Gun Control & RKBA

Kelvin Mace

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22. I am informed by gun owners

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 03:54 PM

Oct 2015

that the whole point of owning weapons is shooting beer bottles and "self-defense". They even tell me it is the only thing keeping America from becoming a police state.

Trouble is, we are already a police state, and we became a police state while gun owners could have all the guns they could eat. I would gladly trade the "rights" granted me by the 2nd Amendment for the actual rights I have lost specifically the 1st, and 4th through 8th.

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Reality check on Gun Control.. [View all] virginia mountainman Oct 2015 OP

I'm fine with registration. stone space Oct 2015 #1

What your fine with, is a complete non starter and will not be complied with.. virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #4

By criminals only. stone space Oct 2015 #5

You know that, Criminals are exempt from gun registration? virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #10

War on Drugs: You start by creating criminals. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #25

So, just curious Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #7

I will give you a straight answer.. virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #8

People who refuse to register their guns are exactly the type of people who should not possess them LonePirate Oct 2015 #13

gun ownership is a right, not a privilege gejohnston Oct 2015 #14

Pot smokers do not pose a threat to my life, liberty and pursuit of happiness like gun owners do. LonePirate Oct 2015 #15

How do my firearmes, snug in their safes oneshooter Oct 2015 #16

So, when the criminal element Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #20

Evading an answer, typical. oneshooter Oct 2015 #21

I am informed by gun owners Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #22

So you refuse to answer the question. oneshooter Oct 2015 #23

pot dealers are gejohnston Oct 2015 #18

"Every pot smoker I ever met was an asshole" independentpiney Oct 2015 #77

you clearly misread what I wrote gejohnston Oct 2015 #86

Anti-pot laws Created criminals. De ja vu all over again. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #26

But they are breaking the law Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #28

Oh you mean a well REGULATED militia bkkyosemite Oct 2015 #29

let me give you a website gejohnston Oct 2015 #30

Yeah, keep beating that dead horse. GGJohn Oct 2015 #32

Were you this annoying when the Bowers v Hardwick decision came down, also? stone space Oct 2015 #36

My argument is one you seemed to have missed, GGJohn Oct 2015 #47

I do obey the law.. virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #17

Privilege? GGJohn Oct 2015 #31

Guns are a privilege. (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #37

Would you care to provide links to the news stories branford Oct 2015 #38

Irrelevant to my point. stone space Oct 2015 #39

You are certainly entitled to any opinion you wish about how you want guns to be treated, branford Oct 2015 #40

Guns are a privilege. (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #41

You are also free to bury your head in the sand... nt branford Oct 2015 #42

You are missing the point here. stone space Oct 2015 #43

Got a link to that claim? eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #50

You just read it. Why should I have to link to it? stone space Oct 2015 #51

So IOW, as usual, you've got nothing. GGJohn Oct 2015 #54

Guns are mostly metal and plastic. Oneka Oct 2015 #73

I think all rational people got the point long ago. NutmegYankee Oct 2015 #78

You still haven't provided a lind to this wild claim. eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #84

You're certainly entitled to your own opinion, however ridiculouus it may be, GGJohn Oct 2015 #49

Guns are a privilege. That's a fact. (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #53

Prove it Mr. Calculus Teacher. eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #55

Why does calculus disturb you so much? (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #57

Why can't you answer the question? eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #58

Why are you so obsessed with calculus? stone space Oct 2015 #61

So, instead of providing a link to your bullshit claim, GGJohn Oct 2015 #62

Again, what is your obsession with calculus all about? stone space Oct 2015 #65

LOL. GGJohn Oct 2015 #68

Why the obsession? And why are you afraid to answer? (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #70

LOL. GGJohn Oct 2015 #71

For a calculus teacher, GGJohn Oct 2015 #48

Calculus seems to disturb you for some reason. stone space Oct 2015 #56

LOL, you're a good one to talk about things disturbing one. eom. GGJohn Oct 2015 #60

What is your obsession with calculus all about? stone space Oct 2015 #63

LOL. GGJohn Oct 2015 #64

What is it then? Why the obsession? (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #66

You're hilarious. GGJohn Oct 2015 #67

Why are you afraid to answer? stone space Oct 2015 #69

... GGJohn Oct 2015 #72

So, if you lost that weapon, Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #19

That is immaterial virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #24

So, as long as they let you keep your guns Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #35

Where did I, say that??? Why are YOU, making things up??? virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #45

The rights have been lost, that is a fact Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #74

That number would be................................................ GGJohn Oct 2015 #33

^^^ This. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #27

All gun grabbers should be required to register their names, addresses and political activities. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #44

"Gun grabbers", huh? And you wonder why nobody takes you seriously. (nt) stone space Oct 2015 #46

LOL. GGJohn Oct 2015 #52

Go ahead. Tell us you reject any policy that would infringe on the RKBA and don't want confiscation. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #75

Apparently firearm owners are taken seriously, GGJohn Oct 2015 #79

We have to take ammosexuals seriously. They invade our public spaces and threaten us. stone space Oct 2015 #80

Ammosexuals? GGJohn Oct 2015 #81

Besides murdering two people in cold blood? stone space Oct 2015 #82

Who murdered 2 people in cold blood? GGJohn Oct 2015 #83

The double murder who appears in all three photos. stone space Oct 2015 #85

So, the United States jehop61 Oct 2015 #2

Yes it can, virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #3

Ironically, the same American spirit of "rugged individualism," intense competition branford Oct 2015 #11

You aren't one of those 'gun control or nothing' folks are you? beevul Oct 2015 #12

Invented electricity? Snobblevitch Oct 2015 #59

A start would be to ban anyone one on anti depressants yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #87

You only see this from a gun owners perspective upaloopa Oct 2015 #6

you post bogus misinformation jimmy the one Oct 2015 #9

K&R... Kang Colby Oct 2015 #34

I can tell you right now rustynewyork Oct 2015 #76

You are absolutely correct.. virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #88