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Why don't we just go back to the days of the old wild west montanacowboy Mar 2012 #1
Your knowledge of history.... PavePusher Mar 2012 #2
been watching a lot of B westerns on Classic Movie Channel? gejohnston Mar 2012 #4
Personally I prefer lever action rifles. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #6
they want more then that bowens43 Mar 2012 #7
They do? gejohnston Mar 2012 #10
Sounds like... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2012 #23
+1000 ellisonz Mar 2012 #29
this sounds good samsingh Mar 2012 #3
Why? oneshooter Mar 2012 #5
Permits should be required. samsingh Mar 2012 #9
May I see your First, Fourth, Thirteenth and Twenty-Fourth Amendment permits, please? n/t PavePusher Mar 2012 #13
they are not the same thing samsingh Mar 2012 #30
Just as the others will assure the proper use of those rights. oneshooter Mar 2012 #38
Eureka! That explains why there are no car wrecks by licenced drivers! PavePusher Mar 2012 #45
Drop that old argument. First off...... Logical Mar 2012 #44
May I see your voter ID, please? Voting is limited by minimum age, residence and Citizenship. PavePusher Mar 2012 #46
Like I said, even what I suspect is to you a great Justice, Scalia (who I think is an asshole) has.. Logical Mar 2012 #47
Then you have converted a Constitutional Right into a priviledge dependent on conditions.... PavePusher Mar 2012 #48
The SCOUS does not agree with you, at least yet. n-t Logical Mar 2012 #50
They can't currently have a binding opinion, as that matter has not been presented to them. PavePusher Mar 2012 #51
Training and licenses do not seem extreme to me. n-t Logical Mar 2012 #52
A Voice for Sanity!! lastlib Mar 2012 #8
i agree with you completely. samsingh Mar 2012 #11
Got stats? PavePusher Mar 2012 #14
i am allowed to express my opinion without having a bibliography samsingh Mar 2012 #31
You can here, in most places. gejohnston Mar 2012 #37
Exept that you expressed it as fact, not opinion. oneshooter Mar 2012 #39
What happens if you were attacked by an individual or gang that did not carry firearms? Remmah2 Mar 2012 #53
Great. You'll be happy to know shadowrider Mar 2012 #12
LOL - Is that the best you've got? Swimming pools and cars? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #16
those less common than twenty years ago gejohnston Mar 2012 #17
Well heck GE, more people are killed by cancer. So what? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #18
Heck Starboard gejohnston Mar 2012 #19
That's a skewed perspective Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #20
not skewed, shows relative safety gejohnston Mar 2012 #21
Good points about S. Dakota, VT, WY and Mayberry Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #25
Do you really think that guns under the control of non-criminals, used for defense... PavePusher Mar 2012 #26
No, I'm not implying that at all. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #27
but there is no evidence on your side gejohnston Mar 2012 #28
Wave runners and jet skis, I detest with a passion, gejohnston Mar 2012 #49
cars require a driving licence samsingh Mar 2012 #34
to operate on public roads gejohnston Mar 2012 #36
i don't recall seeing too many of those samsingh Mar 2012 #33
Suicide and family extermination has been done by car. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #55
I'm not saying it hasn't, but hardly on a daily basis. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #56
assuming that was the reason gejohnston Mar 2012 #57
Pretty much like "it's a constitutional right" doesn't sell with rational people Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #58
actually it is gejohnston Mar 2012 #59
the point of a swimming pool is to swim, cars is to travel samsingh Mar 2012 #32
Correct, and that is a perfectly legitimate purpose. NewMoonTherian Mar 2012 #40
the problem becomes when those things being hit are innocent people or other life forms samsingh Mar 2012 #41
Is that right shown under the 57th or 83rd amendments? oneshooter Mar 2012 #42
Outstanding. Hoyt Mar 2012 #15
I see you're lovin a Republican now. aikoaiko Mar 2012 #22
i'd rather have legal weed than more and more guns samsingh Mar 2012 #35
I'm open minded to both. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #54
Maybe they'll vote for a strong 2A democrat who will sign this bill. ileus Mar 2012 #24
I 100% agree with this. I think some training should be required. And 21 is a good age. Logical Mar 2012 #43
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