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Gun Control & RKBA

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2. What about self-defense or home defense?

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 11:53 AM

Aug 2019

Is that a legitimate purpose for owning a weapon, whether firearm or other? When I go out jogging, I carry pepper-spray. It isn't very entertaining.

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Issue with 2nd Amendment advocacy: owning an arsenal doesn't make you ... [View all] sharedvalues Aug 2019 OP

And resisting government tyranny is a dangerous fantasy IronLionZion Aug 2019 #1

Three weeks ago- "Afghan peace talks put on hold by Taliban" friendly_iconoclast Aug 2019 #3

What about self-defense or home defense? MarvinGardens Aug 2019 #2

Exactly. MarvinGardens Aug 2019 #5

Unfortunately self defense Buzz cook Aug 2019 #8

But it is still better oneshooter Aug 2019 #9

"Absolutist stance"? Straw Man Aug 2019 #10

Unearned Feeling of Superiority? graeme_macquarrie Aug 2019 #11

The Deadline article referenced by Josh Marshall is worth reading. MarvinGardens Aug 2019 #6

It is not the number of guns you own that decides ManiacJoe Aug 2019 #7