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DissedByBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 08:08 PM
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94. There are knife bans and restrictions all over the US
What lack of historical evidence?
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  -Would gun control advocates be on board with banning pointy knives and beer bottles? Tim01  Feb-21-10 10:48 AM   #0 
  - Did you think this post up all by yourself?  ret5hd   Feb-21-10 10:50 AM   #1 
  - He probably had a little cribbing from:  SteveM   Feb-21-10 11:08 AM   #10 
  - Your argument is a logical fallacy...a slipery slope...  Ozymanithrax   Feb-21-10 10:52 AM   #2 
  - Phallusy could be part of it.  TheCowsCameHome   Feb-21-10 11:03 AM   #7 
  - Friction is what makes Phallucy fun...  Ozymanithrax   Feb-21-10 11:05 AM   #8 
     - You can't beat it.  TheCowsCameHome   Feb-21-10 11:06 AM   #9 
  - Please parse the OP and prove it's a "logical fallacy". n/t  jody   Feb-21-10 11:12 AM   #12 
  - Here you go...  Ozymanithrax   Feb-21-10 12:00 PM   #23 
     - IMO there is ample "enough evidence for that [OP] assumption." n/t  jody   Feb-21-10 12:03 PM   #24 
     - Then show me the historical evidence...  Ozymanithrax   Feb-21-10 12:06 PM   #25 
        - One example is D.C. that effectively banned all firearms however that ban was ruled unconstitutional  jody   Feb-21-10 05:18 PM   #73 
     - Really?  shadowrider   Feb-21-10 12:08 PM   #26 
     - You are aware England is looking at banning knives and bottles, right? nt  Tim01   Feb-21-10 12:23 PM   #29 
     - There is, and it's a logical progression of misidentifying weapons as a cause of violence  Euromutt   Feb-21-10 08:50 PM   #75 
     - There are knife bans and restrictions all over the US  DissedByBush   Feb-22-10 08:08 PM   #94 
  - self deleted  Hoopla Phil   Feb-21-10 01:50 PM   #41 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-21-10 10:55 AM   #3 
  - What part of the OP do you believe is not supported by the majority of Democrats? n/t  jody   Feb-21-10 10:59 AM   #5 
  - In the debate over natural rights one finds the consensus that if such rights do exist; i.e. natural...  jody   Feb-21-10 10:58 AM   #4 
  - Self preservation is not a "right," it is an instinct and often as not...  TreasonousBastard   Feb-21-10 11:57 AM   #20 
     - I said "if such rights do exist". What rights do you include in "actual rights"? n/t  jody   Feb-21-10 12:00 PM   #22 
        - If you mean absolute rights, very few, actually, since most of...  TreasonousBastard   Feb-21-10 12:15 PM   #27 
           - If one has the right to life, one has the right to defend it..  X_Digger   Feb-21-10 01:42 PM   #40 
           - The authors of our Constitution had specific rights in mind for example PA said  jody   Feb-21-10 05:11 PM   #72 
  - just "pointy-headed" people  hlthe2b   Feb-21-10 11:02 AM   #6 
  - What an idiotic post.  katandmoon   Feb-21-10 11:11 AM   #11 
  - I know LOL  MichaelHarris   Feb-21-10 06:55 PM   #74 
     - Liverpool imposes bottle ban to tackle violence  Tim01   Feb-21-10 09:08 PM   #76 
        - Like shooting fish in a barrel.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Feb-21-10 10:16 PM   #83 
        - And a 2 for 1 this time. nt  Tim01   Feb-21-10 10:19 PM   #84 
        - and glass bottles  MichaelHarris   Feb-21-10 10:24 PM   #86 
           - Probably just that you were ignorant of the facts. That's just a guess though.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Feb-21-10 10:43 PM   #87 
           - Thank you for admitting you would support a ban on bottles. nt  Tim01   Feb-21-10 11:03 PM   #88 
  - It's not such a bad thing  rrneck   Feb-21-10 11:14 AM   #13 
  - Do gun control advocates even advocate banning guns?  Oregone   Feb-21-10 11:43 AM   #14 
  - I am an advocate of total gun bans for civilians.  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 11:46 AM   #15 
  - Yes, but many just want more sensible measures  Oregone   Feb-21-10 11:50 AM   #18 
  - They are too easy to buy and too easy to use  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 11:52 AM   #19 
     - So only big strong healthy bullies,  one-eyed fat man   Feb-21-10 04:18 PM   #69 
     - Your complete and utter submission to authority figures makes me wonder why you are on this site.  proteus_lives   Feb-21-10 09:10 PM   #78 
     - Exactly what I was thinking. nt  Tim01   Feb-22-10 09:45 AM   #91 
     - Like the kid who saved his brother from the home invaders.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Feb-21-10 10:20 PM   #85 
  - That didn't take long.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Feb-21-10 10:12 PM   #80 
  - Don Caballero favors the creation of a police state  slackmaster   Feb-22-10 09:21 AM   #90 
  - Ok, that's fair. Broad brush on my part.  Tim01   Feb-21-10 11:48 AM   #16 
