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In reply to the discussion: Bordentown police chief shot by own gun fired by preteen [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)20. There are people who want all new guns to be smart guns, to be followed by the eventual....
...confiscation, removal, or mandatory surrender of non-smart guns.
As much as it may make sense to those who don't think there's any value in the Second Amendment;
Who don't think that people should be able to chose their own home self-defense tools;
Who fully trust the police, the army, all branches of the government now and in the coming 500 years;
Who don't care that then only the rich will have weapons while most of the rest won't be able to afford them, but that's "OK";
Who must think that even in natural disasters people shouldn't be able to protect themselves....
Well, how selfish of the rest of us to not trust them!
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Why do people have that reaction? Don't they trust guns? Do they believe that guns are stupid?
stone space
May 2014
#8
A gun has to be pretty stupid to not be able to recognize it's owner and allow some kid to make...
stone space
May 2014
#16
In the 21st century, inatimate objects are not inheriently stupid. They are stupid by design. (nt)
stone space
May 2014
#19
I'm old as dirt, but I don't have any inanimate objects from the 15th century to make a comparrison.
stone space
May 2014
#24
There are people who want all new guns to be smart guns, to be followed by the eventual....
NYC_SKP
May 2014
#20
You seriously think you are going to fight off the army with your stupid guns?
stone space
May 2014
#33
LOL, that's the popular retort among the uninitited reading from gun control talking points lists
NYC_SKP
May 2014
#35