Gun Control & RKBA

Eko

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63. Uh huh.

Sun Apr 9, 2017, 03:26 PM

Apr 2017

"The study (available as a PDF) calls the defensive use of guns by crime victims "a common occurrence, although the exact number remains disputed." While it might be as high as 3 million defensive uses of guns each year, some scholars point to the much lower estimate of 108,000 times a year. "The variation in these numbers remains a controversy in the field," the study notes."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/16/the-study-that-gun-rights-activists-keep-citing-but-completely-misunderstand/?utm_term=.88ec705ec937

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how many of you CA residents plan to register your "assault rifles" [View all] wincest Apr 2017 OP

So the government still uses muskets? angstlessk Apr 2017 #1

"1. So the government still uses muskets?" wincest Apr 2017 #2

Ever hear of DRONES with WEAPONS? angstlessk Apr 2017 #3

Ever hear of snipers? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2017 #6

So you think citizens can take on the government angstlessk Apr 2017 #7

I think history speaks for itself discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2017 #9

A few rifles is all it takes to defeat the other guys with rifles guarding the big things that Jonny Appleseed Apr 2017 #51

Ever hear of AFGHANISTAN, as of three weeks ago? friendly_iconoclast Apr 2017 #25

And......crickets.. nt pkdu Apr 2017 #53

Arms in the hands of private citizens Buzz cook Apr 2017 #4

don't care wincest Apr 2017 #5

Arms and rights. Straw Man Apr 2017 #12

Jim Crow was inforced by private citizens Buzz cook Apr 2017 #30

Jim Crow was enforced by racist police departments. Straw Man Apr 2017 #35

The right to bear arms is tits on a bore. Buzz cook Apr 2017 #46

Some of your responses are rather ahistorical, and deserve a fisking friendly_iconoclast Apr 2017 #55

Fisking Buzz cook Apr 2017 #60

Specifically, there is no indication that the Framers of the Amendment gejohnston Apr 2017 #61

Yup gun control has a racist aspect and Buzz cook Apr 2017 #74

Perhaps you meant "boar" -- or was that a pun? Straw Man Apr 2017 #56

Hey thanks for implying that I was a racist Buzz cook Apr 2017 #59

You made your bed. Straw Man Apr 2017 #62

You're showing your ignorance. Buzz cook Apr 2017 #73

Of what? Straw Man Apr 2017 #75

Well I guess then you're Buzz cook Apr 2017 #77

Silly. Straw Man Apr 2017 #78

The reek of weekend warrior is in the air. It must be spring. Squinch Apr 2017 #8

"reek" wincest Apr 2017 #11

So, Eko Apr 2017 #10

You are allowed to have M 249s sarisataka Apr 2017 #13

What a travesty Eko Apr 2017 #14

I don't have any issues sarisataka Apr 2017 #15

So, Eko Apr 2017 #17

It says you have the right to bear arms sarisataka Apr 2017 #18

The infantry Eko Apr 2017 #20

I have already said sarisataka Apr 2017 #21

Yes. Eko Apr 2017 #22

"If" sarisataka Apr 2017 #31

Eh, Eko Apr 2017 #36

I would disagree sarisataka Apr 2017 #39

Thanks!! Eko Apr 2017 #41

Not exactly. needledriver Apr 2017 #47

That statistic comes from a survey. Eko Apr 2017 #48

You forgot to quote this paragraph. needledriver Apr 2017 #49

True, Eko Apr 2017 #50

W/regard to Kleck's methodology: pablo_marmol Apr 2017 #57

The CDC that Democrats hold in such high esteem refutes Hemenway pablo_marmol Apr 2017 #58

Uh huh. Eko Apr 2017 #63

Why quote from some WaPo employee gejohnston Apr 2017 #64

Wrong. pablo_marmol Apr 2017 #68

Pablo, he must have missed the 500+ post re: Okie self defense in GD. nt yagotme Apr 2017 #71

* pablo_marmol Apr 2017 #79

Excuse the intrusion discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2017 #23

No one has said "each". Eko Apr 2017 #24

The 2A/RKBA has been acknowledged as an "individual" right discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2017 #26

It just seems quite odd. Eko Apr 2017 #29

re: "Would that really be where voting is a right?" agreed sort of discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2017 #33

True. Eko Apr 2017 #37

your god damn right wincest Apr 2017 #16

Why even argue with eko Alea Apr 2017 #19

As a history nerd, I have to say muskets were better weapons for an army. That Guy 888 Apr 2017 #27

Somewhat true. Straw Man Apr 2017 #45

For those of us not in CA, what happens to you HeartachesNhangovers Apr 2017 #28

Do you even have to ask haha Alea Apr 2017 #34

I would, but I don't own any firearms still_one Apr 2017 #32

You could buy one ... Straw Man Apr 2017 #38

hmmmm, Is it required by law that I have to buy a firearm? still_one Apr 2017 #40

Ummmm, ... Straw Man Apr 2017 #42

whew........ Thanks still_one Apr 2017 #43

You're welcome! Straw Man Apr 2017 #44

I continue to wonder why grown men still play 'cowboys & Indians' fantasy. nt fleabiscuit Apr 2017 #52

No need to be sexist. Women play, too. yagotme Apr 2017 #67

Only if we can register A1 Tanks and RPGs too , and maybe Nukes? nt pkdu Apr 2017 #54

You can gejohnston Apr 2017 #65

You can buy all the armored vehicles you can afford. However, if you want to have yagotme Apr 2017 #66

IIRC, gejohnston Apr 2017 #69

If that was the case then, yagotme Apr 2017 #70

Demilling the receivers wasn't what I was thinking of gejohnston Apr 2017 #72

Smaller weapons, cut receivers. yagotme Apr 2017 #76