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Gun Control & RKBA

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catnhatnh

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Mon Mar 21, 2016, 12:23 AM Mar 2016

Can I have a gun or two without hoping to oppose the government? [View all]

Could I just have them to protect myself under color of law? I have several which is a right as established in the constitution as the right to vote. When people who were my friends were being killed in southeast Asian jungles you liked the idea that I carried what you now call an automatic weapon. Now 45 years later I carry a gun that in those years would be a joke.Can a crippled old man carry an instrument of death??? You let me do it before I was twenty-In fact if I refused you would have jailed me. You're hypocrisy is endless. My guns were what-OK when pointed away, but an assault when my judgement is directed toward defending myself???

I am every 60 year old Vietnam Vet You dislike. Our asses hung out and our contemporaries got killed. I will tell you no stories but your gunphobia is total bullshit until no 18 year old stands in a fucking country not of his birth with a weapon that would make you nervous.

That is my answer to anyone "against" guns-It matters when you have the fucking balls to tell your government that they cannot put a better weapon than I have in the hands of an 18 year old.

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Odd, isn't it? HassleCat Mar 2016 #1
You seem to be making some assumptions here. stone space Mar 2016 #2
You are the one making assumptions discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #5
Not addressed to me? stone space Mar 2016 #6
hammer all you like discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #7
What is this "Hammer on Gun Crime" you are referencing? Marengo Mar 2016 #15
apparently JABF discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #23
So, let me ask you again... Puha Ekapi Mar 2016 #29
Guns are ok. Not only are they ok but they are one of our exclusive rights. If you don't want to Waldorf Mar 2016 #9
Yes - he was speaking to you - if you have the mindset of which he derided. No, jonno99 Mar 2016 #10
I take it your weren't of age to serve during the Vietnam conflict? Marengo Mar 2016 #18
I don't do guns. (nt) stone space Mar 2016 #20
That isn't an answer to the question. Marengo Mar 2016 #21
That's totally fine. benEzra Mar 2016 #24
So I have to support war? I'm not allowed to oppose war? stone space Mar 2016 #25
No, but your desparate need to force others to obey your wishes is way off base DonP Mar 2016 #26
Threatening to put your fellow citizens in cages because they live differently than you benEzra Mar 2016 #30
It isn't just your opinion, its a fact Ben. beevul Mar 2016 #32
Why the evasion? A simple yes or no is all that's needed... Marengo Mar 2016 #31
Only his posts... beevul Mar 2016 #35
Everyone has the right to life saving devices we call firearms. ileus Mar 2016 #3
BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! stone space Mar 2016 #4
Do you think the president's secret service detail carries firearms jonno99 Mar 2016 #11
I'm pretty sure they've switched to cans of beans and bike wheels. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #14
This Canadian anarchist gejohnston Mar 2016 #8
And there you have it. I suspect (though I could be wrong), that many of the jonno99 Mar 2016 #12
Some have been rounded up already. stone space Mar 2016 #13
My question is: who experiences the greater pleasure? jonno99 Mar 2016 #16
See here: stone space Mar 2016 #19
Thanks for the info (I don't keep up on the nutcases). My guess however, is that the jonno99 Mar 2016 #22
you know what the odd thing about the top photo is? gejohnston Mar 2016 #28
He posed for the news photographer, maybe? benEzra Mar 2016 #33
could be, gejohnston Mar 2016 #34
+100 k&r - And thank you very much for your service. If ever we meet the drinks are on me. jonno99 Mar 2016 #17
Thank you for your post. I actively opposed the Vietnam War... Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #27
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