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In reply to the discussion: Your gun doesn’t make me safer [View all]Remmah2
(3,291 posts)7. A civil right is not a "pandering political indulgence " either.
The Bill of Rights is a package deal not ala carte.
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Appreciate your honesty. - "I'm only interested in the safety of me and mine."
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#42
Really? How does your statement reflect that you have a social conscience.
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#49
A law enforcement officer is there to protect everyone, including himself
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#63
Please tell us what a CHL holder should do so that you will not consider them to be "purely selfish"
oneshooter
Oct 2012
#75
Again, you are correct about the first two. That is their specific design.
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#74
For that same sake, you can start anytime you want when you start understanding that firearms...
Clames
Oct 2012
#76
In many discussions about the advisability of carrying firearms, gun-controllers...
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#84
People have had "access" to firearms and ammunition since long before the country was founded
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#10
For some, the ends justify *any* means- and sharesunited/Loudly has made it explicit.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#48
That's correct Mr. Madden. I am not responsible for your safety, nor are you for mine.
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#23
When violent crime is stopped, it is almost always stopped by the use or threat of force.
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#27
My gun isn't SUPPOSED to make YOU safer. It's supposed to make ME safer. NT
Trunk Monkey
Oct 2012
#38
The Use of My Gun is Intended to make Me Safer. What you do with or without your gun
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2012
#45
Aurora was a special case because of the body armor and the overall high level of premeditation.
trouble.smith
Oct 2012
#55