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Gun Control & RKBA

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JonathanRackham

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5. Perverted ideology enables the murderer to engage in their action.
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 09:08 AM
Jun 2016

In their mind it justifies pushing the button, pulling the lever, swinging the blade or pulling the trigger. I know a psyche nurse from Attica, she's responsible for medicating the mentally violent. After years of treatment some people have not changed, the hope is they can be conditioned into not acting on their impulses and taking physical action against others.

It's not the implement, it's the individual and their life's programming.

A question [View all] Shankapotomus Jun 2016 OP
They are legal jtx Jun 2016 #1
So they're highly regulated Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #2
NFA jtx Jun 2016 #4
But pretty much everyon agrees that the last assault weapons ban TeddyR Jun 2016 #13
Not only highly regulated... krispos42 Jun 2016 #16
Fair question. needledriver Jun 2016 #3
That's actually a classic gun control myth. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #6
No kidding. needledriver Jun 2016 #7
Needless to say potentially personally lethal if done incorrectly. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #8
Anecdotal evidence suggests that it was done correctly. needledriver Jun 2016 #11
Perverted ideology enables the murderer to engage in their action. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #5
An answer Just reading posts Jun 2016 #9
Lack of supply. Press Virginia Jun 2016 #10
Full auto.. Puha Ekapi Jun 2016 #12
Why were guns almost never used in England gejohnston Jun 2016 #14
Correct. Terrorists will always have access to weapons - even in the European model jtx Jun 2016 #15
Because they are ridiculously expensive and there aren't many of them Lurks Often Jun 2016 #17
While you may not realize it, you've asked a two part question discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #18
Thanks Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #19
While I'm sure the answer is yes, I not sure of the scope of the question discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #20
Because the general rebuttal to gun bans or more restrictions Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #21
For the sake of your idea... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #24
Fully automatic weapons aren't preferable Matrosov Jun 2016 #22
^^ This. pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #23
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