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Gun Control & RKBA

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts) Thu Jan 8, 2015, 07:46 PM Jan 2015

There is no such thing as being, "anti gun." [View all]

All law is predicated on the use of force, including deadly force.

Those who propose gun control laws are not advocating for the absence or guns but merely exclusivity in the use of guns. Advocating for laws is to advocate for the use of force.

But the use of force against whom? Women? The elderly? Shop owners? Family members? Hobbyists?

And this is supposedly done in the name of protecting the innocent.

Gun control is a wildly self-contradicting creed.

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There is no such thing as being, "anti gun." [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 OP

"All law is predicated on the use of force"??? Going to need a link for that one. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #1

You cant link to word-salad Fred , not possible. nt pkdu Jan 2015 #2

I am curious how one tosses word salad, and what type of dressing it needs. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #6

Go ahead and break a law and see what happens. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #3

I just did! I stole a big juicy steak from Kroegers...no use of force was necessary or mentioned Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #5

You don't see arrest and confinement or the fact they are enforced by people with guns as Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #7

They're unwittingly advocating for exclusive ownership by the rich and powerful. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #4

If every gun in existence was destroyed.. MicaelS Jan 2015 #8

But those would be nice peaceful attacks... ileus Jan 2015 #9

That's actually happening in some parts of the world. Veganstein Jan 2015 #12

proof of your point.... ileus Jan 2015 #10

Yeah. That one guy kinda avoids me these days. He managed to put his foot in his mouth while Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #13

I think you have made two good points Shamash Jan 2015 #11