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In reply to the discussion: Anti-Gun Control argument fail... [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,483 posts)26. Name anything...
...which is as efficacious as a handgun for personal self-defense.
In reality banning all handguns would:
A- Do nothing to remove them from the criminals that have them now
B- Take them from many who legally own them for a variety of reasons
C- Turn those who fail to comply (for valid reasons IMNSHO) into criminals (this exercise has creating new criminals as a goal right?)
D- Wouldn't ban 3D printers...
E- Wouldn't stop those determined to acquire one from stealing one from a cop
F- If the cops are banned as well, will they just be unarmed or will just take on a more complete resemblance to the Waffen SS?
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It is my belief that rights are innate in humans. They cannot be "taken away".
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#27
re: "...the right to self-defense has nothing to do specifically with hand guns..."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#29
re: "...we already do not allow certain weapon systems...the right is not absolute."
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Dec 2016
#38
Since the #1 priority of the gun control lobby is outlawing the most popular *rifles*,
benEzra
Jan 2017
#43
I don't really care whether anyone wants to use the new Mass Shooting measure...
Eleanors38
Dec 2016
#41