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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: changes I think we should make [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)40. your side had simple answers, not solutions
and simple answers to complex issues never work.
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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