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In reply to the discussion: What would be the most efficient means of keeping guns away from criminals? [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)63. You should be aware...
Your interlocutor does not even live in America.
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What would be the most efficient means of keeping guns away from criminals? [View all]
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
OP
The most efficient way would be to make gun possession in public illegal
Starboard Tack
Aug 2015
#10
Why not just aggravate the sentence of any crime committed with a gun? People who aren't
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#11
"it could be argued that convicted felons who carry guns responsibly are not criminals"
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#14
So the right to defend oneself with a gun excludes millions of Americans
Starboard Tack
Aug 2015
#20
First you grouse that law-aiding people are carrying. Now you're grousing convicted criminals aren't
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#21
I claim no such thing. They exist and, if they carry, they may be scared too.
Starboard Tack
Aug 2015
#59
There's also fires, personal injuries, natural disasters, etc. but I doubt you
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2015
#120
No, but I'd think someone carrying a fire extinguisher around may have a problem
Starboard Tack
Sep 2015
#122
I think it's safe to say you have pretty well nicked the scourge of women carrying
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2015
#138
Because 'judge' is the the root of 'prejudiced'- and you *are* prejudiced
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#121
"Windows has been updated about 9 times in 20 years and it is still far from perfect."
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#70
"Do you think the rest of us are stupid, or that we live in a repressive society?"
beevul
Aug 2015
#73
Your interlocutor seems to have suddenly lost interest in your conversation
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#80
Yes, you proved we prefer reliability over phobia driven fantasies. Golly but you're clever.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#55
"there are no stats to show that people sometimes get killed with their own guns"
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#58
You can give up if you wish but if you're certain RFID devices are so awesome
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#88
OMG I am so glad I don't live in a world where those questions need to be asked
Starboard Tack
Aug 2015
#89
There's no violent crime in your world or do the police always arrive in time?
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2015
#90
"(W)e will just continue down the path we have been on for decades..." Lower crime rates?
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2015
#45
That's what I was thinking --- but my answer would be "D" to that question. (other)
pablo_marmol
Aug 2015
#40
"Not easy in a country where half the population still lives in the 19th century."
pablo_marmol
Aug 2015
#103
Both A and B, with mandatory open carry it caring it in public. The Reason.
LiberalArkie
Sep 2015
#132