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jimmy the one

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19. I do support book bans
Thu May 23, 2013, 08:06 AM
May 2013

excopLS: I find it hard to believe that anyone who believes in civil rights would support a gun ban of any sort, any more than a book ban, or a license and prior clearance to publish. The Second Amendment is why we still have the rest of the Bill of Rights.

I support civil rights & I do support banning books on child pornography. And books on how to make bombs, and books on how to make plastic guns. Lotsa 'book bans' I'd support.
If you are against bans, why do you (I presume) want to ban gun registration? which was the law in 1791, registering militia men.
Am I correct in interpreting that you oppose the machine gun ban? Partially banning certain more lethal rifles or handguns is not depriving anyone of any 2nd amendment right, since the right is preserved by other sophisticated firearms outside the realm of the ban.
Even a total handgun ban, which nixon wanted, would've preserved the 2nd amendment right as it existed in early 70's, prior to scalia & heller subverting history.

The 2nd Amendment today does nothing to protect the rest of the bill of rights. The 2ndA today is useless, obsolete, antiquidated. 2ndA has become a mythology for the nra to promote to a gullible rightwing public as a 'guardian' against terrorism & liberalism, ignoring the fact that guns kill 30,000 americans yearly, dwarfing terrorism in america.
I renounced my 2ndA rights a month back, & I could go out & buy a gun today as long as I pass a background check (which I could) - the 2ndA today has absolutely nothing to do with my buying a gun.
2ndA has nothing to do with protecting america from our govt - the 2ndAmendment is of more problematic concern for law abiding citizens, than the govt ever will be. Pro gun supporters threaten use of firearms against US govt & liberalism daily, & the worst the govt does, is investigate rightwing groups for tax exempt eligibility, subsequently apologizing. How many tea party gun loonies apologize for provocative remarks & actions?

Too many gun nuts like that guy. That's what guns on demand has done to our society. Hoyt Apr 2013 #1
Cave boy, probably lives with his mother. Kingofalldems Apr 2013 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #3
and access to deadly weapons..... lastlib Apr 2013 #4
looks like an ak47 jimmy the one Apr 2013 #5
99.9% of folks here really dont give a damn what the precise nomenclature for his lethal weapons or Hoyt Apr 2013 #6
+1 freshwest Apr 2013 #7
calm down hoyt jimmy the one Apr 2013 #8
Well that's a good approach -- Only allow elephant guns that knock you on your ass with first shot. Hoyt Apr 2013 #9
teamwork jimmy the one Apr 2013 #11
you are a bit off on the metal slanting thing Travis_0004 Apr 2013 #12
It is an AK ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #14
going gunny again for a bit jimmy the one May 2013 #15
Reply ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #16
caliber not that important jimmy the one May 2013 #17
Differences ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #18
I do support book bans jimmy the one May 2013 #19
That's not a logical position ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #20
war of 1812 no shows jimmy the one May 2013 #21
If you sincerely believe that billh58 May 2013 #28
"..down the hall and to the Far Right." Heheheheh! nt Pholus May 2013 #29
Sure, if all you want to hear is ... ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #30
Pimping your blog billh58 May 2013 #32
Whatever. ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #33
Is he related to this guy? SunSeeker Apr 2013 #10
where is the mental bleach when I need it??? niyad May 2013 #13
1939 miller was 8-0 unanimous jimmy the one May 2013 #22
Miller supports individual, not collective, rights ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #23
Welcome back billh58 May 2013 #24
Huh? ExCop-LawStudent May 2013 #25
Okey dokey billh58 May 2013 #26
There seems to be a lot of pro-gun posters who espouse NRA talking points but claim to be not NRA coldmountain May 2013 #27
Yeah---funny how many of these "reasonable" RKBA Absolutists have turned up, lately. Paladin May 2013 #36
It's so obvious that billh58 May 2013 #37
They've been turning up in clusters for years, here at DU. Paladin May 2013 #39
Well, the gun porn people have hijacked another thread. n/t JimDandy May 2013 #31
joseph story on the militia jimmy the one May 2013 #34
state cases jimmy the one May 2013 #35
sawed off reasoning jimmy the one May 2013 #38
It's fucking idiots like that who have serious mental issues that should not own guns. madinmaryland May 2013 #40
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