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The Second Amendment is the only part of the Bill of Rights with the word "Regulated" in it…
MrScorpio
Apr 2013
#3
Actually, most do. It references the militia, which the feds are charged with calling up...
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#26
Someone should re-read their copy of the Constitution. Ammo isnt protected.
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#24
Neither is your computer. To regulate/ban/tax ammo highly is subterfuge. Think...
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#28
Sorry but I dont understand your post. Ammo isnt protected by the Constitution.
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#32
So you are saying the Constitution guarantees that all citizens have the right
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#42
So we agree that some arms should be regulated. We just disagree where to draw the line. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#43
You'll notice I wasn't the only one to call you on your 'so you're saying..' schtick.
X_Digger
Apr 2013
#81
Ammo is as protected as printer's ink and newsprint paper re the 1st amendment
X_Digger
Apr 2013
#45
So basically, your argument is that regulations won't work, because people will break those laws?
MrScorpio
Apr 2013
#16
Responsible people also try to make dangerous & deadly things safer & less deadly for everyone.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#71
We have a thousand times the rate of bare hands and feet deaths of other industrialized democracies
Recursion
Apr 2013
#72
The US does not have 1000x the murder rate of other Western industrialized democracies.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#73
When you compare us to other third world nations (which we are from a social/health standpoint)
Recursion
Apr 2013
#74
I haven't compared the US to 3rd world nations. That's where you & your RW gun allies want us to be.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#83
So in your mind, America is a violent 3rd world country. Or should be. And that's why you need guns.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#85
You're living in a delusion. The outside world isn't nearly as threatening as you pretend it is.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#87
If that is some kind of argument against gun regulations it fails terribly.
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#29
Really - I am tired of feeling like a criminal because of allergies . K&R n/t
ms liberty
Apr 2013
#54
I'm sure that the knowledge that our guns are safe and sound in the hands of ordinary Americans...
MrScorpio
Apr 2013
#58
Amazing how a thread pointing out the obvious gets inundated by the gun-nutters.
madinmaryland
Apr 2013
#66