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In reply to the discussion: What a novel idea! [View all]Straw Man
(6,623 posts)66. Where to begin?
Ban every type of gun except for hunting and target shooting and historical collections.
I think you'll find that there are ARs and AR variants in all of those categories. Semi-automatic pistols too.
Make gun owner insurance mandatory.
OK -- but no insurance company in the world will pay a claim for damages that resulted from intentional criminal activity, and no criminal will ever insure his gun anyway. This will cover gun accidents, but that's not the gun-violence problem in the US, and it never was.
You may be hoping the cost of the insurance will make gun ownership prohibitively expensive. I can get $2 million worth of coverage through the NRA for $300 a year: not a problem for me, but perhaps it would discourage some of those pesky lower classes from owning guns ...
Buying bullets gets recorded and is registered.
New York passed that but has yet to implement it. So far, no one in state government or law enforcement has been able to explain exactly what it is supposed to accomplish. Perhaps you could shed some light on that.
No carrying of guns on your person.
So no self-defense outside the home then? And if you're claiming that it is possible for anyone to interpret the Second Amendment this way, perhaps you can suggest an alternate meaning of the verb "bear" that doesn't mean "carry."
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This is very serious....never volunteer to give up a right because it feels good.
ileus
Aug 2014
#62
I think a good start might be civil dialog between gun owners and those who want gun control
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#3
You can think I'm "pro-control" if that makes you feel better, but you are wrong.
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#47
Rights cannot be given up. They exist in in the absence of written law. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2014
#125
But you're OK when people defending their inherent rights are compared to ISIS and the Taliban.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2014
#130
You've been given suggestions, but you didn't like them, and/or ignored them. N/T
beevul
Sep 2014
#143
"The NRA and white privilege helps ensure you keep those penitentiaries well stocked."
beevul
Sep 2014
#144
If you think I am a "gun control activist" then you have some serious problems ahead
Starboard Tack
Sep 2014
#135
I think you're someone who claims to want a discussion, then dodges inconvenient questions.
beevul
Sep 2014
#138
You claim you want a civil dialogue but then you immediately applaud a guy who calls others
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2014
#124
I think you are definitely right on 2A needing an updated interpretation.
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#15
"Lift 'er up!!! Git er done!!!!" Having nothing to do with your reply or the OP....
NYC_SKP
Aug 2014
#50
Seems to me it's been moving completely the opposite way to what you describe.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2014
#96
Most states simply went and adopted objective criteria and implemented the ONLY legal way for
shedevil69taz
Sep 2014
#105
I'm very familiar with product placement having worked in that industry for several years.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2014
#89
Good, because I never thought movies or games were the cause of violence
Starboard Tack
Sep 2014
#107
Many actors talk out of both sides of their mouths when it come to gun violence
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2014
#93
Try Renner's "Bourne Legacy" for glorification of guns and violence
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2014
#101