Gun Control & RKBA

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32. You fail to take in account that firearms often stop an attacker ...

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 11:43 PM

Jun 2012

or intruder from injuring or killing innocent people. Frequently no shots are fired.

Disarming honest people would have little effect on the criminal element and since there are currently over 300,000,000 firearms in our nation, even if most honest people turned in their weapons, criminals would never face a shortage of weapons. If they did, the drug smugglers would happily become a source of firearms from other nations.

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Remington Ammunition Recall [View all] Meiko Jun 2012 OP

I think all my 270 stuff is Federal. ileus Jun 2012 #1

Thanks. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #2

These arms trafficking manufacturers can't even produce bullets right. Yet we let yahoos walk around Hoyt Jun 2012 #3

The bullets are fine Meiko Jun 2012 #4

You had to have strained a muscle SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #5

IMHO... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2012 #6

Ah you guys will just use it as excuse to carry two guns when walking into a restaurant, etc. Hoyt Jun 2012 #7

While I don't actually *dislike* those living with Dunning-Kruger Syndrome... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2012 #8

Paranoia is more common around here -- when you can't walk out the door without a gun . . . .n/t Hoyt Jun 2012 #11

That's odd, I've managed to do so every day for decades. friendly_iconoclast Jun 2012 #13

I don't walk out the door with one gejohnston Jun 2012 #14

There is some paranoia "around here" all right, and it's not in the heads of we who trust our fellow slackmaster Jun 2012 #17

"Trust your fellow citizens?" Yea supporting more guns and toting is trust? Hoyt Jun 2012 #23

I don't think my neighbors are murderers, while you do Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #26

To make you guys happy, a lot of folks get hurt, now and in future. Hoyt Jun 2012 #27

Thing is, you'd be a prohibitionist with a 0% fatality rate, so pbbbt Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #29

Not helping pumping out 100 million more over next decade. Hoyt Jun 2012 #30

Yup, that's a NO. Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #31

You fail to take in account that firearms often stop an attacker ... spin Jun 2012 #32

"often stop an attacker" -- your guns enable attackers. Hoyt Jun 2012 #33

Oh boy, another "nobody *needs* to exercise their rights" spiel Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #34

Carrying your gun to town ain't exercising some "right. " Hoyt Jun 2012 #35

One step at a time, right? Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #36

Hopefully I never have to stop an attacker ... spin Jun 2012 #37

I support choices for people who haven't shown themselves to be undeserving of it slackmaster Jun 2012 #38

Now your completely wrong SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #12

You're sandbaging. It's probably more than that. Hoyt Jun 2012 #24

Probably but, I'll never tell SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #28

Right...because the few here that actually carry, use handguns chambered in... beevul Jun 2012 #15

I had to Google that concept. Google does not disappoint. slackmaster Jun 2012 #18

Rude rifle-caliber death-spewer toters... n/t Glaug-Eldare Jun 2012 #19

only the ultra rude baser gunner toters have these. ileus Jun 2012 #25

Looks like it would hurt to shoot it. beevul Jun 2012 #20

Man or mouse? Clames Jun 2012 #22

I miss my TC: 223,222,30-30,308,44mag,22lr ileus Jun 2012 #21

Or much else for that matter. Clames Jun 2012 #9

We should make everyone stop driving immediately. PavePusher Jun 2012 #10

Ammunition recalls are exceedingly rare because the manufacturers DO know how to make it right slackmaster Jun 2012 #16

Oh, I stubbed my toe and yahoos walk around with loaded lethal weapons. AtheistCrusader Jun 2012 #39

Since I reload for both of my .270 Winchester rifles. oneshooter Jun 2012 #40