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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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13. are you sure you don't live in a SYG state?

Reply to HassleCat (Reply #10)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 07:46 PM

Aug 2015

It maybe by common law. There are 34 SYG states and I know of two countries that are. Czech Republic and UK. UK was common law duty to retreat, but Parliament codified their self defense law in the 1960s that took away the duty to retreat.
Wikipedia has a mistake on the subject. It lists Wyoming as a SYG state, when in fact it is not.

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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

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #22