Gun Control & RKBA

xxenderwigginxx

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33. That's different

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 02:14 AM

Aug 2012

Police officers are trained in the Force & therefore have a special Jedi mastery over handguns that private citizens can never hope to obtain.
It is also worth noting that police operate with backup within groups, which is why they need larger capacity magazines than do "civilians" who must face criminals alone and therefore need less ammunition.

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(DC) Mayor Gray protests a billboard advertising gun-safety classes [View all] TPaine7 Aug 2012 OP

Most gun prohibitionists are hypocrites slackmaster Aug 2012 #1

Well today a paper target, tomorrow a human...all target shooting is death spewer practice. ileus Aug 2012 #2

Ah, yes. And the societal pollution of gun porn. "Think of the children." n/t TPaine7 Aug 2012 #15

You know eventually they will look upon it as they do swaztikas and smoking in public rl6214 Aug 2012 #32

I wonder how many tax payer funded police officers Lurks Often Aug 2012 #3

That's different xxenderwigginxx Aug 2012 #33

Sounds reminiscent of those who object to health classes in school. HALO141 Aug 2012 #4

The same types rDigital Aug 2012 #7

I understand how ads from gun lobbying associations that represents manufacturers and others who Hoyt Aug 2012 #5

Do you agree safety classes are beneficial? n/t shadowrider Aug 2012 #8

Of course safety is beneficial especially if they emphasize results of poor handling, toting, Hoyt Aug 2012 #9

The government agency in this case is staunchly against training 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #12

I'm assuming you have never been to a NRA gun safety class, so how do you know what they are like? Travis_0004 Aug 2012 #14

The one's I've seen regarding toting were aimed at folks like Zimmerman. Hoyt Aug 2012 #17

The class I took was required to get my CCW Travis_0004 Aug 2012 #19

Ask someone who has worked with an organization with a PAC. They are separate on paper only. Hoyt Aug 2012 #21

They share control, they do not share finances Travis_0004 Aug 2012 #22

The Bank account is separate, but leadership is inbred. Hoyt Aug 2012 #23

Can you ever agree with anyone who not a Missycim Aug 2012 #37

Not on this issue. I've worked with enough PACs to know the scam. Hoyt Aug 2012 #40

When you say "worked with" Glaug-Eldare Aug 2012 #43

When my stepson and nephew attended a hunter safety course, the instructor was a NRA member Kaleva Aug 2012 #27

My brother has taught gun safety Jenoch Aug 2012 #31

There you go again... Glaug-Eldare Aug 2012 #36

Acually "toting" AKA concealed carry is legal in DC oneshooter Aug 2012 #38

The ones you've seeen? Straw Man Aug 2012 #49

Advertisements for people who want to make money? 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #11

Fine, quit acting like right wing gun groups are altruistic. They aren't. Hoyt Aug 2012 #18

Most special interest groups exist for said special interest 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #24

And they are working to defeat Obama and many local Dems. Hoyt Aug 2012 #25

Perhaps gun owners would be less anti-democrat if gun bans weren't mostly proposed by democrats 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #26

Perhaps gun owners need to reconsider their priorities, then. Hoyt Aug 2012 #28

As should other single issue voters 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #30

Dont confuse him 4th with logic and sense. Missycim Aug 2012 #41

But it's so easy 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #45

Guns aren't on the same level as human rights like that. If they are, Hoyt Aug 2012 #42

Oh but they are 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #44

No guns aren't on same level as real, human Civil Rights. Hoyt Aug 2012 #46

Yes, they are 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author xxenderwigginxx Aug 2012 #34

Think about it from Gray's POV! Glaug-Eldare Aug 2012 #6

The NRA should be sensitive to the massive carnage that DC 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #10

Exactly. TPaine7 Aug 2012 #13

If an uber-religious town bans sex-ed, planned parenthood, all forms of contraception and the like, 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #16

It's no surprise to see a DC mayor reacting negatively to something that might petronius Aug 2012 #20

It seems like Jenoch Aug 2012 #29

These mayors need to quit putting their feet in their mouths on rDigital Aug 2012 #35

Mayor Vincent Gray hates guns so much he'd rather not support gun safety classes. aikoaiko Aug 2012 #39

Funny how "Abstinence-only" gets supported when guns are involved... friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 #48