Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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20. Cool & Happy New Year

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 04:29 PM

Jan 2017

I did come to believe I was on ignore but I'm not offended as it's a DU feature.

I do have to honestly say that I don't KNOW why the NRA and GOA oppose making (by legislation) toys look like toys and not real guns. I have your OP that says they do but I don't interest myself in news or views which derive from either group.

I conjecture that this may have to do with the source you sited considering some items as toys which the two pro-gun groups do not. As I said, I've not studied the issue; I don't buy or own toy guns, real guns or even imaginary guns.

As I said before, I don't consider a toy gun to be a gun. I agree they're possibly deadly but they're not guns. I still don't see the reason for discussing them in this group but at least you're discussing something and the word gun is involved.

Peace

P.S. - As a rhetorical preponderance, your answer left me wondering why you're reading my replies and answering while you keep me on ignore. I have accepted that some there are those contradictions I won't ever understand.

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Report: 86 people carrying fake or toy guns killed by police in 2 years [View all] flamin lib Dec 2016 OP

You would have to ask the NRA sarisataka Dec 2016 #1

Are they opposed? ileus Dec 2016 #2

I have so many of the gungeoneers on ignore I have log out to see them. flamin lib Dec 2016 #3

That is a decent article. ManiacJoe Jan 2017 #17

What makes you think that someone, who can't accept a right... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #18

Well, you know. One more hit with Ben's 2x4 might do the trick. ManiacJoe Jan 2017 #21

You are placing people on "Ignore" ... Straw Man Jan 2017 #24

Heh. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #28

See post #20 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #30

Many gun people have you on "ignore". oneshooter Jan 2017 #43

Don't recall saying that, maybe I did but don't recall. flamin lib Jan 2017 #44

I have a different Question: Why is it OK to kill people with Toy Guns if we have RKBA? mackdaddy Dec 2016 #4

No, I'm asking the right question. Thanks for playing. flamin lib Dec 2016 #5

..... justhanginon Dec 2016 #6

Those folks need a toy NRA discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #7

Because most of the replica firearms being discussed here aren't toys. benEzra Dec 2016 #8

At least 13 were replicas and 16 were airsoft. flamin lib Dec 2016 #9

The article *you* quoted says "air guns", not just toys. benEzra Dec 2016 #10

No, it is NOT the case. flamin lib Dec 2016 #11

Your own article puts BB and pellet weapons at the top of the list. benEzra Dec 2016 #12

I ask one more time flamin lib Dec 2016 #13

Pellet guns are not toys - they are real weapons hack89 Jan 2017 #23

He doesn't want to listen citood Jan 2017 #51

They don't. That's *ALREADY* the law, since 1988 (15 U.S. Code 5001). benEzra Jan 2017 #34

Soooooo flamin lib Jan 2017 #35

They are marketed and sold as theatrical props hack89 Jan 2017 #38

which begs the question gejohnston Jan 2017 #39

Those aren't toys. Your link has law-enforcement training replicas, and benEzra Jan 2017 #60

Tamir Rice. nt flamin lib Jan 2017 #61

Who was holding an Airsoft that someone else had painted to look real. benEzra Jan 2017 #62

John Crawford nt flamin lib Jan 2017 #63

Another fail- Crawford was handling a pellet/BB gun, which was an actual weapon- not a toy friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #64

Who was shot when a shopper who was either racist, delusional, or anti-gun trolled 911... benEzra Jan 2017 #66

Why haven't I heard from our resident NRA expert and supporter/promoter, Kang Colby. flamin lib Dec 2016 #14

The devil is in the details. Straw Man Jan 2017 #22

Because it's already federal law. Kang Colby Jan 2017 #26

Thanks for the reply and glad you had a wonderful weekend. flamin lib Jan 2017 #36

You make some fair points. Kang Colby Jan 2017 #37

So it's the victim's fault? These are all crimes worthy of capital punishment? flamin lib Jan 2017 #40

Sooo, the civilian weapons yagotme Jan 2017 #41

Lethality is more than ballistics. flamin lib Jan 2017 #42

My post was in reply to yours, yagotme Jan 2017 #45

Can you shoot that fast? flamin lib Jan 2017 #46

No, not quite, but if someone wanted to practice, yagotme Jan 2017 #47

One more time, flamin lib Jan 2017 #48

And you claim I throw insults? n/t oneshooter Jan 2017 #49

How many hours do I get, like in FL? yagotme Jan 2017 #50

It is idiocy to maintain a man with a revolver can wound or kill 100 people flamin lib Jan 2017 #52

Are you always this condescending yagotme Jan 2017 #53

This is the same "expert" who claimed the first production run of Mosin Nagant rifles... Marengo Jan 2017 #54

I know, have been watching his modus operandi yagotme Jan 2017 #55

Naa, I save condescension for the guy who flamin lib Jan 2017 #56

Oh my. yagotme Jan 2017 #57

"Silencers...really don't silence and only serve the purpose of making your gun longer" friendly_iconoclast Jan 2017 #65

So, why all the expense of putting something yagotme Jan 2017 #68

And yet every year, ten or fifteen times as many people are murdered with revolvers benEzra Jan 2017 #67

The best reason that I can think of is... ToolMaker Dec 2016 #15

I'll answer your question if you answer mine discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #16

this reply is for discntnt_irny_srcsm because DU won't let me post replyies to flamin lib Jan 2017 #19

Cool & Happy New Year discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #20

Beginning to sound like a very proper British comedy. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #29

Apparently I was temporarily unigored via manual override... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #58

Confusion to the enemy! Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #59

Only thing I come up with is it's a pushback SQUEE Jan 2017 #25

Well, reading both the CBS & the mammoth WaPo screed, little about the NRA.. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #27

If I recall, in IL, yagotme Jan 2017 #31

That doesn't surprise me. I attempted a discussion with a gun prohibitionist Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #32

Bayonets, pikes, swords yagotme Jan 2017 #33