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Kajun Gal

(1,907 posts) Thu Feb 15, 2018, 09:07 PM Feb 2018

Nobody is trying to do away with the 2nd amendment, but... [View all]

I do think semi-automatic weapons should be banned except for like army personnel...

And background checks really wouldn't hurt...

If you need to hunt with a semi-automatic weapon then you really aren't a very good hunter and perhaps should NOT hunt. I mean, the deer ain't gonna be worth eating after being blown to bits!

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Nobody is trying to do away with the 2nd amendment, but... [View all] Kajun Gal Feb 2018 OP

It needs to be changed vercetti2021 Feb 2018 #1

The gun Nikolas Cruz used... quartz007 Feb 2018 #46

Semi...automatic vercetti2021 Feb 2018 #47

I'd have no problem getting rid of it. Bleacher Creature Feb 2018 #2

I grew up without 2nd amendment quartz007 Feb 2018 #29

Probably bought from American kacekwl Feb 2018 #48

or Switzerland or former Soviet colonies quartz007 Feb 2018 #49

Switzerland has mandatory military service for all able bodied men. hunter Feb 2018 #56

Yap, there are too damn many guns quartz007 Feb 2018 #57

No, it's not hopeless. hunter Feb 2018 #61

Huh? quartz007 Feb 2018 #85

THANK YOU! Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #58

Yeah, but in Switzerland you have to keep the rifle locked up, hardly any public toting, Hoyt Feb 2018 #101

Correct. Our lax gun laws for 225 years quartz007 Feb 2018 #112

According to Heller v DC the second does not cover any gun at any time for any purpose and flamin lib Feb 2018 #3

Yes! +1,000 nt Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #8

Stark Naked Ugly truth about guns.. quartz007 Feb 2018 #53

There are lot of nations where you can buy guns legally. Buzz cook Feb 2018 #64

I have a number of relatives in UK quartz007 Feb 2018 #86

I was in France this past fall. GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #89

Guns should be available cheaply for quartz007 Feb 2018 #94

It wouldn't pass the common use protection Scalia invented Amishman Feb 2018 #84

Invented? No, see US v Miller, 1939. n/t X_Digger Feb 2018 #91

Speak for yourself. Retrotech Feb 2018 #4

That's exactly what she did, genius. nt. Mariana Feb 2018 #5

Must take a REAL genius to not understand a common expression. Retrotech Feb 2018 #7

Wow LakeArenal Feb 2018 #9

Why? Is this the place where a snarky response is to be met with demure acceptance? Retrotech Feb 2018 #13

Who's the snarky one? LakeArenal Feb 2018 #15

Try post 5 Retrotech Feb 2018 #24

I agree with post five... LakeArenal Feb 2018 #33

"Because they did it too!" as my eleven year old niece would have said-- when she was ten. LanternWaste Feb 2018 #68

what exactly are you here for? NRaleighLiberal Feb 2018 #21

Welcome to DU! Enjoy your stay.... moriah Feb 2018 #14

Thanks! Retrotech Feb 2018 #20

I don't know anyone who hunts deer Tribalceltic Feb 2018 #51

Nice to meet you... Sailor65x1 Feb 2018 #54

You use an AR-15? atreides1 Feb 2018 #80

Yes, it's an AR... Sailor65x1 Feb 2018 #95

I think bow is a little more sporting, was my point. moriah Feb 2018 #60

Difficult to imagine how the ecology managed without human intervention... LanternWaste Feb 2018 #69

It did, til we got here and destroyed predator habitat. moriah Feb 2018 #70

And it takes a super duper uber genius not to understand Mariana Feb 2018 #73

When someone say "Have a good day!" Retrotech Feb 2018 #74

Simmer down sweetie. moriah Feb 2018 #79

Saying "NOBODY is trying to do away with the 2nd Amendment..." shanny Feb 2018 #77

And it's a RWTP that "liberals are out to get yer gunz" so... moriah Feb 2018 #81

THIS liberal IS out to get their gunz shanny Feb 2018 #83

Give me a break. Your response was dumb! Kajun Gal Feb 2018 #96

lol shanny Feb 2018 #99

Did she genius? former9thward Feb 2018 #105

Agreed Egnever Feb 2018 #12

I am all for melting down ALL guns quartz007 Feb 2018 #31

I don't care Egnever Feb 2018 #36

Its not the job of honest citizens to save society from criminals. ... spin Feb 2018 #40

