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In reply to the discussion: If Ammo Were Regulated As Sudafed… [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)84. No, you haven't, that's the problem
You pretend guns are why we are violent, rather than the fact that we just aren't like our friends Sweden and France. I know a scapegoat is an important thing to have.
You keep comparing us to rich industrial countries with high social services and low inequality and that's not what we are.
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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