  - And just how many do you purport that to be?  hlthe2b   Feb-21-10 11:58 AM   #21 
  - And a certain  cowman   Feb-21-10 12:20 PM   #28 
  - There you go. Don wants to ban your gun. nt  Tim01   Feb-21-10 11:49 AM   #17 
  - Yes, and they'll send in the Canadians and Mexicans to confiscate them all  slackmaster   Feb-21-10 12:28 PM   #30 
  - Those foreign troops would not be allowed to fire on American civilians  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 12:48 PM   #31 
     - Then confiscation  cowman   Feb-21-10 12:55 PM   #32 
     - Would they  cowman   Feb-21-10 12:57 PM   #33 
     - Of course not  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 01:01 PM   #35 
        - American Armed Forces  cowman   Feb-21-10 01:16 PM   #37 
        - If guns became illegal through law  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 01:17 PM   #38 
           - So tell me  cowman   Feb-21-10 01:33 PM   #39 
           - This would of course be a bipartisan decision  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 01:53 PM   #43 
              - And like I  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:04 PM   #46 
              - Uh no.  beevul   Feb-21-10 02:09 PM   #48 
              - Give it up, beevul..  X_Digger   Feb-21-10 02:42 PM   #58 
                 - True that. N/T  beevul   Feb-21-10 03:50 PM   #64 
              - I am  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:19 PM   #52 
              - American all my life  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 02:20 PM   #53 
                 - Yeah they can  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:27 PM   #56 
              - No, no it wouldn't, won't ever be,  pipoman   Feb-22-10 11:10 PM   #96 
           - At this point I can no longer tell...  PavePusher   Feb-21-10 01:52 PM   #42 
              - I am neither  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 01:55 PM   #44 
                 - You  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:11 PM   #49 
                 - Let me  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:15 PM   #50 
                 - Again I disagree with your assessment of a "slaughter"  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 02:17 PM   #51 
                    - And again  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:25 PM   #54 
                    - The Oath I took  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:32 PM   #57 
                    - Answer me this  cowman   Feb-21-10 02:49 PM   #59 
                       - I never served  Don Caballero   Feb-21-10 02:52 PM   #60 
                          - Thank you for  cowman   Feb-21-10 03:18 PM   #61 
                 - The fact that other countries ban firearms does not make them superior...  spin   Feb-21-10 04:06 PM   #66 
        - If they weren't allowed to fire them...  beevul   Feb-21-10 02:04 PM   #45 
        - You are the incarnation of the gun control reality distortion field.  TPaine7   Feb-21-10 02:04 PM   #47 
        - If I remember correctly, and it has been almost 30 years  oneshooter   Feb-21-10 02:26 PM   #55 
           - Follow Me  dashrif   Feb-22-10 12:23 PM   #92 
     - Oh and one  cowman   Feb-21-10 12:58 PM   #34 
     - If they wouldn't be allowed  rrneck   Feb-21-10 01:07 PM   #36 
     - That will certainly make it easier to kill them.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Feb-21-10 10:12 PM   #81 
     - Then they will fail  slackmaster   Feb-22-10 09:14 AM   #89 
  - I generally oppose people carrying long sharp blades about, especially in establishments  struggle4progress   Feb-21-10 03:32 PM   #62 
  - ????????????  cowman   Feb-21-10 03:37 PM   #63 
  - This is the Gun forum. We try not to have intelligent conversations here  struggle4progress   Feb-21-10 04:14 PM   #67 
     - Well you do make it difficult to do so.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Feb-21-10 10:15 PM   #82 
        - Oops! I apparently phrased that poorly. What I meant to indicate was that there  struggle4progress   Feb-22-10 04:40 PM   #93 
           - I agree, you definitely lower the level of the conversations here.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Feb-22-10 10:36 PM   #95 
  - "A teenager was stabbed to death in a fight outside a bar in Kent"  Tim01   Feb-21-10 03:53 PM   #65 
  - Homicide rate in UK is around 2 per 100K; rate in US is more than double that,  struggle4progress   Feb-21-10 04:37 PM   #71 
     - Your numbers do make sense. nt  Tim01   Feb-21-10 09:09 PM   #77 
     - There's no correlation, much less causation..  X_Digger   Feb-21-10 09:47 PM   #79 
  - Don't live in Florida ...  spin   Feb-21-10 04:17 PM   #68 
  - Multiple fatal knifings do happen...  DrCory   Feb-21-10 04:26 PM   #70 
  - Maybe we should just ban alcoholic beverages. That would reduce crime.....  old mark   Feb-23-10 09:34 AM   #97 
 

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