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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

(12,148 posts)

15. "Certain types of guns used to kill people, exclusively."

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 09:25 AM

Aug 2015

This, he can be educated on.

The rifles that the DLC/Third Way want him to ban are among the *least* likely to kill people, and among the *most* likely to be used for sporting purposes and other lawful/moral uses.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/crime-in-the-u.s.-2013/tables/table-20/table_20_murder_by_state_types_of_weapons_2013.xls

His previous history shows he is not idealogically commited to the Prohibition position, so I'd give him the benefit of the doubt on that.

Vermont isn't the stop-and-frisk, gunz-r-evilll utopia of Bloomberg/Guliani's NYC; AR-15's are exceedingly popular in the state, and Vermont doesn't even require a license to carry a concealed 9mm for self-defense. It's one of those places that shows that a lawful gun culture is not a left/right issue.

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Sanders says he could support banning some weapons, universal background checks [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2015 OP

He has been saying that for years Duckhunter935 Aug 2015 #1

Everyone has an opinion discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #5

Saying 8t doesn't make it possible or constitutional ..... pipoman Aug 2015 #2

The 2nd amendment right is not unlimited SecularMotion Aug 2015 #3

The 2A, like the entire BOR, is not "unlimited." branford Aug 2015 #6

Heavily regulated my ass. flamin lib Aug 2015 #9

What's the background check waiting period for the car? DonP Aug 2015 #10

The fact that you want a product to be far more regulated, or even banned, branford Aug 2015 #11

Private gun sales are completely unregulated and comprise at least 40% of gun transfers in the US. flamin lib Aug 2015 #12

You systematically concede the existence of the multitude of laws and regulations, branford Aug 2015 #13

Not on private sales and not on manufacture. flamin lib Aug 2015 #14

It's not unlimited as is evidenced by the tens of thousands pipoman Aug 2015 #7

He's from the age where all guns were fudd guns.... ileus Aug 2015 #4

Hmmm Kang Colby Aug 2015 #8

"Certain types of guns used to kill people, exclusively." benEzra Aug 2015 #15