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   Wabbit said, 4 months ago

   flint-lock rifles and muskets were a bit different than what we have now.
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   wmconelly said, 4 months ago

   Obviously more guns mean more shootings; just as obviously more shootings mean more deaths. Why would anyone think more guns will make the US of A a lovelier, happier and more peaceful place? Where is the model for such an imaginary world? Yemen? Guatemala? Gads…
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   ODon said, 4 months ago

   @wmconelly

   Wayne’s World where everyone gets a piece for freedom. Show your patriotism, buy more guns!
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   Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago

   Yep, that was their discussion way back then. Yep. No doubt in my mind.
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   Respectful Troll said, 4 months ago

   http://www.constitution.org/mil/mil_act_1792.htm
   ^
   That every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein, to contain not less than twenty four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball; or with a good rifle, knapsack, shot-pouch, and powder-horn, twenty balls suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter of a pound of powder; and shall appear so armed, accoutred and provided, when called out to exercise or into service
   ^
   In Williamsburg, Va., you can watch craftsmen making guns of the 1770’s using tools of the day. You can also see ‘militia’ loading and firing the weapons. As better guns were made, I’m certain there were many discussions on what the potential of guns would be.
   Better range, cartridges that increased firing times from 1 minute per shot to 2 or even three shots per minute might have been discussed. When Mr. Gatling introduced his gun after the civil war(?), people probably looked at it as we do mini-guns.
   I once read the inventor of the water cooled machine gun received a Nobel Peace Prize because no one would send soldiers against such weapons. I can’t find a citation for that so, it may be hearsay.
   A tv news team went to a recent gun show and among the guns being sold were 50cal machine guns.
   These are not hunting weapons.
   No doubt in my mind.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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   Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

   @wmconelly

   Obviously more guns mean more shootings"

   aaaa duuuu,
   how about the more strict the gun law the more murders with guns. Chicago is a great example.
   More deaths where caused by cars or even hammers then guns. So by your logic…
   And the 2nd is not vague. It is about personal freedom. Something the group mentality of loony libs do not understand.
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   Chillbilly said, 4 months ago

   I very much like the spirit of this cartoon. Good job.
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   ODon said, 4 months ago

   @Harleyquinn

   In Chicago more deaths were caused by hammers then guns?
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   saywhatwhat said, 4 months ago

   @Ms. Ima

   Add “sarcasm” to the list of things Ima doesn’t understand. (Either when reading it or trying to use it… I can’t be sure which… or maybe both?).
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    Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

    @ODon

    http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2013/01/fbi-more-deaths-from-hammers-and-clubs-than-assault-rifles/
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/16/chicago-homicide-rate-wor_n_1602692.html
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    skipcarlsen said, 4 months ago

    As even Wuerker should be aware, machine guns are illegal to own unless you acquire a very strictly controlled/expensive license from the Federal government. To my knowledge, no legally licensed machine gun has EVER been used in a crime committed by its legal owner. Furthermore, Wuerker’s asinine implication that somehow people who have automatic weapons are ‘mentally ill’ is both baseless and absurd.
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    ODon said, 4 months ago

    @Harleyquinn

    Harley look it up, 87% of Chicago’s 2012 homicides were from gunshots. Per CPD.
    Your selective reading of your own sources demonstrates why you lack credibility.
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    Mr. MOR said, 4 months ago

    @Harleyquinn

    Followed your links… 2011 FBI report says that of 12,664 murders, 8,583 involved firearms. Not helpful to your overall case, I think.
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    Harleyquinn said, 4 months ago

    @ODon

    City officials have blamed gang violence and the availability of illegal guns for the rise in the homicide rate,
    http://atlantablackstar.com/2012/12/30/chicago-gun-violence-produce-500-homicides-in-2012/

    so making it harder top get a gun has helped how?
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    onguard said, 4 months ago

    The Gun Free Zone has been one massive failure of the Dem Lib Feel Good policies. It joins a long list…..(redundant Toon)
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