So was segregation. (Reply #22) - Democratic Underground

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Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:48 AM

Lizzie Poppet (10,164 posts)

22. So was segregation.

Sometimes the law should be told to fuck off.

Pointless security theater like "assault weapon" registration may well be one of those times.

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Ohio National Guard portrayed gun rights supporters as domestic terrorists during drill [View all]	SecularMotion	Feb 2014	OP
And the third most often....	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Feb 2014	#1
Quoting Ronnie Raygun, are we? nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#4
Reading a lot...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Feb 2014	#32
Well, some of them are. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#2
99.99% of gun owners aren't.	sked14	Feb 2014	#6
I think your estimates are off a bit but even so you admit some of them are. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#9
There's always going to be unhinged people in any group,	sked14	Feb 2014	#11
Really? What about the AR owners in CT refusing to register their weapons with the state under the	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#13
It's a feel good, useless law that will do nothing for firearms violence.	sked14	Feb 2014	#14
It's the law. Ergo to not register makes one a criminal and not law abiding. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#15
It's a stupid law that will solve nothing.	sked14	Feb 2014	#17
Like I said, only if you like the law. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#23
And that's the crux of it.	sked14	Feb 2014	#25
Then do so instead of hiding your opposition by being silent. Be loud, be proud and take the	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#55
I agree.	sked14	Feb 2014	#56
So was segregation.	Lizzie Poppet	Feb 2014	#22
So, repeal it. Meanwhile it's the law, so be law abiding. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#24
Were such a thing enacted in my state, I'd certainly work to do so.	Lizzie Poppet	Feb 2014	#26
I just repealed a stupid law last night...	Eleanors38	Feb 2014	#31
And everyone who has ever used Cannabis is a criminal.	MicaelS	Feb 2014	#34
I don't toke because I live in Texas and being a reasonable person can weigh	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#40
There is no registration of firearms in Texas.	oneshooter	Feb 2014	#42
Reference CT and their law. All my guns are registered. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#44
I live in Texas, too...	MicaelS	Feb 2014	#50
So get involved and help make laws that might make sense. Do nothing and someone else will	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#51
+1000.	sked14	Feb 2014	#52
so does smoking a joint	gejohnston	Feb 2014	#27
See #40. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#41
This message was self-deleted by its author	clffrdjk	Feb 2014	#54
Just like undocumented migrants, amirite?	friendly_iconoclast	Feb 2014	#59
You didn't drag the decimal point out enough.... 99.9999998314	ileus	Feb 2014	#38
You're right.	sked14	Feb 2014	#47
I'd say a greater number of gun banners are true domestic terrorists.	NYC_SKP	Feb 2014	#12
Wrong forum. Try RKBA. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#16
As with this thread.	sked14	Feb 2014	#18
Oops, my bad. Apologies. nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#19
No problem at all.	sked14	Feb 2014	#20
That said, this has been a fairly nice exchange as gun threads go.	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#30
Couldn't agree with you more.	sked14	Feb 2014	#33
I like the state level FOID	gejohnston	Feb 2014	#36
Good suggestions.	sked14	Feb 2014	#37
Wasn't the AR initially designed for 20?	gejohnston	Feb 2014	#39
Yes.	sked14	Feb 2014	#46
Throw in repeal of SYG laws and we have real love fest goin' on! nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#43
That's the other point I was trying to remember.	sked14	Feb 2014	#45
what about states that are SYG by common law?	gejohnston	Feb 2014	#53
Deserves a thread of it's own. Add SYG and cross post to both gun forums! nt	flamin lib	Feb 2014	#48
Consider it done!!!	sked14	Feb 2014	#49
Yes, thanks, I'll do that.	NYC_SKP	Feb 2014	#21
Seems like people are being willfully obtuse.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2014	#3
There's a lot of cross-over there.	Scuba	Feb 2014	#5
No, not really.	Common Sense Party	Feb 2014	#8
Not all gun rights activists are neo-Nazi whackjobs, but all the whackjobs are gun rights activists.	Scuba	Feb 2014	#10
In all fairness...	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Feb 2014	#57
Makes more sense than labelling TPP protesters as terrorists.	Scuba	Feb 2014	#7
Apparently the OP agrees with this article. n/t	oneshooter	Feb 2014	#28
As they should.	bowens43	Feb 2014	#29
And you are the exact reason why there is such turmoil	sked14	Feb 2014	#35
I'd be a little skeptical of the source here: it looks like RT.com is cribbing from	petronius	Feb 2014	#58

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