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In reply to the discussion: An objective of the RKBA [View all]Marengo
(3,477 posts)13. Who do you trust with firearms?
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        I agree that the RKBA is an implicit statement of trust in the citizenry, unique in
        Eleanors38
        Oct 2016
        #1
      
        
        Do you trust him to carry a gun? Trust him enough not to demand the government prevent him...
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #33
      
        
        Why don't you trust Beevul to carry a gun? What has he done to earn your distrust?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #35
      
        
        Am I to assume that fundamentally you distrust anyone with firearms? Other than to say...
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #42
      
        
        I didn't ask who you don't trust, rather who you do trust with firearms. Can you answer?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #26
      
        
        You appear to be dodging as my question stands on it's own. Why can't you answer?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #30
      
        
        The OP doesn't advocate disenfranchising folks who CAN be trusted with guns.
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #38
      
        
        As you are the bottleneck here, not me, that's pretty much out of my hands.
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #44
      
        
        How does Beevul fall into the same intersection as Zimmerman? What similarities are there?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #46
      
        
        Do you, or do you not, trust Beevul with guns. Do you, or do you not, trust Zimmerman with guns?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #50
      
        
        I'm not quite sure what to make of your apparent difficulty following your own train of thought.
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #66
      
        
        Are there any character or trait based intersections between the two within your set?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #68
      
        
        Actually, I'll leave it you to make the determination who is a member of your set
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Oct 2016
        #60
      
        
        Why are you so reluctant to answer? It's very odd, as if you are fearful to answer. You must have...
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #72
      
        
        Why won't you answer the question? If not out of fear, than why the reluctance?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #80
      
        
        Why won't you answer the question? What am I to assume is the reason for your reluctance to do so?
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #90
      
        
        What metrics, in general terms, do you base a belief someone is not to be trusted...
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #45
      
        
        Where did you run off to? Lots of pending questions here, crickets are gathering.
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #100
      
        
        I've been engaging him under the assumption he was participating in good faith. Perhaps...
        Marengo
        Oct 2016
        #95
      
        
        5+ irrelevant flame bait threads locked in a few days and our genial host is reaching his limits
        DonP
        Oct 2016
        #96
      
        
        I'm talking about disenfranchised inmates who neither of us trust to have AR-15s in their cells.
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #7
      
        
        Too short. You don't what? Don't trust them with votes, or don't stand by your OP?
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #9
      
        
        I said YOU could use it because you seem to be the one with a problem understanding
        discntnt_irny_srcsm
        Oct 2016
        #19
      
        
        The OP openly and directly advocates disenfranchisement of anybody too dangerous to have guns.
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #22
      
        
        Gunhumping is kind of like chairhumping, but with a gun instead of a chair.
        stone space
        Oct 2016
        #29