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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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