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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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8. "(P)ossible gun incidents"? That sounds very much like "occasion(s) of sin" to me:

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 09:03 PM

Mar 2017

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasion_of_sin

In Roman Catholic teaching, an occasion of sin is an external set of circumstances—whether of things or persons—which either because of their special nature or because of the frailty common to humanity or peculiar to some individual, incite or entice one to sin.

Once again, the essentially religious nature of gun control advocacy is demonstrated...

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Connecticut Gun Permits Increase 73 Percent In 2016 [View all] Lurks Often Mar 2017 OP

K&R discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #1

Meaning 30,000 possible gun incidents? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #2

"(P)ossible gun incidents"? That sounds very much like "occasion(s) of sin" to me: friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #8

Ooooooooooooooooooooookay. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #9

I have absolutely no problem with the public expression of religious sentiments friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #11

I have no problem with people believing whatever, as long as they do not guillaumeb Mar 2017 #12

"YMMV" - "Your mileage may vary": friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #13

Thank you. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #14

So you failed to pick up on what most find obvious. pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #17

Apparently you find a connection. guillaumeb Mar 2017 #19

Any honest person with a functioning brain does. NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #21

I'm one of them. krispos42 Mar 2017 #3

This is in reference to concealed carry, or no? pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #4

I had the same question discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #5

CT residents need a permit to buy a firearm or ammo Lurks Often Mar 2017 #6

I'm a NY resident ... Straw Man Mar 2017 #7

Federal and the applicable state laws still apply Lurks Often Mar 2017 #18

Thanks LO! NT pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #16

Yes, it is. From the original source: "State pistol permits spiked in 2016" friendly_iconoclast Mar 2017 #10

Get that, FI....... pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #15

Not the "tipping point" they're after, I believe, (haha), yagotme Mar 2017 #20