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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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30. The problem ...

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 25, 2023, 03:31 AM

Apr 2023

The Problem, Sir

Is that a large proportion of people who procure firearms do so in service of a fantasy, they buy them in hopes they will one day have opportunity to shoot someone without consequence to themselves.

... is that your contention has no citation or reference to a source, so one suspects that the purported existence of this "large proportion" is indeed "in service of a fantasy" -- your own.

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Answering the door late at night [View all] Kaleva Apr 2023 OP

Still at it? Leave it alone. One trigger-happy cop, in a group of LEOs at the wrong house... brush Apr 2023 #1

Is it your opinion that Massad Ayoob is full of shit? Kaleva Apr 2023 #2

You're like a dog with a bone on this. A trigger-happy cop fucked up. Let it go. brush Apr 2023 #6

Is Massad Ayoob correct or not? Kaleva Apr 2023 #7

You are in a predicament Kaleva Apr 2023 #12

Still? Let it go, buddy. brush Apr 2023 #13

I've been advocating proper training for gun owners for years now Kaleva Apr 2023 #14

Amen! Hangingon Apr 2023 #27

The Problem, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2023 #3

I think some delude themselves into feeling empowered by a gun in hand Kaleva Apr 2023 #4

Does it matter if he went to the door? Hangingon Apr 2023 #25

And gun owners are supposed to be trained Kaleva Apr 2023 #26

Amen! Hangingon Apr 2023 #28

True. Kaleva Apr 2023 #29

The problem ... Straw Man Apr 2023 #30

Thank You For The Laugh, Dear The Magistrate Apr 2023 #31

You give yourself far too much credit. Straw Man Apr 2023 #32

Anybody who knocks on my front door have already crossed over 2 closed gates and traveled 120 yards oneshooter Apr 2023 #5

You are pretty well covered Kaleva Apr 2023 #8

That is not all oneshooter Apr 2023 #9

I think you will be ok, once you drop the ARs Fla_Democrat Apr 2023 #11

Why drop the ARs oneshooter Apr 2023 #16

Because they are weapons of war.... Fla_Democrat Apr 2023 #18

Sorry, I forgot about the 500yd 3 point range , oneshooter Apr 2023 #10

Paranoid much? nt AndyS Apr 2023 #17

Well... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2023 #19

No, However you seem to be oneshooter Apr 2023 #20

Hmmm, project much? AndyS Apr 2023 #22

Same ol Same ol. oneshooter Apr 2023 #23

Post removed Post removed Apr 2023 #24

What a monumentally sad thread this is. (nt) Paladin Apr 2023 #15

Why is that? oneshooter Apr 2023 #21