Gun Control & RKBA

skepticscott

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39. Do you realize how silly it is

Reply to gejohnston (Reply #34)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 09:35 PM

Jun 2016

to compare gun laws in individual cities with laws in entire countries with controlled borders?

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Banning guns versus banning alcohol. [View all] beevul Jun 2016 OP

Commerce in alcohol is regulated. nt. MH1 Jun 2016 #1

OTOH anoNY42 Jun 2016 #2

heck, you can be a full blown alcoholic and buy alcohol while high on drugs Press Virginia Jun 2016 #4

Even if you had a history of Drunk Driving.... anoNY42 Jun 2016 #17

One can't use a fifth of vodka to walk into a club and kill 49 people. Salviati Jun 2016 #18

how do you know he didn't drink a fifth of vodka before he walked into that club Press Virginia Jun 2016 #19

One can't use a fifth of vodka to protect your family either. ileus Jun 2016 #20

A repeat DUI sarisataka Jun 2016 #23

he could have killed everyone with one or two gejohnston Jun 2016 #25

Let's take a stroll down that avenue of inquiry ... Straw Man Jun 2016 #31

But you could easily kill an entire family in a car. anoNY42 Jun 2016 #46

so are guns, even more strictly than alcohol gejohnston Jun 2016 #10

With the repeal of prohibition, the people ceded that regulation to... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #49

So are weapons, much more so for them Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #36

LOL tell that to some of my "kin folks"... virginia mountainman Jun 2016 #42

On the other hand.... safeinOhio Jun 2016 #3

There is no ban on automatic weapons Press Virginia Jun 2016 #5

There was never safeinOhio Jun 2016 #15

"you can obtain one if you obtain a FFL (not hard to do) and can afford to pay for the weapon"... or Ghost in the Machine Jun 2016 #45

It amazes me that Roberts, Scalia et al. didn't try to roll that one back too. NT Jerry442 Jun 2016 #6

probably because it doesn't exist Press Virginia Jun 2016 #7

Aha! Since the burden on would-be full-auto buyers is so innocuous... Jerry442 Jun 2016 #8

I'm 100% certain you don't know what a semi-automatic gun is Press Virginia Jun 2016 #9

I'm quite clear on the difference between auto and semi-auto. I also know that... Jerry442 Jun 2016 #12

ruhhheaaaaallly. Press Virginia Jun 2016 #14

I encourage all reading this to research this issue on their own and form their own conclusions. Jerry442 Jun 2016 #16

Your reply to your interlocutor has a whopping strawman argument at the center of it friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #27

It's not so innocuous. Straw Man Jun 2016 #32

outside of the movies and the ones stolen from cops and national guard armories gejohnston Jun 2016 #11

Because full autos were never common in civilian hands, and semiautos work well for civilian use. benEzra Jun 2016 #55

Alcohol can be made in a bathtub, in pots and pans, in old rain barrels Warpy Jun 2016 #13

Point well-made actually, but bleah. Jerry442 Jun 2016 #21

Considering I'm an abstainer, they'd already written me off Warpy Jun 2016 #22

the second easiest to make gejohnston Jun 2016 #24

Mead is extremely east to make at home... theatre goon Jun 2016 #47

A five gallon pail of barley malt was cheaper than a 5 gallon can of honey Warpy Jun 2016 #50

Prohibition was a near-total ban skepticscott Jun 2016 #26

The gun prohibitionists have taken a gradualist approach, hence the calls for... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #28

What headline? beevul Jun 2016 #35

Um...the headline in your OP skepticscott Jun 2016 #38

Usually I just call it a title. beevul Jun 2016 #40

You guys never get tired of that silly straw man, do you? skepticscott Jun 2016 #43

Its no straw man... beevul Jun 2016 #44

"Next time" someone kills over a hundred with fertilizer and fuel oil. I've been told. Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #51

Blame. Straw Man Jun 2016 #54

We do have laws about how old you have to be to buy alcohol. SheilaT Jun 2016 #29

you have no idea what the current gun laws are do you? gejohnston Jun 2016 #30

Given how easy it is for anyone to buy a gun, especially over the internet SheilaT Jun 2016 #33

first, it is easy to buy anything on the internet gejohnston Jun 2016 #34

Do you realize how silly it is skepticscott Jun 2016 #39

you know how silly it is to assume coke and heroin dealers go to the local gun store? gejohnston Jun 2016 #41

I have purchased many over the internet Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #37

I have purchased one over the Internet. theatre goon Jun 2016 #48

To add to the discussion, in Texas kids can drink alcohol... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #53

Too logical to be understood by the anti-gun crowd. NaturalHigh Jun 2016 #52