There is a thriving black market! quartz007 Feb 2018 #45

"At first there might be lots of crooks with guns but over time that would diminish significantly" EX500rider Feb 2018 #93

Also a significant number of people who are not currently law breakers ... spin Feb 2018 #37

+1 MarvinGardens Feb 2018 #41

Knock yourself out. GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #92

Delusional. Please name the 38 states that would ratify this amendment...in the next 2 years tritsofme Feb 2018 #19

LOL Skittles Feb 2018 #22

repeal? not a chance in hell Takket Feb 2018 #27

Are you prepared to lose the first amendment as well? Sailor65x1 Feb 2018 #55

That's a dumb argument. Slavery used to be constitutional. hunter Feb 2018 #66

You a betting person? GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #90

Maybe if we just read it as written. BaileyBill Feb 2018 #6

That's what I can't believe... LakeArenal Feb 2018 #11

Only those enrolled in militias can legally possess firearms? Marengo Feb 2018 #25

Maybe.... LakeArenal Feb 2018 #32

I could be a total ass and point out the correct terminology is magazine. ... spin Feb 2018 #42

Yes only a total ass would point all that out LakeArenal Feb 2018 #52

The same back. ... spin Feb 2018 #65

It's poorly written. MarvinGardens Feb 2018 #43

Hence the word maybe.... LakeArenal Feb 2018 #50

Wherewhen has militia membership been a prerequisite for the possession of firearms? Marengo Feb 2018 #71

Congress could vote tomorrow that Americans GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #10

I don't think confiscation without compensation is constitutional but flamin lib Feb 2018 #17

Repeal 2A! GeorgeGist Feb 2018 #16

.. which wouldn't do what you think it would. X_Digger Feb 2018 #30

Maybe it should be done away with. Maybe that amendment was jrthin Feb 2018 #18

Repealing the Second Amendment would be a disaster for liberals... First Speaker Feb 2018 #23

Great post. (nt) MarvinGardens Feb 2018 #44

Politics aside C_U_L8R Feb 2018 #26

In 1996, Australia Enacted Strict Gun Laws. It Hasn't Had a Mass Shooting Since. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2018 #28

2nd amendment pamdb Feb 2018 #34

We should have done away with it a long time ago. samir.g Feb 2018 #35

poo.only muskets. pansypoo53219 Feb 2018 #38

I am. Second Amendment needs to go MaryMagdaline Feb 2018 #39

The second amendment is bullshit, just as slavery was bullshit. hunter Feb 2018 #59

Congress's power is virtually unlimited. fleabiscuit Feb 2018 #62

Only the police and military should have guns proudp55 Feb 2018 #63

Don't we have enough problems with police brutality and oppression? Calculating Feb 2018 #82

THIS is what scares a LOT of people. oneshooter Feb 2018 #87

Your absolute subject line is absolutely flawed. Nt NCTraveler Feb 2018 #67

There are hunters who don't hunt deer Shrek Feb 2018 #72

I am; I think that should be the goal. alarimer Feb 2018 #75

You dont have to get rid of it, just read it the way it was written, solves most problems. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 #76

Bingo. byronius Feb 2018 #78

If it was only about the National Guard it wouldn't be in the Bill of Rights.. EX500rider Feb 2018 #97

It's complex history, but true. byronius Feb 2018 #98

Well the only opinion the actually matters is the Supreme Court...and they have already decided. EX500rider Feb 2018 #100

And Supreme Court can revisit, and they said guns can be restricted. So your guns arent Hoyt Feb 2018 #103

Actually my 60+ year old bolt acton rifles are categorized as "Curio & Relics" EX500rider Feb 2018 #106

Yeahhhh, okey-dokey. byronius Feb 2018 #104

Link to the NRA wanting to legalize nuclear weapons? I doubt that. EX500rider Feb 2018 #107

Yeah, so did my business partner. So he called them and asked. And then shut up. byronius Feb 2018 #108

All guns should be banned period mshasta Feb 2018 #88

I'm on board with that. byronius Feb 2018 #109

No, that is wrong. Explanation below... Kajun Gal Feb 2018 #110

2nd Amendment doesn't say "right to bear ANY arms" and yet... Beartracks Feb 2018 #102

True. "...the right to keep and bear arms..." Kajun Gal Feb 2018 #111

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #113