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Gun Control & RKBA

3Hotdogs

(15,147 posts) Fri Mar 26, 2021, 03:49 PM Mar 2021

Why we don't get good gun laws. [View all]

This is what we are up against. A quote from a guy, (screen name?), Ricky James after Florida school shooting:

"Sorry lady but my right to own an AR-15 is more important than your dead kid. ...."

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Why we don't get good gun laws. [View all] 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 OP

Because treating it as a hardware issue isn't good gun laws krispos42 Mar 2021 #1

Let us know, the next time some nut uses a Winchester Model 70 in a mass shooting. Paladin Apr 2021 #8

Yet the homicide rate dropped by 40% during the same time period. krispos42 Apr 2021 #9

I get it. Rallying folks against an enemy is about the best way to unite them. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2021 #16

Thank you for speaking truth to---whatever. nt Atticus Apr 2021 #13

Disarm the entire population ... it is a three year process. 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 #2

I like it! Mary in S. Carolina Mar 2021 #3

So you're thinking that we have nothing better to do... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2021 #4

This sarisataka Mar 2021 #5

Sounds easy. Straw Man Mar 2021 #6

Sounds like a recipe for kick-starting an (Un-)Civil War. RotorHead May 2021 #17

That's the point. Nobody is coming for your guns. 3Hotdogs May 2021 #19

Soooo... RotorHead May 2021 #20

Its a difference between going door to door, looking for and finding same during course of resolving 3Hotdogs May 2021 #22

Sooo... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2021 #23

Sooo, the gov't is going to throw out all those registration lists/ yagotme May 2021 #32

It's Insanity colsohlibgal Apr 2021 #7

Military grade weapons... yagotme Apr 2021 #10

Are there more than 4 shootings in the last 80 years, that were committed with a machine gun? discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2021 #11

Legally owned? Probably, maybe less. yagotme Apr 2021 #12

Some are "getting tired" of disingenuous red herrings being posted as a "response". nt Atticus Apr 2021 #14

Some "get tired" of misinformation being presented as a response. yagotme Apr 2021 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author RotorHead May 2021 #18

"Military grade weapons"? RotorHead May 2021 #21

You're not supposed to use arguments that demonstrate knowledge of the subject at hand. Dial H For Hero May 2021 #24

How dare I be educated on a topic, right? RotorHead May 2021 #26

We don't get good gun laws because our country has too many man-babies who need to Scrivener7 May 2021 #25

If you're confusing guns with male genitalia.... RotorHead May 2021 #27

Back atcha, buddy. Scrivener7 May 2021 #28

I'm sure you can demonstrate where I have made such an error...... RotorHead May 2021 #31

When one doesn't have a good argument one can always use ad hominems, yes? Dial H For Hero May 2021 #29

Ooooh, so original. MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #30