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braindead08 said, 4 months ago
Everyone knows that if even one type of gun is made illegal, or even one type of ammunition or magazine made illegal, it will inevitably lead to the confiscation of all guns.
Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago
@braindead08
Only if said guns are abused – so I guess you just don´t abuse them.
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
@braindead08
Really? Last time I looked, the Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, with the circular clip, A.K.A. The Elliot Ness/ Al Capone Special was illegal, but there are plenty of other guns out there.
I guess that maybe this means banning one type of gun or magazine does NOT lead to the banning of all guns…
That’s kind of a blanket statement.
Kylie2112 said, 4 months ago
Remember 20 years ago when it was background checks and handguns? It’s just a minor pain to buy a handgun.
olfart said, 4 months ago
Changes will happen sooner or later. We can fund mental health care now, and perhaps eliminate large capacity magazines, or we can wait. When enough children are slaughteed , all firearms will be banned. Take your pick.
rhynerjr said, 4 months ago
Lets see, according to the Census Bureau, in 2007, 43,945 deaths from motor vehicle accidents, and 12,632 deaths from homicide with a gun, I say vehicle travel is more deadly and we should ban all vehicle travel… It would save more lives.
masterskrain said, 4 months ago
@rhynerjr
Well, let’s see. Most deaths in Motor Vehicles are the result of accidents, an UNPLANNED event.
Very few deaths from Motor Vehicles are the result of someone going on a rampage through a crowded Shopping Center in a Buick, or attacking people in a Movie Theater with a Ford, or going from Classroom to Classroom killing kids with a Toyota.
There are a LOT more planned killings with a gun Per.Capita. then with a car, so that is a specious argument.
Yes, there ARE accidental shootings of people, I know, but a gun is designed to do ONE THING, and that is to KILL STUFF!
capndunzzl said, 4 months ago
…the one’s that fire real bullets.
ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago
@rhynerjr
ENOUGH ALREADY with the false equivalency! Cars are a product not meant to kill! Cars are a highly-regulated product! Cars today are safer because of government safety standards and regulations? Guns, however, are not regulated, guns are not controlled, guns are designed only to KILL! Here’s another false equivalency; most car accidents occur within one mile of home, so we should ban homes! GOD! The stupidity, the sheer moronness of gun lovers is beyond belief! I swear, you’re right; it is going to come to confiscation, to raids in the night, to government takeover; not because that was the plan all along, but because all other options, all attempts to find something we can all live with are met with no no no no no government takeover blah blah blah 2nd amendment whine whine whine!
Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago
No one has yet proven a gun has come to life and killed anyone by itself. Blaming an inanimate object is foolish.
midaswelby said, 4 months ago
Banning firearms won’t reduce the number of criminal uses of firearms any more than banning drugs reduced the number of drug abusers. It will ensure an unarmed opposition.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
@masterskrain
Braindead used to be sane, reasonable and made well thought out posts. It appears our friend’s account has been hacked by a RWNJ.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
@Ms. Ima
No one has yet proven that a car has come to life and killed anyone by itself. Expecting a RWNJ of gun nut to put forth a credible argument is foolish.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 4 months ago
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Nice stretch there onguard, but it isn’t even close to relevant or truthful. Remember all you anti-abortion zealots only care about a person until it is born, from then on it’s on its own. And by the way no I am not pro-abortion. And I can guarantee you I will never have one.
cdward said, 4 months ago
@Ms. Ima
But it has been proven over and over that bullets enter the body and cause people to stop living. Ergo, bullets DO kill people. And we’re not blaming the inanimate objects – we’re blaming the people who insist on using them. And the best way to make sure those creeps don’t use them is to not let them have them in the first place.