Earl (07-06-2022), Into the Night (07-06-2022)
Earl (07-06-2022), Into the Night (07-06-2022)
Yes, I like all this “traditional hunting rifle” stuff I read. What is it? What are they? Besides, the people who wrote the 2nd amendment weren’t thinking about hunting.
I’ve killed the most deer during the past 25 years with one of my several black powder muzzle loaders but I’m not reaching for one of those guns if someone breaks into my house.
Earl (07-06-2022), Matt Dillon (07-08-2022), RB 60 (07-07-2022)
You don't have a constitutional right to high capacity ammunition clips combined with a semi -automatic rifle.
There is no legitimate civilian need for that kind of weapon.
I could kill you with a traditional hunting rifle, shotgun, or revolver. But it would be more challenging to quickly kill and maim dozens of unwitting victims with those weapons.
That's what we're talking about, mass murder of dozens of victims.
Earl (07-06-2022)
I read that 87 bullet casings and three empty ammo clips were found were he shot from.
He had almost 90 bullets and only needed three high capacity clips (assuming they were 30 round clips) to execute and maim all those people. That is a lot of firepower available to him in a short period of time.
Guno צְבִי (07-07-2022)
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
The NRA's influence over DC can be compared to our new radical SCOTUS.
Completely out of step with the majority of Americans.
We have to decide as a people: is this how we really want to live? After the San Bernadino attack, the government went all out w/ travel bans, surveillance and other measures against foreign threats. We have the equivalent of a San Bernadino every week now, and no place in America is safe.
What do we want our country to be like? Voters have to make themselves heard.
Earl (07-06-2022)
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
An alcohol bottle isn't going to kill anyone except the person drinking it. Same with fatty foods. Not true with guns. That's why we have insurance for your home or your car. We should require it to own a firearm. Do you have a substantive argument against the proposal?
#1 - Puts “legal” guns in only the hands of the rich.
#2 - I’m not a drinker. I’m a tea totaler … but that is extreme to me. I think about the woman who is in an abusive situation and has drunk booze to “handle it” (like they do sometimes) then she decides to clean up and move on. Suppose she needs protection? That’s just one example.
There’s only one way to minimize bad things happening with guns.
Doc Dutch (07-06-2022)
That's a ridiculous argument, and a ridiculous example. Sorry. Guns cost money, therefore we put guns only in the hands of people with money. So what? Why should I be financially responsible if YOU kill someone with a gun?
As for number 2, unless that woman is drinking and driving she's fine. People who use alcohol irresponsibly have no business near a gun. Your example has nothing to do with that.
A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.
And you would have them cost more money…putting the, out of reach of the guy at the bottom of the current list of ones who can afford them.
OK, if you insist you can add that she had a DUI 2 years before she decided to “clean up and move on.” By your “rule” she’d be disqualified from owning a firearm.As for number 2, unless that woman is drinking and driving she's fine. People who use alcohol irresponsibly have no business near a gun. Your example has nothing to do with that.
Parents are teaching their kids that swilling alcohol and guzzling fatty foods is okay. Should the great minds in Washington set them straight?
I'm actually kind of partial to charging people to exercise their rights. Especially the right to vote. Too many dumbasses out there voting who shouldn't, amirite? LOL
President Gerald R. Ford had a great quote in a speech to Congress: https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/quotes.asp
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
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