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Gun Control & RKBA

MarvinGardens

(779 posts)

5. Exactly.

Reply to oneshooter (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 19, 2019, 10:07 AM

Aug 2019

The argument implicit in the OP, which I see again and again, is that guns can only be for hunting, collecting, target practice, or murder. There is no other possible use.

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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

NOT allowed. You MUST die to support the idea that you could not have defended oneshooter Aug 2019 #4

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