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7. Let me grant that point entirely: guns are completely evil and only useful for killing people
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 04:31 PM
Dec 2012

(I disagree, but I'm granting this for the sake of argument.)

Even so, banning them won't get rid of them any more than banning marijuana and cocaine got rid of them.

It was already illegal for a 20 year old to have a handgun. Recursion Dec 2012 #1
Oh yeah! bongbong Dec 2012 #2
Well, drug laws are my usual example. It's very easy to get pot or coke. Recursion Dec 2012 #3
The rhetorical devices that Delicate Flowers use to worship their Precious bongbong Dec 2012 #6
Let me grant that point entirely: guns are completely evil and only useful for killing people Recursion Dec 2012 #7
Fantasyland bongbong Dec 2012 #13
They're an island without 300 million guns in private hands Recursion Dec 2012 #17
Oh yeah! bongbong Dec 2012 #23
Um, are you saying that speed limits actually prevent people from speeding? You obviously bayareamike Dec 2012 #52
Nope bongbong Dec 2012 #57
The evidence is not with you nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #8
States with tougher gun laws are richer and more liberal Recursion Dec 2012 #9
Enjoy your fantasies. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #10
You do realize you're advocating for the US to have Connecticut's gun laws, right? Recursion Dec 2012 #11
Which statistically has less, not more, incidents. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #12
Coincidences bongbong Dec 2012 #14
And we have the lowest murder rate in 40 years, nationally Recursion Dec 2012 #18
And a mass shooting a month nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #19
More than that, recently Recursion Dec 2012 #20
So let's throw our hands up nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #21
Neither I nor anybody else is talking about arming everybody Recursion Dec 2012 #22
I am not talking of taking your precious away nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #28
Well, I was reserve, not Guard, and since I am law-abiding DC resident I don't own a weapon Recursion Dec 2012 #30
You asked what I wanted done nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #38
The point of this is to discuss common sense gun control . former-republican Dec 2012 #43
I want sane laws nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #44
When I mean both sides have to give former-republican Dec 2012 #46
Yeah, but the person that just went to my iggy list nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #48
My personal opinion is a little different former-republican Dec 2012 #49
I know. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #50
I think we're pretty close on most views when it comes former-republican Dec 2012 #54
I fear we will be having the same discussion nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #56
We should wait until there are 600m guns here, and then think about limits. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #32
Walking NRA Talking Point regurgitator bongbong Dec 2012 #24
Hey my parrots are not that well disciplined nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #29
The gungeon bongbong Dec 2012 #34
I trashed the whole gungeon yesterday nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #37
I'm banned from the gungeon bongbong Dec 2012 #40
Well, they are delicate flowers. nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #42
I would be fine with that. former-republican Dec 2012 #26
Well... OK but, I mean... they didn't help here, right? Recursion Dec 2012 #27
Of course not former-republican Dec 2012 #33
And the crime rate is half of what it was 20 years ago Recursion Dec 2012 #35
Because I don't want to see honest law abiding people being afraid to live in former-republican Dec 2012 #36
This family could afford all the mental health help they wanted. It didn't stop the GUNS. Squinch Dec 2012 #4
+1. If the family didn't have guns, it wouldn't have been this kind of execution style slaughter nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #47
The Right to Kill Babies and Adults crowd will never give up their toys n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #5
THAT's the mental illness I'm talking about bongbong Dec 2012 #16
The gun nuts are so delicate, aren't they? Cali_Democrat Dec 2012 #15
I'm wondering how many of them are concerned about passing jeff47 Dec 2012 #25
They would highly prefer bongbong Dec 2012 #31
Healthy people don't hate people. It's that simple. Gregorian Dec 2012 #39
why can't you understand it is about both? Skittles Dec 2012 #41
The mental illness is RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #45
Yup... RetroLounge Dec 2012 #51
If you think guns MAKE you safe, you're wrong, because you'll devalue other things that will make patrice Dec 2012 #53
The gun scum has got to go! ellisonz Dec 2012 #55
Gun scum. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #59
Really now RegieRocker Dec 2012 #58
Funny! bongbong Dec 2012 #61
That is a fantasy RegieRocker Dec 2012 #64
The mental illness focus is comfortable and convenient...BUT NOT ACCURATE. libdem4life Dec 2012 #60
Absolutely bongbong Dec 2012 #62
Amazing how it's the only other option to confiscating/re-registering WMD.. libdem4life Dec 2012 #63
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