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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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7. IMO, the best thing about distributing 40,000,000 trigger/breach locks is the message...

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 02:04 PM

Jun 2016

...to secure firearms (I use a safe). Similarly, using hunter orange is a message that you aren't the only one in the woods, and to hunt better. The most explicit relationship in this regard is hunter ed.: You may not remember all of it, but handling guns and ammo tends to stick with you.

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Before any trigger is ever pulled there is a series of decisions [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 OP

What you said is 100 percent truth, but... beevul Jun 2016 #1

We are often accused of obstructism when we argue the merits (or lack thereof) Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #4

That, of course, is what they'll be doing. beevul Jun 2016 #6

True. I would only add that since gun-related "accidents," homicides and crime are falling... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #2

Yes. Permissiveness cannot account for declining deaths as accessibility rises. I would intuit Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #5

IMO, the best thing about distributing 40,000,000 trigger/breach locks is the message... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #7

Well said. Brickbat Jun 2016 #3

That series of decisions emanates from the concept of personal responsibility discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #8

Back when I was young, idealistic and naive (around 2 years ago) Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #9

As much as support during all of those... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #10