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DirtEdonE

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33. I'll guaranty you that the terrorist who did the shooting

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 02:09 PM

Mar 2019

This brenton tarrant - would be what our gun junkies here would refer to as "a law-abiding citizen" - just before he murdered 49 helpless people in cold blood.

They're all "law-abiding citizens" until the moment when they aren't. And they are all armed at that point because they were "law-abiding citizens".

It's a deadly catch 22.

No one is a law-abiding citizen. No one needs these weapons. These textualists who insist the Constitution must be interpreted in a strict constructionist sense, like the better dead antonin scalia for example, somehow miss the fact that when it was written, the Constitution's reference to keeping "arms" referred to single load muskets.

According to the strict constructionists, that's the only weapon the gun junkies should be permitted to own.

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Just like that, New Zealand will ban semi-automatic weapons [View all] bigtree Mar 2019 OP

This is what we need! No semi autos. sharedvalues Mar 2019 #1

Remington and Smith & Wesson would have hissy fits Raster Mar 2019 #6

Which is why we need to reduce influence of corporate money sharedvalues Mar 2019 #7

One living breathing person should equal one vote... Raster Mar 2019 #13

You and me, both, sharedvalues! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #26

Why do these companies still get to market such dangerous weapons? Generic Other Mar 2019 #15

Thoughts and prayers for the weapons manufacturers. stopbush Mar 2019 #35

Some folks choose life malaise Mar 2019 #2

that would make for an excellent billboard along the highway gopiscrap Mar 2019 #11

+1 (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #27

All of them? NZ must have a least a dozen in the whole country. flying_wahini Mar 2019 #3

Nip it in the bud. Baitball Blogger Mar 2019 #4

America has become an example of so many things a country shouldn't do (n/t) PJMcK Mar 2019 #8

The live stream of this massacre was informative in that it showed how easily... joshcryer Mar 2019 #5

and remember malaise Mar 2019 #12

America Used to Have an Assault Weapons Ban and the Government Didn't Take All the Guns dlk Mar 2019 #9

In the United States, it is ALL about $, greed and control. n/t Guilded Lilly Mar 2019 #10

I am unfamiliar with sarisataka Mar 2019 #14

No, they just announced their intention to do so. His statement was they "will ban." SunSeeker Mar 2019 #19

Banning them is the easy part Amishman Mar 2019 #16

Can't take the second step until you take the first. Iggo Mar 2019 #31

It's never the right time to discuss such measures in this country. Different Drummer Mar 2019 #17

Well, you don't wanna disturb folks in their deep, contemplative & meditative reveries ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #30

KnR x 1,000,000 Canoe52 Mar 2019 #18

Yes, but WE are Scarsdale Mar 2019 #37

Intelligent people Hekate Mar 2019 #20

I'm guessing they don't have NRA or 2nd amendment to deal with IronLionZion Mar 2019 #21

Well, they have single payer healthcare, so their freedom is already gone! SunSeeker Mar 2019 #23

Oooh, that's RIGHT, the jackbooted yoke of tyranny already stomps their heads to the curb, daily(nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #32

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2019 #22

Unfair Comparison Norman Conkedwest Mar 2019 #24

And that's how it's done! cp Mar 2019 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #28

And this is what unbought leadership looks like. pdsimdars Mar 2019 #29

I'll guaranty you that the terrorist who did the shooting DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #33

We should have done this a long time ago. n/t gldstwmn Mar 2019 #34

Terrible mistake, one of our experts here needs to explain BeyondGeography Mar 2019 #36