see fewer of the wrong person using a gun for the wrong reason.

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Can Americans ditch guns the way we ditched cigarettes? [View all] FSogol May 2018 OP

I'm thinking that will be the only way it's going to happen. Aristus May 2018 #1

Agreed. n/t FSogol May 2018 #3

Agreed that's the only way it will happen, but it won't happen quite the same way... TreasonousBastard May 2018 #5

There are a lot of differences between American use of tobacco and guns aikoaiko May 2018 #2

No indoor shooting lame54 May 2018 #4

LOL Scurrilous May 2018 #8

No TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #6

yes DBoon May 2018 #7

That's an excellent question, but no... for now. Dave Starsky May 2018 #9

Wasn't that restriction lifted recently? unc70 May 2018 #15

No, it was not. Dave Starsky May 2018 #16

Actually there never was a ban on research, only on advocacy discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2018 #20

Gun toters should be pariahs samir.g May 2018 #10

No, guns offer security.. Cigarettes may have once offered that, but no more. Stuart G May 2018 #11

Much different situations onenote May 2018 #12

I'm trying to figure out how gun ownership currently impacts insurance rates NickB79 May 2018 #22

Gun fetishes are disgusting. hunter May 2018 #13

Nope, gun nuts sleep along side their guns and caress them during the night. demosincebirth May 2018 #14

maybe no ... most gun toters are smokers in my experience scarytomcat May 2018 #17

NO, just NO. nt Raine May 2018 #18

As Al Gore said of climate policy: All it takes is political will. Hekate May 2018 #19

Yes. llmart May 2018 #21