Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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12. I have question

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 07:39 PM

Aug 2015

2. Figure out a way the federal government can dilute or negate the "stand your ground" laws passed by so many states. These laws are dangerous mostly because they're so misunderstood. Many people think a SYG law means, "I can shoot you if I see you on my property.

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which comes in five parts
a-What about the states that were SYG by common law, such as California, Illinois, Oregon, Washington, before any of those laws were passed?
b-What about the federal level common law SYG that has been in place since Oliver Wendell Holmes sat on the SCOTUS?
c-What about states like Georgia, where they simply codified existing common law?
d-What is dilute?
And the most important part
e-The source of this "misunderstanding" are dishonest politicians, lazy and stupid pundits, and lazy and unethical journalists; how is it the federal government's responsibility to fix it by attacking the concept itself?

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Hillary Clinton Talks Gun Policy [View all] SecularMotion Aug 2015 OP

Well, let's get specific HassleCat Aug 2015 #1

"3. Enact consumer protection legislation to protect people from cheap firearms" friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #2

Has there been a problem with cheap guns blowing up and hurting people? hack89 Aug 2015 #3

Comment on your comments discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #4

^^^ This pablo_marmol Aug 2015 #5

Subjective HassleCat Aug 2015 #10

are you sure you don't live in a SYG state? gejohnston Aug 2015 #13

Serious question: Do you know why SYG laws have been adopted? NT pablo_marmol Aug 2015 #18

I woud say blind fear HassleCat Aug 2015 #19

"I would say blind fear." pablo_marmol Aug 2015 #20

"If you have to ask what good that would do, you probably don't know..." beevul Aug 2015 #6

Post #1 was full of generalities, as apparently that poster doesn't want to be pinned down friendly_iconoclast Aug 2015 #7

So, I read number 3 as 'fuck poor people'. AtheistCrusader Aug 2015 #8

I have question gejohnston Aug 2015 #12

Ummm, you realize that an actual Uzi submachinegun is $5,000 to $10,000 benEzra Aug 2015 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #21

Like any professional politician, ManiacJoe Aug 2015 #9

I guess I touched a nerve HassleCat Aug 2015 #11

which is what he should have in the first place gejohnston Aug 2015 #14

I'm just playing know-it-all HassleCat Aug 2015 #15

What make/model AK, and how many rounds through it? benEzra Aug 2015 #17

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