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In reply to the discussion: "Nobody wants to take your guns..." [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)51. Is it crazy that I'm less scared of citizens with guns than cops with guns?
Forgive me world for saying this, but I'm starting to understand why people feel like they need guns. To protect themselves from police.
Nobody I know has shot a kid over jaywalking and most gun-owners don't have unarmed people randomly grabbing their weapons, then chase them down the street, and shoot them six plus times.
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I seriously doubt that gangbangers et al would be treated as an exception
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#16
I think it is you who misses the point. And the canard canard again. LOL!
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#26
"If there were no guns available, then how would the gangbangers acquire them?"
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#42
it's really going to happen isn't it? we can't even get sensible gun control let alone getting rid
samsingh
Aug 2014
#2
The guns that they are fighting hardest to ban are involved in less than 300 murders/yr.
benEzra
Aug 2015
#55
"Through each war we are in, combatants have become more and more willing to shoot to kill."
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#43
And a liberal criminologist destroys the "Nobody wants to take your guns" meme
pablo_marmol
Aug 2014
#41