Gun Control & RKBA

SQUEE

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35. So, the deaths don't matter after all.

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 05:06 PM

Dec 2016

We can just ride out the wave of murder and mayhem until rust and termites take the last.

Seems this problem is not as urgent as your make it out to be.

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EU talks on banning deadliest semi-automatic weapons hit deadlock [View all] Eugene Dec 2016 OP

Remember, no one wants to take away our guns. TupperHappy Dec 2016 #1

Here's the problem with trying to regulate by minutia; make a definition and the seller will flamin lib Dec 2016 #2

You are just full of good ideas... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #3

Perhaps that is the point... sarisataka Dec 2016 #4

Some in DU have openly speculated on how to ban me for a lot less. Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #9

Exactly what do we do with all the existing semiautomatic weapons with ... spin Dec 2016 #5

You likely won't get an answer to that. TupperHappy Dec 2016 #19

Hmm. One of the first after-market banana mags was fitted to a Rem Model 8, whose Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #8

re: "gun lobby" is in Europe discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #10

I much prefer an honest gun banner TupperHappy Dec 2016 #11

According to Heller the 2nd doesn't cover carrying any gun for any reason anywhere. flamin lib Dec 2016 #13

Are you suggesting that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #15

If you set the speed limit on the Interstates nationwide to 35 mph, benEzra Dec 2016 #21

Yeah, and if Pepe had wings he wouldn't bump his ass every time he jumped. flamin lib Dec 2016 #23

Advocating bans on 75% of civilian guns...bans that Canada and most of Europe have rejected... benEzra Dec 2016 #25

To misquote Neil A... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #26

I said GUNS, not rifles. nt flamin lib Dec 2016 #30

Yes, I realize that. That's why I said "75% of civilian guns" above, which would encompass benEzra Dec 2016 #43

No one that I know of is arguing that. TupperHappy Dec 2016 #24

A really great post discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #27

There are only two features that matter. flamin lib Dec 2016 #29

Let's say you achieve your goal sarisataka Dec 2016 #31

Ok, then, answer me this. TupperHappy Dec 2016 #32

time. flamin lib Dec 2016 #33

So, the deaths don't matter after all. SQUEE Dec 2016 #35

That is the most stupid reply I've read in a long time. Not saying you are stupid, just your reply. flamin lib Dec 2016 #36

So, nailed it I see. SQUEE Dec 2016 #37

That may be what you are willing to accept, but i guarantee... TupperHappy Dec 2016 #38

That is provably wrong. flamin lib Dec 2016 #39

Yes, I know you said GUNS TupperHappy Dec 2016 #40

This is becoming tiresome. flamin lib Dec 2016 #41

We'll also retain the right to own detachable-magazine semiautos, like Canadians and Europeans. n/t benEzra Dec 2016 #45

"I give up." I rather doubt that- those that seek to punish 'sinful' behavior for 'the greater good' friendly_iconoclast Dec 2016 #46

You realize even the *UK* has rejected that level of ban, yes? benEzra Dec 2016 #44

That means I do not have an inherent right to carry an AK in a candy store filled with hyper kids derby378 Dec 2016 #49

Pretty soon we will have a favorable SCOTUS ruling in Kolbe. Kang Colby Dec 2016 #17

Funny how much Europe, sarisataka Dec 2016 #6

No, AR-15's and such are common across most of Europe. benEzra Dec 2016 #22

Heh. "Legal definitions." Well, what do you know. They're catching up -- overseas. Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #7

Murder. yagotme Dec 2016 #12

Well, it's clearly unenforceable so let's repeal laws against murder. flamin lib Dec 2016 #14

My point, yagotme Dec 2016 #18

Heh. If laws only existed because of ther deterrent effect, we wouldn't have ANY laws... Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #34

Oh really? Straw Man Dec 2016 #42

One of the points I often make is that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #48

I personally think murder should be double secret illegal! discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #16

They're not the "most lethal semiautomatic weapons", they're the least lethal. benEzra Dec 2016 #20

Another confused reporter...no surprise there. ... spin Dec 2016 #28

No more confused or factually incorrect than certain self-proclaimed "experts" on this thread... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2016 #47