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jeepnstein

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5. Citizens should be able to own...
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 09:50 AM
Dec 2012

the same mags as the police just like your comment about them having the same weapons. I'm serious about that.

The rest of your positions are in the realm of the possible. I have my own opinion on what to do with the NFA and once I think it through a bit better I'm going to be more vocal about it.

changes I think we should make [View all] gejohnston Dec 2012 OP
I'm guessing you mean pistol mags should not extend past the butt? petronius Dec 2012 #1
yes, butt. gejohnston Dec 2012 #2
Sorry, that wasn't spelling snark (really!) - I think there's a word or two petronius Dec 2012 #3
How about we meet you halfway....15's for rifles. ileus Dec 2012 #4
why does anything need to be grandfathered in if it could be dangerous to public safety? CTyankee Dec 2012 #7
the fifth amendment for one reason gejohnston Dec 2012 #8
Tell me about the Canadian experience. What happened to those machine guns? CTyankee Dec 2012 #9
they started registering them in 1952 gejohnston Dec 2012 #13
so the analogy doesn't fit our situation. It wasn't as massive a problem. CTyankee Dec 2012 #14
I don't think any analogy works with this situation gejohnston Dec 2012 #15
Oh, I think the sheer number of guns has everything to do with it. The more guns there CTyankee Dec 2012 #16
there is a logical fallicy for that gejohnston Dec 2012 #17
If this is statistically correct, then two things: WY and MT have a lot fewer people and CTyankee Dec 2012 #18
there was a map that was posted gejohnston Dec 2012 #21
Interesting stuff. thanks for posting this. I didn't know that much about WY. CTyankee Dec 2012 #23
don't we ban pesticides now that we didn't before? If something is found to be inimical CTyankee Dec 2012 #10
None of those things are named in the Bill of Rights. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #11
doesn't it depend on what you are grandfathering in? It doesn't mean ALL guns or CTyankee Dec 2012 #12
2nd is limited. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #19
well, I don't think it is a "collective punishment against all citizens" when you consider my CTyankee Dec 2012 #20
We're going in circles here. jeepnstein Dec 2012 #22
FIne. Let citizens have their muskets. Just what the founders had in mind, right? CTyankee Dec 2012 #24
Ahem: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #25
thanks. Is it all clear now, folks? CTyankee Dec 2012 #26
The historical answer has been to *widen* applicability of rights, not narrow them. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #27
I'll tell you what I don't like. I don't like children being blown away by someone who CTyankee Dec 2012 #28
I don't like that, either. I also don't like the Westboro Baptist Church assholes. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #29
and while we are at it, why does the precious Second have a qualifying clause? CTyankee Dec 2012 #31
all I can say is gejohnston Dec 2012 #33
very few people in Somalia own guns gejohnston Dec 2012 #30
I don't care if they own them or not. It's the state of terror to which I refer. CTyankee Dec 2012 #32
I'm not being smug but gejohnston Dec 2012 #34
Tell the parents of those children in practically all white, gentrified Sandy Hook, CT... CTyankee Dec 2012 #35
statistical fact gejohnston Dec 2012 #36
geographical fiction on your part. "gang-infested"? Newtown? CTyankee Dec 2012 #37
I said day to day gejohnston Dec 2012 #38
It's a little late for the OP offering changes. There have been good ideas around for a long CTyankee Dec 2012 #39
your side had simple answers, not solutions gejohnston Dec 2012 #40
Well, that's a matter of opinion. Plenty of countries have such "simple answers" and CTyankee Dec 2012 #41
both of those were rare one time events gejohnston Dec 2012 #42
Let's stick to Scotland. Please don't get off subject. CTyankee Dec 2012 #43
post hoc ergo propter hoc gejohnston Dec 2012 #44
I wonder why. CTyankee Dec 2012 #45
Citizens should be able to own... jeepnstein Dec 2012 #5
I don't think this is going to help with mass shootings. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #6
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