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Gun Control & RKBA

clffrdjk

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21. So it's not about the tech or safety, it is about more control.

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 5, 2014, 02:09 AM

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Man accidentally kills himself posing with a gun for a Facebook selfie [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2014 OP

Poor Oscar. In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #1

Gun's save lives! mikeysnot Aug 2014 #2

News Flash! Straw Man Aug 2014 #5

They also go off when dropped mikeysnot Aug 2014 #12

" And this kid must have a really LOOOOONNNNNNG finger... " Jenoch Aug 2014 #14

Not "making lite of it" mikeysnot Aug 2014 #16

he should not have had the weapon in the first place samsingh Aug 2014 #52

Maybe, for varying definitions of "dropped". ManiacJoe Aug 2014 #15

Well at least you admint that "old" guns are dangerous mikeysnot Aug 2014 #18

All guns are dangerous. No one should ever forget that. Straw Man Aug 2014 #22

Of course no charges... mikeysnot Aug 2014 #26

The case is going to a grand jury sarisataka Aug 2014 #28

Was from 2011 mikeysnot Aug 2014 #29

That wasn't in your link sarisataka Aug 2014 #31

face plant. mikeysnot Aug 2014 #32

Which part sarisataka Aug 2014 #34

Well at least you admint mikeysnot Aug 2014 #36

I do not recall sarisataka Aug 2014 #37

memory refresh... mikeysnot Aug 2014 #38

And I did not claim sarisataka Aug 2014 #39

Thank you! mikeysnot Aug 2014 #40

I've always supported regulation sarisataka Aug 2014 #44

All guns are dangerous. ManiacJoe Aug 2014 #35

"That is what makes them useful as tools. " mikeysnot Aug 2014 #41

That is one of many valid uses. ManiacJoe Aug 2014 #45

Dropped? Straw Man Aug 2014 #17

Signature guns clffrdjk Aug 2014 #6

Non starter mikeysnot Aug 2014 #13

So it's not about the tech or safety, it is about more control. clffrdjk Aug 2014 #21

It's always about more control. blueridge3210 Aug 2014 #24

Safety. mikeysnot Aug 2014 #25

Bullshit. clffrdjk Aug 2014 #27

You're funny mikeysnot Aug 2014 #30

What fantasy world? clffrdjk Aug 2014 #33

Promote safety! Exactly! mikeysnot Aug 2014 #42

So I was right in post 21 clffrdjk Aug 2014 #43

another face plant... mikeysnot Aug 2014 #46

Yea it is rather funny watching you spin, it's kind of like jackass. clffrdjk Aug 2014 #50

Good luck with that... mikeysnot Aug 2014 #54

Bullshit, it's not safety to complicate a simple tool with electronics that will fail. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #47

A simple "tool" mikeysnot Aug 2014 #48

No, careless and/or evil people kill people, guns don't do shit without an asshole attached. AND... NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #49

click camera not gun. click camera not gun. click camera not gun. unblock Aug 2014 #3

Here are a few rules to follow when thinking about handling a firearm shedevil69taz Aug 2014 #4

It's sounds like he had a propensity for reckless behavior in general. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #7

Mexico has all those good laws about not having guns discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #8

That's right. Only one gun store in the whole country and most guns banned DonP Aug 2014 #9

The gun in question here is a .45 discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2014 #10

another one, by a firearms training instructor jimmy the one Aug 2014 #11

How do you feel about having a national registry for all new gun purchases, and then... NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #19

Mexico City? With all those gun laws? One gun store? Eleanors38 Aug 2014 #20

Musta been a Glock. ileus Aug 2014 #23

How horrible. MADem Aug 2014 #51

Tangential, but '21, a veterinarian'? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #53