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Gun Control & RKBA

needledriver

(836 posts)

5. You're completely missing the point!!1!1!

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 12:38 PM

Apr 2016

Because it is possible for Innocent Children™ to gain access to poorly secured firearms, elderly people do not have the right to use firearms to defend themselves because the lives of Innocent Children™ are automatically more valuable than the lives of elderly people because reasons.

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UPDATE: Elderly Man Defends Himself in Home Invasion, 1 Person Dead [View all] sarisataka Apr 2016 OP

How about for the 'good of him' it's his right. ViseGrip Apr 2016 #1

.that^ 840high Apr 2016 #28

Good for him. With three assailants, TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2016 #2

per your last question heaven05 Apr 2016 #3

+ 1 DashOneBravo Apr 2016 #4

You're completely missing the point!!1!1! needledriver Apr 2016 #5

You're supposed to be dead by 80 anyway, not very nice of him. ileus Apr 2016 #6

Guns or no, NEVER attack an old man... Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #7

He should have retreated to his panic room constructed of derelict refrigerators. Marengo Apr 2016 #8

I see my post of several weeks ago is still getting to you MillennialDem Apr 2016 #9

How many DGUs? beevul Apr 2016 #10

IDK, but we know threatening people needlessly with a gun MillennialDem Apr 2016 #11

Its not nice... beevul Apr 2016 #12

Because it's not a legitimate reason to have guns if most criminals are scared off by MillennialDem Apr 2016 #13

Says who? beevul Apr 2016 #14

Yes says me. MillennialDem Apr 2016 #15

Color me shocked... beevul Apr 2016 #18

And shooting a criminal in justified self defense is an outlier. MillennialDem Apr 2016 #23

Did someone say it wasn't? beevul Apr 2016 #31

So in your opinion TeddyR Apr 2016 #16

There isn't one, unless you're in the military. MillennialDem Apr 2016 #17

The Second Amendment only applies to the military? TeddyR Apr 2016 #20

Your opposition to self-defense is noted discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #21

No opposition to self defense, just using guns to stick in someone's face who pisses you off becaus MillennialDem Apr 2016 #24

I'm unaware of any self-defense training integrating firearms that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2016 #30

And neither is your interlocutor- that is a red herring friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 #35

"Most gun nuts are compensating" Lizzie Poppet Apr 2016 #32

Ah come on Lizzie! DashOneBravo Apr 2016 #40

If you believe that video isn't staged ... Straw Man Apr 2016 #33

If assertive citizens and derelict refrigerators are sufficient to ward off criminal behavior you Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2016 #37

A fascinating disconnect... sarisataka Apr 2016 #19

Just another online "commando" hoping for a hide DonP Apr 2016 #22

... MillennialDem Apr 2016 #26

Not a chance, you pathetic excuse for an activist DonP Apr 2016 #29

Typical millennial activism DashOneBravo Apr 2016 #34

Calmate, amigo; that sort are getting shriller and nastier as they lose power friendly_iconoclast Apr 2016 #36

No, I'm very consistent. I don't support any study that shows lower DGU than some of MillennialDem Apr 2016 #25

I did say you reject all studies. sarisataka Apr 2016 #27

Please provide a citation to back this statement... Marengo Apr 2016 #39

Absurdity is eternal, and it would be a disservice to anyone debating with you... Marengo Apr 2016 #38