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Gun Control & RKBA

rrneck

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6. When does dehumanizing occur?

Reply to upaloopa (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 03:47 PM

Dec 2012

The laws surrounding the carriage if firearms are rules of engagement. You don't turn a neighborhood full of civillians into a free fire zone in a war, and you don't do it at peace.

Don't shoot non combatants. And that's a lot easier to figure out outside of a war zone. It obviously isn't perfect, nothing is, but it's the best we can do.

There is no reason to assume anyone carrying a gun is dehumanizing everyone around them.

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This is a follow up to the post I did yesterday about my feeling on RKBA. [View all] upaloopa Dec 2012 OP

Well, we aren't. Clames Dec 2012 #1

Well I have tell you that experience tells me otherwise upaloopa Dec 2012 #2

My experience tells me otherwise. Clames Dec 2012 #3

While the dehumanizing will help the military get the soldier to where ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #4

I understand the de-humanizing that can and does occur when someone is declared... Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #5

When does dehumanizing occur? rrneck Dec 2012 #6

I am a Vietnam Veteran and I have a CHL. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #7

The act of killing and the aftermath is not sarisataka Dec 2012 #8

Recced for the thoughtful conversation... PavePusher Dec 2012 #9

It is kind of funny sarisataka Dec 2012 #10

Some of the fighting there makes the Gungeon look peaceful. Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #11