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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Fewer guns mean fewer killings. We want a handgun ban. [View all]yagotme
(3,816 posts)61. I'd sure do my part.
If I saw a gun on the street, I'd make my best effort to get it off. Maybe, if it's a nice one, it'll follow me home.
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A .410 has more stopping power at short range than .30-06 or .44 Mag? Based on what criteria?
Marengo
Jan 2018
#30
I favor universal background checks. I do not believe that mechanical function bans are...
The Polack MSgt
Jan 2018
#46
Hunting is not the only legitimate use of a firearm, and the opinion of some hunters...
Marengo
Jan 2018
#50
"Guage" is a rference of how many round ball, of cast lead, could be cast from a pound of lead.
oneshooter
Jan 2018
#39
No constitutional protection for any gun let alone hand guns outside of a
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2017
#5
Not only does it go out of it's way to limit to a militia, it was clearly the intent of the
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2017
#20
So you acknowledge the requirement the "militia" stipulation be satisfied for this blanket right?
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2017
#23
Not at all- I merely pointed out that your view of 'the militia' isn't the legally binding one
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2018
#44
Here are some documents concerning the 2nd amendment, written much closer to the time it was drafted
tortoise1956
Jan 2018
#57
So true. Scalia was an idealogue and a tool of billionaires. Koches funded his law school at GMU.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#120
amen! I dont hunt but I like target shooting in my own back yard (the forest)..
samnsara
Jan 2018
#152
Interesting. It seems the fear of losing one's guns is a powerful driving force.
Chemisse
Jan 2018
#35
Snakes sometimes take more than one shot to hit them, bears sometimes more than one to kill
Pope George Ringo II
Jan 2018
#80
First off, thanks for acknowledging the limitation of your knowledge of the terminology
better
Jan 2018
#36
Bear in mind the name 'NRA' is to some people what 'George Soros' and/or 'Saul Alinsky' is to others
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2018
#92
"We" meaning "Me and the three others that recc'd my OP"? Gonna need more than that...
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2017
#18
Of course you will insist on a full 3 generation background check with fingerprints and blood sample
oneshooter
Jan 2018
#62
Yes, sorry to say. That position gets Americans in cities killed. Ban semiautos and handguns.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#118
Now this is about 'sovereignity'? Please. Guns kill Americans. We must stop that.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#134
Yes, if you reject gun control, you are complicit in gun deaths. Single-shot rifles only.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#116
Would you support a government mandate restricting the amount of meat consumed by Americans?
Marengo
Jan 2018
#148
Yup- gun industry is AFRAID of the data. They know what it will show. So they banned govt gun data.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#113
Ban handguns, semiautos. Donald Trump is the racist authoritarian and you are losing credibility.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#119
Yes. But the point is the gun industry was SO SCARED, they stopped research for 21 years
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#122
Of course, if multiple studies with high levels of evidence (Canada shows handgun laws work)
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#127
It nicely summarizes how the GOP has stopped gun research they are afraid of.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#124
Also, if you reject gun control, you're complicit in gun deaths. Sorry. Americans die due to guns.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#115
If you reject drug control/bans, you're complicit in drug deaths. Sorry. Americans die due to
yagotme
Jan 2018
#138
Yep, all it takes is one law and POOF, problem eliminated entirely and for forever.
Marengo
Jan 2018
#164
See above Washington Post article - GOP threatened CDC, who stopped funding gun research.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#114
If you are not for handgun restrictions (like Canada)-you're complicit. Sadly.
sharedvalues
Jan 2018
#172