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In reply to the discussion: Firearms bans [View all]

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
10. So many questions
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 04:17 PM
Mar 2017
More guns than people.
That is the first sign there is a problem.
Does that mean that collectors with 20 or 30 are more evil than hit man with 2 or 3?


Most people who insist on having a gun are by definition highly likely not someone who should.
Don't look now but your catch-22 is showing. What's up with that?


Many people have guns simply because others have guns and they fear. I think most of them would be willing to give up their gun if everybody else had to.
Do you actually have any evidence of that?


Guns are unnecessary unless you live in the wilderness.
I think if you convince the cops, I'll listen to that argument.


Keeping them in locked up, well regulated militias as the constitution requires would make more sense.
The Bill of Rights and various contemporaneous writings of the Founders and laws of the period favor and/or mandate each citizen keeping their arms in their home. A militia is an organization not a firearm lock-box. Where did you get this idea?


You could go there and play with it, shoot at inanimate objects, etc.
Do you have some evidence that "playing" with a firearm is a good idea?


ps this issue is not worth losing voters over...
No it isn't. This issue has contributed to lost elections going back 20 years. Dropping "assault weapon" language from party policies, issues and platforms would help.


there are no gun bans and wont be
Quite so. It would get more Democrats into office if those party policies and platforms didn't speak to contrary and sway some to vote for folks like trump.
Firearms bans [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 OP
Because they are meant to kill people and animals. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #1
Ignoring that such a broad statement is untrue, sarisataka Mar 2017 #2
That's not the question asked. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #5
It is a separate question sarisataka Mar 2017 #6
*Very* obvious and sad dodge. NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #13
I am unconvinced that the choice of such targets is always an evil act discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #7
Naww. I answered the question. Don't respond to baiting. 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2017 #9
Your non-responsiveness is telling discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #11
Naw. You have a history of "tail between the legs" behavior. NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #14
A non answer and more non answer replies. Nice Blue_Warrior Mar 2017 #17
Even a non-answer conveys useful information n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #18
In this case the useful information was that the poster didn't have any idea Blue_Warrior Mar 2017 #19
Should archery tackle be banned as well? Marengo Mar 2017 #20
Some people think guns are icky sarisataka Mar 2017 #3
In fact I don't have them but let's say for now that I'd like my options to be open discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #8
More guns than people. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #4
So many questions discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #10
I respect your choice not to own them, but I insist on owning them. Does that disqualify me? benEzra Mar 2017 #12
"Most people who insist on having a gun are by definition highly likely......... pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #15
"there are no gun bans and wont be" yagotme Mar 2017 #16
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