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Gun Control & RKBA

iiibbb

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5. You are hinging everything on only part of the history... as am I, I guess

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:49 AM

Jan 2013

The truth of the matter is possession being 9/10ths of the law, so is conventional wisdom. And conventional wisdom being as it is, you're going to have to modify the 2nd amendment if you want to change things now. Anything else is just the platinum coin option, a gimmick.

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Why Not Use Science To Determine What Should Be Done About Gun Control? [View all] toddmiller Jan 2013 OP

modern ignorance on 2ndA jimmy the one Jan 2013 #1

Oddly, people that state the real reason for it they're called crackpots iiibbb Jan 2013 #2

English bill of rights 1689, just glorious jimmy the one Jan 2013 #4

You are hinging everything on only part of the history... as am I, I guess iiibbb Jan 2013 #5

Like this... jmg257 Jan 2013 #7

Even though not contemporary, in the 2nd & Constitution, atleast 3 definitions jmg257 Jan 2013 #6

I see it like this.. TxRider Jan 2013 #20

I have no trouble that the people have 'the right to keep and bear arms' as jmg257 Jan 2013 #21

Science and reality are two things Republicans do not believe in. Kablooie Jan 2013 #3

Which science? gejohnston Jan 2013 #8

I rather like... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 #9

As noted in the links to the original articles they are international bodies of interdisciplinary toddmiller Jan 2013 #14

true gejohnston Jan 2013 #15

They meet one criteria and fail the other toddmiller Jan 2013 #16

Hemenway et al gejohnston Jan 2013 #17

The link below is a discussion of that issue. Media and others misinterpret toddmiller Jan 2013 #22

Criminologists are scientists. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #10

For the same reason we don't use science to determine what should be done about climate change. DanTex Jan 2013 #11

scalia's phantom support for 'well regulated' jimmy the one Jan 2013 #12

Carrying arms is not Bearing Arms (wm rawle) jimmy the one Jan 2013 #13

Kleck & Lott & Mary Rosh too jimmy the one Jan 2013 #18

Lott's book was published by gejohnston Jan 2013 #19