Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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10. re: "...a gun control advocate has made a comment to the effect..."

Mon Jul 27, 2015, 07:47 PM

Jul 2015

Here's one that's close:

Dr. Arthur Kellerman, stated: “If you’ve got to resist, you’re chances of being hurt are less the more lethal your weapon. If that were my wife, would I want her to have a .38 Special in her hand? Yeah.” (Health Magazine, March/April 1994)

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How come the only time the MIC finds favor on DU is when it involves gun control? [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 OP

Huh? Any links to specific threads? villager Jul 2015 #1

I'll ask you -- Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #2

It's your OP and your thesis. Where are these pro-MIC DUers in gun control threads? villager Jul 2015 #3

We'll count you as one of them. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #4

Sure, Senator McCarthy. Absent any links, evidence, proof, etc., you just go ahead! villager Jul 2015 #5

My first premise is -- the assumption the MIC obviates the need for a militia. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #7

So you view yourself as part of a "well-regulated militia" taking up arms *against* the MIC? villager Jul 2015 #8

"Those threads were hardly supportive of the MIC, however." Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #9

re: "...a gun control advocate has made a comment to the effect..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2015 #10

Ah yes, the ol' "lay back, try to relax and hopefully it will all be over soon" defense. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #13

No, Sen. McCarthy, those threads were about "well-regulated militias" and the intent villager Jul 2015 #11

"Those threads don't exist." Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #12

So you're keeping your guns oiled and ready for an eventual showdown with our own government? villager Jul 2015 #15

Actually, I can't help but think a people who are well armed and of the mind to defend themselves Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #16

So you really *do* watch "Red Dawn" a lot in your household. villager Jul 2015 #17

Actually, I've never seen the original but I want to see the new one but only because Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #18

I'm just curious who it is you actually imagine gunning down in the streets of your neighborhood villager Jul 2015 #19

I don't imagine gunning down anyone. Why do Controllers imagine decent people gunning Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #20

Ok, so you imagine robbers, rapists, foreigners, and U.S. Army folk being deterred by your guns villager Jul 2015 #21

I wear a seatbelt but I don't look forward to being in an accident. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #22

You of course keep dodging the question. *How* -- exactly -- will your guns keep the MIC in check? villager Jul 2015 #23

I'm not dodging. Do you think any serious person would propose banning guns knowing Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #24

I'm just curious what dog you actually imagine beating in the streets of your neighborhood. beevul Jul 2015 #25

????? villager Jul 2015 #26

ROFLCOPTER beevul Jul 2015 #27

Whatevs, Beevul, whatevs. villager Jul 2015 #28

You forgot to include needledriver Jul 2015 #14

Just another hoplophobe showing their true colors. n/t oneshooter Jul 2015 #29

There are many words here- digonswine Jul 2015 #30

No, that's not why I support the RKBA. I support the RKBA because self-defense is a human right. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #31

Surely you have noticed needledriver Jul 2015 #6