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As soon as you teach the cops to jump through a rip in the fabric of time. nt rrneck Jan 2013 #1
And you mention cops... AceWheeler Jan 2013 #37
Actually, cops are civilians as they are not military. ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #39
Because your average every day garden variety gun rrneck Jan 2013 #40
These threads are funny, we can never have to many of them... snooper2 Jan 2013 #2
non-starter BainsBane Jan 2013 #3
I disagree Marrah_G Jan 2013 #4
I think that's overkill Taverner Jan 2013 #5
Stricter regulations and actually enforcing them HappyMe Jan 2013 #6
Only if the ban applies to and is enforced on every person, including criminals and police officers slackmaster Jan 2013 #7
If when a ban goes into effect and you do not turn in your weapons, you become a criminal. RC Jan 2013 #14
I don't own any weapons slackmaster Jan 2013 #45
I'm sure that some might turn in their guns. HappyMe Jan 2013 #51
Are you going to adopt the Japanese system of policing? hack89 Jan 2013 #8
Considered, and dismissed. bluedigger Jan 2013 #9
Disagree. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #10
But they might be attacked by Russia! Animal Chin Jan 2013 #26
And Sarah Palin. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #31
Ah, Sarah Palin, the joke that refuses to go away. Blue_In_AK Jan 2013 #41
Those who build subs deep in So Amer jungle vote Yes One_Life_To_Give Jan 2013 #11
I think it's useful to have someone pushing for extreme measures on the left Fumesucker Jan 2013 #12
I think extreme anti-gun arguments do less violence to civil rights overall cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #13
Like the 4th Amendment isn't already quaint and non-functional. RC Jan 2013 #17
I think the very idea of civil liberties is a quaint remnant of a bygone era. Fumesucker Jan 2013 #23
Thought provoking paragraph, Fumesucker... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #42
I fear I'm coming to your second conclusion, myself. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #48
It's certainly refreshing, at least (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #16
Japan doesn't have 2.3 billion acres of farmland Recursion Jan 2013 #15
By killing off the predators preferred food, so the cows have more to eat. RC Jan 2013 #20
So you thinks your cows are more valuable than my kids? cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #21
Well, I was thinking more of chickens. Recursion Jan 2013 #22
Extreme Dpm12 Jan 2013 #18
If I DO need to protect myself then cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #27
Handguns should really be what we're talking about Animal Chin Jan 2013 #35
Exactly. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #50
Nope. Crepuscular Jan 2013 #19
Your OP is what's known in the parlance as "zealotry trolling" Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #24
I think it's also an example of not all trolling being bad Recursion Jan 2013 #25
It is not any kind of trolling cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #32
Really. Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #36
No, it's "you unreasonable people who want to outlaw AR-15s and high magazine clips, hey- Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #34
Your inability to follow simple rules of decency is noted cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #30
Sorry Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #33
Alert results JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #44
Pfffffft. I'm a "sacred cow"? Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #46
disagree Kali Jan 2013 #28
Nope, banning firearms will never happen in the US rightsideout Jan 2013 #29
If every gun is civilian hands was picked up and destroyed.. MicaelS Jan 2013 #38
I disagree with a complete ban. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #43
Well obviously impractical here, but let's hypothesize dmallind Jan 2013 #47
Disagree Sissyk Jan 2013 #49
Impossible under the Bill of Rights. longship Jan 2013 #52
Have you ever had to shoot a six foot rattlesnake Ilsa Jan 2013 #53
How about devoting this energy toward something possible, like fighting poverty Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #54
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