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In reply to the discussion: changes I think we should make [View all]jeepnstein
(2,631 posts)5. Citizens should be able to own...
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.
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why does anything need to be grandfathered in if it could be dangerous to public safety?
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#7
Oh, I think the sheer number of guns has everything to do with it. The more guns there
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#16
If this is statistically correct, then two things: WY and MT have a lot fewer people and
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#18
don't we ban pesticides now that we didn't before? If something is found to be inimical
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#10
doesn't it depend on what you are grandfathering in? It doesn't mean ALL guns or
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#12
well, I don't think it is a "collective punishment against all citizens" when you consider my
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#20
FIne. Let citizens have their muskets. Just what the founders had in mind, right?
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#24
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
I don't care if they own them or not. It's the state of terror to which I refer.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#32
Tell the parents of those children in practically all white, gentrified Sandy Hook, CT...
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#35
It's a little late for the OP offering changes. There have been good ideas around for a long
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#39
Well, that's a matter of opinion. Plenty of countries have such "simple answers" and
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#41