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Gun Control & RKBA

holdencaufield

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5. I own several firearms ...

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 11:41 AM

Jan 2013

... each one suited to a specific situation and some just because they have historic or cultural significance. Will you be coming to lock me up as well?

I own a lot of tools too ... for precisely the same reason.

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Private arsenal doesn’t protect gun dealer [View all] jpak Jan 2013 OP

May he rest in peace. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #1

Is that like anyone with more than 1 ounce of pot ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #2

Yep. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #3

The mind of a paranoid. BlueStreak Jan 2013 #4

I own several firearms ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #5

Can you read? BlueStreak Jan 2013 #8

Sure -- I've been reading since I was 18 holdencaufield Jan 2013 #10

So collectors of lets say WWI rifles are mentally unbalanced? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #6

Hate is rarely rational ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #7

If you don't mind having them permanently disabled, they you are probably a pretty clear thinker BlueStreak Jan 2013 #9

Should vintage cars ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #11

Yes, If we had hundreds of deaths fron antique cars every week. BlueStreak Jan 2013 #13

When were WWI era rifles last used in crime let alone a mass killing ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #14

This is too easy BlueStreak Jan 2013 #15

Not really ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #16

You don't think it is a crime to leave guns out BlueStreak Jan 2013 #19

Are there even a dozen deaths ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #18

I don't have a big problem with collectors of antiques BlueStreak Jan 2013 #20

100+ people die every day from car accidents in the USA. n/t Ashgrey77 Jan 2013 #33

We have extensive regularions on cars and drivers, resulting in fewer deaths every year BlueStreak Jan 2013 #34

regular testing of drivers? gejohnston Jan 2013 #35

In Indiana, it is age-based because that correlates strongly with risk BlueStreak Jan 2013 #36

"Assasin's bullet" is an interesting choice of words. Loudly Jan 2013 #12

The GBI statements are pretty clear ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #17

Live by the gun, die by__________ lastlib Jan 2013 #21

That adage sylvi Jan 2013 #24

if the shoe fits, don't let the dogs drag it off............ lastlib Jan 2013 #25

That's just it... sylvi Jan 2013 #26

Let's hope they find his killer. ileus Jan 2013 #22

What qualifies as an Arsenal now-a-days raidert05 Jan 2013 #23

A couple of hours a week? I didn't know Ilsa Jan 2013 #27

I'm deploying again raidert05 Jan 2013 #28

Deploying again... Ilsa Jan 2013 #30

So much for the notion that strutting about town with a pistol perched in your pants apocalypsehow Jan 2013 #29

firearms are passive devices... ileus Jan 2013 #31

but with one defective part.... lastlib Jan 2013 #32