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In reply to the discussion: Americans Don't Have the Right to Bear Just Any Arms [View all]Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)73. If they're rendered unfireable, sure.
If you're worried about 'historical value', you obviously aren't going to be firing the gun.
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Looks like a big op-ed to me, explaining why an historically anti-gun publication...
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#92
They are brainwashed into thinking that ANY new gun law leads to taking away guns!
Dustlawyer
Jul 2015
#16
We're still waiting for the Controllers to actually enforce the laws already on the books.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#24
Hosts try to be guided by the SoP as well as the stickied thread at the top of GD
petronius
Jul 2015
#95
Interesting middle ground piece more fitting for GCRA or GC&RKBA aka the Castle and Gungeon
aikoaiko
Jul 2015
#8
Rightfully so. We should NOT discriminate against vets with mental health issues unless dangerous ...
aikoaiko
Jul 2015
#11
"Why do we need to destroy these guns again?" To assuage a moral panic, apparently...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#78
Germany, Austria, France, the Czech Republic, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Finland..
sir pball
Jul 2015
#35
"Your dead marines don't trump our right to guns and badass-looking accessories."
Paladin
Jul 2015
#23
You do a fine job of countering 'poisoning the well' posts like that one
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#79
Yet, I'm not the technical expert like some of you guys. I just know when
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#84
Do gun advocates seriously think they are going to stop a dictatorship from happening?
jalan48
Jul 2015
#36
Modern militaries are too expensive and too lethal to effectively field large number of forces.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#42
And when people decline to comply? Then what? Mere registration has < 5% compliancy.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#57
Well, cops seem to be having a field day killing and injurying unarmed citizens.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#59
Happens all the time. Some like to pretend that citizens just got guns recently
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#89
Eric Garner & Freddy Grey weren't killed because the cops feared for their lives.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2015
#74
It starts off with a bit of a strawman, but the specific suggestions are rather good:
petronius
Jul 2015
#66
Strange that a lot of otherwise rational folks believe in animism...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2015
#81
Perhaps the "Strict Constructionists" would limit "arms" to those extant in 1776.
WinkyDink
Jul 2015
#80
Time for you to complain, again, because people are criticizing your need for gunz.
Hoyt
Jul 2015
#93
Actuaaly, it seems like your usual suspects. Got two groups, still can't build a movement
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#96