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In reply to the discussion: Playing a new song in the gungeon. [View all]A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)46. Nor do you have to do any actual damage to be arrested for drunk driving.
You can be driving perfectly, be stopped and still go to jail if your blood alcohol content is over a certain percentage.
So the analogy you are aiming for is; get caught with an assault weapon, whether you are using it or not, and go to jail? Sounds pretty harsh, but I can go for it.
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Laws, fines, and jail time for drunk driving violations hasn't stopped drunk driving.
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2013
#1
This is self evident. Drunks don't kill people, cars kill people. And spoons. Spoons do too.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#5
OK, I'm losing track of the sarcasm here. My post was completely sarcastic. The arguments in it
Squinch
Jan 2013
#61
Nor do you have to do any actual damage to be arrested for drunk driving.
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#46
Because it endangers people. How does the shape of a rifle endanger people? (nt)
Recursion
Jan 2013
#58
Right, a drunk driver is more dangerous. An assault weapon is not more dangerous than a non-assault
Recursion
Jan 2013
#71
I believe most people that die by gunshot get shot by pistols. Wouldn't that
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#75
If you are right and pistols are a majority of all guns, and if it is true
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#79
That shape allows it to hold extra ammunition which facilitates easier mass killings. Thats part of
Erose999
Jan 2013
#95
Its not the pistol grip, its the magazines. You can find a Remington Woodsmaster in every other
Erose999
Jan 2013
#98
Then why is it the pistol grip rather than the magazine we're trying to ban?
Recursion
Jan 2013
#100
In Ohio, you can be asleep in the back seat, and be charged with DUI if the keys are in the car.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#68
Same in New York, had a friend get one while sleeping in the front seat. n/t
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#69
You will never ban semi-auto, handguns, ammo, etc. This is all we have been saying.....
Logical
Jan 2013
#8
then what are you and the people stocking up on guns and supplies worried about?
samsingh
Jan 2013
#89
It was outrage over the Chicago Gangland that prohibited machine guns...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jan 2013
#49
Post Hoc Ergo Prompter Hoc is wonderful if played to the tune of Happiness is A Warm Gun
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#67
Soon to be followed up with "Dems is gonna lose" and "outta my cold dead hands."
morningfog
Jan 2013
#80