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In reply to the discussion: Your second amendment rights are getting in the way of our rights. [View all]Loudly
(2,436 posts)78. That's why what is styled as 2nd Amendment rights are completely phony.
How can there be a right to deprive your fellow Americans of all their rights with extreme prejudice.
That's why the conversation needs to be about genuine rights versus a completely manufactured, phony, counterfeit, false, illusory and pretend right to be able to conveniently dispatch others to oblivion.
Who do these fools think they're fooling?
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Considering how many murders are committed by criminals who cannot legally own guns
hack89
Jul 2012
#202
Over time our present gun laws have led to a drastic decline in violence and crime.
hack89
Jul 2012
#270
Not to mention the intent of the trigger puller vs the intent of the driver...
rudycantfail
Jul 2012
#268
Actually, in my town, yes. 12K people and one knife "dealer" and at least 3 gun shops
AllyCat
Jul 2012
#172
You can't walk into a store and buy a bomb, no, but if you know what bits to buy
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#135
I don't know. Let me ask everyone in the U.S. I'll get back to you in 400 years n/t
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#211
Probably. My sense of self-worth is disconnected from the number of lethal tricks I know.
Pholus
Jul 2012
#170
All FFLs at a gun show have to have you fill out a 4473 and do and NICS check.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2012
#279
I can easily walk into a large grocery store and buy all sorts of things that nasties can be made of
hobbit709
Jul 2012
#272
That explains the huge numbers killed by gasoline attacks every year.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2012
#162
Yet we don't see many chemical or bomb attacks. Nor are those protected by an outdated
morningfog
Jul 2012
#215
You never know which way a justice will vote, just look at your new favorite justice Roberts
rl6214
Jul 2012
#84
Because Prodigal believes our rights are limited only to a very narrow band of functions
Scootaloo
Jul 2012
#98
Of course the gun defenders maintain that more guns in the hands of more people will result in more
yellowcanine
Jul 2012
#140
"nanny state"? - there are thousands of laws and regulations based on protecting citizen safety
DrDan
Jul 2012
#181
'Pursuit of happiness' was a rewrite and imporvement on the original, which was merely 'pursuit of
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2012
#150
Exactly!....and tri-corn hats and weekend militia drills... As much as they want. N/t
pkdu
Jul 2012
#52
"Assault rifles" has a specific legal definition (ask the BATFE) and are highly regulated.
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#125
That "legalistic mumbo jumbo" is the qualifier for a hefty Federal prison sentance....
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#262
These are just a few of the things that pop up when I google AR-15 assault rifle
Downtown Hound
Jul 2012
#288
Well, the simple fact that as a general rule, states with gun control have less gun violence then
Downtown Hound
Jul 2012
#299
For RWers, inanimate objects - like guns and corporations - have more rights than people.
baldguy
Jul 2012
#20
Then assault weapons are doing what they are designed for, motor vehicles on the other hand
rl6214
Jul 2012
#64
None of your declaratives are true. Sorry to have to point that out to you. n/t
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#290
Your auto is tagged and registered. Your usage is routinely monitored.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2012
#163
Pro War fucks protest the family service clinics with little white crosses.
lonestarnot
Jul 2012
#88
That just happened to be on a Fox link...it's all over the internet. How about responding to the
Higgs boson
Jul 2012
#253
Welcome. As usual this is going to be an endlessly futile poo-fight over guns,
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#235
And I went to the store etc without being shot and didn't need to carry a concealed weapon
sabrina 1
Jul 2012
#80
Assault *rifles* are effectively banned (rare exceptions), assault *weapons* are not.
Angleae
Jul 2012
#131
jillan I took the liberty of making this a jpeg. Let me know if I should remove it.
tdb63
Jul 2012
#90
A good way to fuck the NRA is to disrupt their money-making enterprise a little bit at a time.
firenewt
Jul 2012
#212
I'm not stopping YOU from doing anything. Stop trying to stop me without cause.
Sirveri
Jul 2012
#93
And I am not trying to stop you from doing anything either. What I would like to stop
jillan
Jul 2012
#107
This guy had exactly one speeding ticket to his name, law breaking wise. And mass killers tend to
yellowcanine
Jul 2012
#142
The disconnect between what just happened and that remedy is astounding.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2012
#177
But you said slap on the wrist; life in prison is not a slap on the wrist.
yellowcanine
Jul 2012
#220
Prison of any sort is no slap on the wrist. Most people in prison for life or on death row are not
yellowcanine
Jul 2012
#226
Of course that is not what I said.....Do you always make people's arguments for them?
yellowcanine
Jul 2012
#231
Agreed. But unfortunately the same people that think the NRA is God are also gutting
jillan
Jul 2012
#108
AMEN!!! Some day the American people will stand up to the gun nuts. But what on earth will it take?
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#104
I agree with you, even if technically their are not 'rights'. In MY mind, and MY heart,
secondwind
Jul 2012
#149
But my life is dependant on some unknown stranger choosing NOT to put a bullet in my head today?
baldguy
Jul 2012
#228
Your life is dependent on thousands of people making correct decisions every day.
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#265