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In reply to the discussion: Fuck it! I'm sick of pro gun arguments and advocates. [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)2. The 2A allows the strict regulation of guns.
the only explicit right one has is the right to own a handgun in your home for self defense. AWB, UBCs, registration and licenses are all perfectly legal.
The obstacles to more gun control are not legal but rather cultural and political- there too many Americans opposed to stricter gun control.
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I would think that possessing what is clearly an "instrument of death"
Proud Liberal Dem
Oct 2015
#150
Fell free to demonstrate the need for an assault weapons ban with actual research?
branford
Oct 2015
#156
Can't wait for the gunners telling us how "well regulated militia" doesn't mean what it says.
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#3
Those very words are missing from the plaque hailing 2A at NRA HQ....setting their lies in stone.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2015
#10
I know it cracks me up. I've seen a few gunners here post "militia" means all men under 47 years of
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#13
It does matter. The right wing Justices will he replaced unless the Gun Protection types help
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#85
It's called etymology Hoyt. Are you really that obtuse? Thick as oatmeal maybe? Militia c. 1777...
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#65
My guess is most of the gun fanciers here are no longer amenable for military duty, so turn em in.
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#82
That' your quote. Other gunners use the definition of "militia" that includes the age max 44-47
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#100
I gave you the fucking etymology of the word, circa the time the word was used. WITH a cite.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#109
Such anger and guns don't mix. You should turn yours in, or at least lock them up for a few days.
Hoyt
Oct 2015
#119
Mine are always locked up. And they're unloaded. I'm not angry... I don't get angry at stupidity.
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#120
Remove the 2nd Amendment and we're in the exact same legal and political position we're in now
Recursion
Oct 2015
#5
When a black or Latino kid shot four classmates in 1993 the news didn't report it
Recursion
Oct 2015
#115
It happens to be true, your feelings on the matter notwithstanding:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#43
I'd like a dollar from the **many** you-know-who's who deny easily verifiable facts.
pablo_marmol
Oct 2015
#47
And, in fact, you've never been safer. A kid in school today is safer than you or I were
Recursion
Oct 2015
#116
Upon reflection, I don't think my first response was helpful. Let me elaborate.
CTyankee
Oct 2015
#117
In the language of the day "well regulated" meant "in good working order" or "well trained."
Maedhros
Oct 2015
#62
Let me re-post an earlier comment I made about the absurdity, illegality and ineffectiveness
branford
Oct 2015
#52
If you had to go to a "gun DMV" for a license (like you do for a car), the world would see how
valerief
Oct 2015
#22
Cuz they buy Congress. They probably also facilitate the illegal drug trade, which benefits
valerief
Oct 2015
#25
Skinner put the kibosh on your attempt at censorship, and told you to do what I told you to do:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#121
He sympathizes, but doesn't want a purge? A wise choice, given that...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#123
While you are waiting for Skinner's reply, here is a preview of coming attractions
hack89
Oct 2015
#69
You seem to have missed the many, many posts recommending banning guns here at DU:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#44
Still don't understand why Skinner is allowing the NRA to post their crap on this site.
Jappleseed
Oct 2015
#118
Well unregister as a Democrat then, because the Democratic Party Platform *clearly supports*
Ghost in the Machine
Oct 2015
#146