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In reply to the discussion: Does Right To Own Guns Trump Right To Live? [View all]GGJohn
(9,951 posts)59. The difference, as I'm sure you know, is that a university ID isn't a govt issued ID,
whereas, a CCW license is a govt. issued ID.
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+100. Even if one accepts "right" to carry/own guns, it doesn't mean good/civilized people should.
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#2
Yes, but that I expected from a gun nut. The NRA sells that loud and clear.
passiveporcupine
Jun 2015
#40
I own guns but I don't go around saying I want to start a race war, civil war, etc.
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#4
I have several relatives who hunt. They are good, kind people. I think we need to emphasize
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#24
Pointing fingers at the NRA for fighting sensible bills to hold people and gun dealers
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#35
True. I would favor requiring gun owners to insure their guns and to post bonds to cover
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#46
Around the world, people hunt and eat what they kill, and most other countries in which
JDPriestly
Jun 2015
#66
Very true, NRA thinks everyone should have guns, manufactured by the groups they represent
Thinkingabout
Jun 2015
#80
Then you are guilty, and have blood on your hands. According to this DU poster.
oneshooter
Jun 2015
#77
No, in the same way that the right to free speech doesn't trump crimes involving speech
aikoaiko
Jun 2015
#14
Specifically, what rights do you believe gun owners have that you don't?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#18
In Texas, for example, a CCW license is ok ID to vote, while a University Student ID card isn't.
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#41
I answered the question you posed in post #18 with a specific example. nt
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#52
What has this "right" to use another form of ID while voting deprived others of?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#53
It is harder for a university student (with photo ID) to vote than for a gun toter.
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#55
Not only that, most gun owners don't *have* ID cards-not required where they live
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#68
The difference, as I'm sure you know, is that a university ID isn't a govt issued ID,
GGJohn
Jun 2015
#59
Gun-averse Massachusetts allows Firearms ID cards to be used as proof of residence...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#61
there are many cases where two people are armed and the murderer kills the innocent one
samsingh
Jun 2015
#25
Does the right to get intoxicated trump the right to not die from drunk drivers and criminals?
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#45
"Just stop working to ensure felons have access" Any evidence NU is doing such a thing?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#70
Things would be so much better if you could trouble yourself to lose the snotty rhetoric.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#78
And what are *you* doing to that effect, aside from parroting that phrase?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#71