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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

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7. If only...

Reply to marble falls (Reply #6)

Wed May 11, 2016, 11:33 AM

May 2016

If only you could get the gun banning types to buy into that...

They tend to focus on the law abiding rather than the criminal or mentally disturbed.

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What's to stop someone from lying about having retreated? [View all] Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 OP

Excellent post. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #1

Be careful about making blanket statements about what is legal Lurks Often May 2016 #2

OK, here you go... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #5

The same mechanism gets cops off for shooting unarmed suspects, lie and stick to the lie no... marble falls May 2016 #3

Yet, gun control is dedication to the proposition that only the police should be armed. Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #4

Not in my mind. Keeping the criminal or mentally disturbed from gun ownership will not lead to ... marble falls May 2016 #6

If only... beevul May 2016 #7

They focus on the law-abiding because it is culture war... Eleanors38 May 2016 #8

Gun control would mett with far more success if it confined its efforts to only criminals and Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #9