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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Memorial threads for gun victims. [View all]Gun Control & RKBA (Group): About This Group
Statement of Purpose
Discuss gun politics, gun control laws, the Second Amendment, the use of firearms for self-defense, and the use of firearms to commit crime and violence.
Statement of Purpose
Discuss gun politics, gun control laws, the Second Amendment, the use of firearms for self-defense, and the use of firearms to commit crime and violence.
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Of course not, because guns were designed to kill, these other things were not, duh.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#7
So it is not the actual death toll but the designed purpose that determines what should be banned?
hack89
Dec 2014
#9
It is not an argument silly, it is an observation, like observing the earth is flat...no argument.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#11
In that case "Assault Weapons" must be defective seeing as how 6 times as many people are killed by
kioa
Dec 2014
#24
6 times more killed? So.....about 200,000....LOL x infinity. Rifles? LOL. Trying to exclude all
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#33
"Assault weapons" are rifles. All rifles are used in less than 1/6th the murders that knives are.
kioa
Dec 2014
#54
So make sure you add some actual discussion to your post and there will be no problem
hack89
Dec 2014
#22
I must have missed the discussion part of it. Looks like a music video to me and nothing else
hack89
Dec 2014
#34
Memorial threads that mention anything critical of their precious firearms is "trolling" to them.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#86
Where does this OP say anything about Lennon? Where did his John Lennon OP say anything about
kioa
Dec 2014
#87
Maybe you can support a repeal of freedom of religion & use a youtube video of "Imagine".
kioa
Dec 2014
#100