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In reply to the discussion: Proposed: A complete ban on civilian ownership of Firearms [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)40. Because your average every day garden variety gun
is a solution to a disparity of force problem. People have guns to defend themselves because the police can't be there in time to do it for them.
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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 think it's useful to have someone pushing for extreme measures on the left
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#12
I think the very idea of civil liberties is a quaint remnant of a bygone era.
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#23
No, it's "you unreasonable people who want to outlaw AR-15s and high magazine clips, hey-
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#34
How about devoting this energy toward something possible, like fighting poverty
Demo_Chris
Jan 2013
#54