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In reply to the discussion: But guns are special [View all]Shamash
(597 posts)104. Run that by me again
Yes, in theory they aren't supposed to have guns, but like the NRA points out, gun control doesn't work. A complete ban would, however.
That would be like how the complete ban on alcohol "worked" during Prohibition, right? Took care of that nasty booze problem and we've never been troubled by it since. /snark
Setting aside the futility of such a ban, how exactly is your proposal a liberal one? Alcohol is a good comparison. It serves no purpose other than to get you intoxicated, lowering your inhibitions, impeding your thought processes, being the obvious problem in drunk driving incidents, being a major factor in date rape and so on. Facilitating this by (gasp!) allowing people to buy alcoholic beverages would be, as you say, detrimental to society.
The fact that millions of people use alcohol responsibly and never have an alcohol-related run-in with the law is by your reasoning irrelevant. So why not ban it entirely?
Facilitating suicides and murders is detrimental to our society.
Funny you should mention that. Booze and pills are the leading method of suicide for women, so that's another strike against alcohol, again by your logic.
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Your post ignores how owning a gun corrupts the mind of the owner and makes him homicidal n/t
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2015
#9
Not having a gun certainly lessens the chance that you will shoot someone...
Human101948
Apr 2015
#16
I think that's why Pat wanted it to hit there. Some "homosexual" event at Rat World.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#77
Some extreme anti-gunners openly advocate exploiting mass shootings for their ends.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#46
The foremost advocate of gun control is worth in excess of $35 billion dollars
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2015
#52
I applaud your principled stand, but you will find yourself a very lonely person...
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2015
#54
So what. All the money he spends to try to get me to vote for unreasonable gun control ...
spin
May 2015
#95
"And of course as we all know most firearms sold today are designed to save lives."
Starboard Tack
Apr 2015
#29
Not to be smart-assed, but is Ileus a Poe or a "poet?" Poe was a poet, of course.
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#47
His stuff is too sideways to be that offensive. I, on the other hand, can stir up a sloth!
Eleanors38
Apr 2015
#57
And the guns which gun control advocates claim are most "designed only for killing"
benEzra
Apr 2015
#45
If you honestly believe the misinformation about "assault weapons" being special
ManiacJoe
Apr 2015
#78
The Controllers are so filled with hate they don't realize how they expose their hand.
pablo_marmol
May 2015
#93
"We let tens of thousand die each year so a few good guys with guns can shoot a criminal....."
pablo_marmol
May 2015
#107
"So much failure in this post!" Would that other controllers had such economy of style...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#108