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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: If guns were as regulated as cars [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,577 posts)28. Your response is so full of holes it's only just barely worthy of a response.
"By your reasoning there shouldn't even be laws against murder, because someone will do it anyway."
And by that reasoning I infer that you believe the only for not murdering another is because there's a law against it. Really??? Is that how you see everyone?
And it should have read, "the right to bear single-shot, smooth-bore, flintlock muskets shall not be abridged."
By quoting this brain-fart of a soundbite, you really limit who will even take you seriously.
My learned pro-RKBA associate, Nuclear Unicorn, has addressed this in greater detail.
Have a nice day.
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That's why it's up to progressives like you and I to fight for what little 2A rights
ileus
Nov 2015
#22
PEOPLE kill people. Guns are just the tool ..imho, we need to regulate the PEOPLE who own the guns
secondwind
Nov 2015
#9
Your response is so full of holes it's only just barely worthy of a response.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Nov 2015
#28
Your incoherent response is hilarious! More, PLEASE! I do love a good laugh!
gregcrawford
Nov 2015
#35
Regardless of that that dipshit LaPierre may be "glossing over," the RKBA is not dependent...
Lizzie Poppet
Nov 2015
#36
The intellectual dishonesty and bald lies of the gun lover and NRA are equal to what the GOP uses.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2015
#14
"In a well regulated militia there would be tons of restrictions on a killing tool"
Nuclear Unicorn
Nov 2015
#16
Actually, the well-regulated Militia would be required to keep and train with the same
jmg257
Nov 2015
#45
Well shit - of course "of the times"...hence the terms "the original constitutional intent..."
jmg257
Nov 2015
#49
And moreover, the steps listed would be largely useless as suicide prevention.
Lizzie Poppet
Nov 2015
#37
More than 90 percent of American households own a car while little more than a third own guns
liberal N proud
Nov 2015
#52