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In reply to the discussion: Would you support repeal of the Second Amendment? [View all]cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)225. What a STUPID fucking question... Let's repeal the Bill of Rights! Yeah... THAT'S the ticket!
The very premise of repealing the Second Amendment is laughable. 37 states would have to vote YES to your question.
Ain't happenin'.
I'll bury my guns in the basement.
The very NOTION of living in a land where the government has guns and the citizens don't is something I won't tolerate. A citizenship unarmed is the kind of place where someone on a street corner can dime you for criticizing government policies (AND BE REWARDED FOR IT) and the government can come get you in the middle of the night. Don't tell me that can't happen here. I'm NOT stupid.
The day the government announces the "confiscate your guns" program is the day I start pointing my gun at every government vehicle that comes down my street.
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I wouldn't vote in this poll. Don't want a truckload of ammonium nitrate to show up on my doorstep.
onehandle
Jul 2012
#5
That brings up another point. This theater shooter bastard also had bombs in his apartment.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#91
Yes. Because it has been consistently & deliberately misinterpreted throughout it's history.
baldguy
Jul 2012
#6
Hell no, then only the criminals will have the guns, with no fear of law abiding citizens.
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#10
I'd like to think he was writing satire... But then I remember Poe's Law, and feel sad n/t
Scootaloo
Jul 2012
#19
don't be sad, I know it's hard to comprehend that if guns are outlawed for everyone,
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#22
I guess with the lack of anything intellegent to say, you can always call someone fucking dumb.
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#279
not if we repeal the 2nd amendment they wouldn't. Are you following the conversation?
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#20
It's not necessary. People should have a reasonable and responsible right to bear arms,
cecilfirefox
Jul 2012
#12
btw, based on the 75-25 split this poll is taking on a "liberal message board", i don't think
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#13
The poll merely backs up my view that many liberal and progressive individuals ...
spin
Jul 2012
#48
Was it the Founder's intent for the 1st Amendment to only allow people to use a quill & inkwell?
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#23
So you'll generously allow the use of the printing press as it pertains to the 1st Amendment?
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#168
And since they distrusted a standing army, they wrote the 2nd amend to establish "militias"
apocalypsehow
Jul 2012
#99
True: though they seem to wake up every day salivating about a "Red Dawn" scenario
apocalypsehow
Jul 2012
#128
No, I would support registration and insurance for gun owners to carry in public.
SecularMotion
Jul 2012
#18
I sure would if I could. But it won't happen in this country and it is one of the things that is
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#24
What restrictions on numbers, firepower, and ammunition types do you advocate?
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#29
We'll certainly have to agree to disagree on the cosmetic features ban (otherwise known as the AWB).
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#70
It's actually much quicker to list the states that don't allow citizens to own machine guns:
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#116
The so-called "AWB" didn't really ban anything but certain combinations of features.
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#178
The term is quite accurate. A semiautomatic firearm is one which fires once per pull of the trigger
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#150
"I do not understand a society that condones citizens owning semiautomatic weapons..."
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#182
The difference is one of them gives a gun nut wood,...and it's not the wooden one....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#229
So, technicaly, you could sell your assault weapons to a person who wants it to commit a crime......
soccer1
Jul 2012
#105
Sure I could. Just as I could sell my car to someone who wants to use it to commit a crime.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#118
Law banning private sales of firearms are in place in some states such as California.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#132
A lot of gunowners take the phrase, "Out of my cold dead hands" very seriously.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#177
I'm not sure I agree with you that it is a right of free people to be armed...but....
soccer1
Jul 2012
#155
Do you believe people who visit mental health therapists or are on some type of
soccer1
Jul 2012
#234
"It makes absolutely no sense to me that a person should be allowed to buy an assault weapon."
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#186
I do understand your point about any type of gun being capable of killing multiple numbers of people
soccer1
Jul 2012
#193
"...and imagine i would like the sense of peace i would have in that culture."
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#189
uhhhhh, the constitution provides for amendments, including repeal of previous amendments....
unblock
Jul 2012
#111
No, it's because you've been promoting government action based on fear and ignorance.
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#210
Clearly the framers intended for the right to be exercised within the framework of a militia
KamaAina
Jul 2012
#199
Every time someone gives a speech that incites others to riot and commit violence
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#73
NFWIH. If guns are outlawed, only outlaws, and the 1% controlled cops/government, will have guns.
Zorra
Jul 2012
#77
No: it should simply be interpreted correctly. Five right-wing scumbags on the Supreme Court
apocalypsehow
Jul 2012
#104
UPDATE - HockeyMom, I may have to revise my answer based on another thread...
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#224
No - but I would support a National Curriculum to instill a sense of empathy in kids
Taverner
Jul 2012
#139
no, but it should be interpreted within the boundaries of reason and we need to adopt gun control
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#146
What a STUPID fucking question... Let's repeal the Bill of Rights! Yeah... THAT'S the ticket!
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#225
Any party openly going after part of the bill of rights will suffer severe election losses
JVS
Jul 2012
#238
Repeal would not alter fact RKBA is still an unalienable right and would be protected by the 9th. nt
jody
Jul 2012
#255
If the Democratic Party supported that, it would be the end of the party.
limpyhobbler
Jul 2012
#264