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cleanhippie

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40. "If we can ban ownership of anti-aircraft missiles..."

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 10:10 AM

Jun 2016

We can always count on someone to make the idiotic comparison of small arms to missiles and rocket launchers. And it shows that the one making it really has no idea what they're talking about.

And you can own a car without registering it or even having a drivers license. That changes the minute you take it on a public road, but on private property you don't need either.

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Guns should be registered like cars. [View all] forgotmylogin Jun 2016 OP

Amen! nt onehandle Jun 2016 #1

Agreed. KnR Nuff said chknltl Jun 2016 #2

What would you require for minimum coverage in a gun insurance policy? HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #3

Not writing policies on it is kinda the point! scscholar Jun 2016 #8

All it would do Crepuscular Jun 2016 #13

Oh you bet the NRA will be writing policies, post haste. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #31

I don't have to have a license,register or insure my car. Only if I want to take it on public roads. X_Digger Jun 2016 #4

I'll agree safeinOhio Jun 2016 #10

*I* am registered with my state. SO 50 state reciprocity is cool with you, now? X_Digger Jun 2016 #14

Registration would cost about 4 billion a year and insurnace would make the NRA rich Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #5

It's a start mwrguy Jun 2016 #6

Wonder why this idea has never been floated before??? ileus Jun 2016 #7

Because cars aren't a constitutional right? cleanhippie Jun 2016 #18

Cars aren't designed to kill humans either uponit7771 Jun 2016 #50

I'm sure you're trying to make a point. Do you even know what it is? cleanhippie Jun 2016 #56

There's no constitutional right to have devices that are designed to kill humans efficiently uponit7771 Jun 2016 #57

Except there is. The 2nd amendment. But you knew that. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #58

Lots of people keep mentioning insurance. ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #9

Perhaps a flat fee. forgotmylogin Jun 2016 #11

There is a dollar value put on human life... Blanks Jun 2016 #43

I have thought that for years marlakay Jun 2016 #12

But the founding fathers didn't include any amendment in the Bill of Rights mentioning automobiles. tclambert Jun 2016 #15

Nonsense metalbot Jun 2016 #47

Absolutely. And, I think even Scalia himself wrote in the Hellier ruling that... TrollBuster9090 Jun 2016 #16

Cars aren't a constitutional right. But you knew that before you posted such drivel. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #17

Neither are all arms Gore1FL Jun 2016 #23

The line has already been drawn. Several times in fact. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #27

Then the line can be drawn again. Several times, if needed. Orrex Jun 2016 #39

"If we can ban ownership of anti-aircraft missiles..." cleanhippie Jun 2016 #40

We can always count on a gun-enabler to call disagreement "idiotic" Orrex Jun 2016 #46

It's not the disagreement that's idiotic. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #48

I agree--what's idiotic is that I expect any better from a gun-enabler. Orrex Jun 2016 #49

Of course! Running away is so much easier then thinking. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #55

You don't need a license or insurance to keep and drive a car on private property hack89 Jun 2016 #44

It's ridiculous that we even have to argue about it. yardwork Jun 2016 #19

It's called due process, that's why. Indydem Jun 2016 #21

They are denied the right to board a plane. yardwork Jun 2016 #24

Boarding a plane is not a right. Indydem Jun 2016 #25

I don't think that there is a right to own any weapon you please. yardwork Jun 2016 #26

It doesn't matter if you agree. Indydem Jun 2016 #29

My opinion is as important as yours. I vote too. yardwork Jun 2016 #36

Your opinion on settled law isn't important at all. Either is mine. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #41

+1, especially devices DESIGNED to kill a lot of humans efficiently uponit7771 Jun 2016 #52

You don't have the right to fly. You have the right to travel. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #34

People carry their weapons while traveling on public roads. yardwork Jun 2016 #37

I'm sure you think you are making a point. What is it? cleanhippie Jun 2016 #42

Have you explained these fine points rock Jun 2016 #32

What does that even mean? cleanhippie Jun 2016 #35

Glad you asked rock Jun 2016 #38

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2016 #51

Insurance would make the NRA a fortune and increase their membership by tens of millions hack89 Jun 2016 #20

This would only work SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #22

I support registration.... Adrahil Jun 2016 #28

And made at least as hard to get as an abortion. ErikJ Jun 2016 #30

Cars that stay on private property Mariana Jun 2016 #33

No, they should be scorned like cigarettes. hunter Jun 2016 #45

How is it that guns are different from cars? backscatter712 Jun 2016 #53

I've been accused of being a "rabid gunner" here and I agree with this 100%. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #54