Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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4. been watching a lot of B westerns on Classic Movie Channel?

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 01:42 PM

Mar 2012

They are not documentaries. The tame east was anything but civilized.
Oh yeah, Texas banned open carry and required pistol licences in the 19th century. Wyoming adopted "may issue" conceal carry of any weapon (including sword canes and sling shots) in 1887. Neither had anything to do with being civilized or public safety.

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S.D. governor vetoes concealed handgun bill [View all] Eugene Mar 2012 OP

Why don't we just go back to the days of the old wild west montanacowboy Mar 2012 #1

Your knowledge of history.... PavePusher Mar 2012 #2

been watching a lot of B westerns on Classic Movie Channel? gejohnston Mar 2012 #4

Personally I prefer lever action rifles. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #6

they want more then that bowens43 Mar 2012 #7

They do? gejohnston Mar 2012 #10

Sounds like... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2012 #23

+1000 ellisonz Mar 2012 #29

this sounds good samsingh Mar 2012 #3

Why? oneshooter Mar 2012 #5

Permits should be required. samsingh Mar 2012 #9

May I see your First, Fourth, Thirteenth and Twenty-Fourth Amendment permits, please? n/t PavePusher Mar 2012 #13

they are not the same thing samsingh Mar 2012 #30

Just as the others will assure the proper use of those rights. oneshooter Mar 2012 #38

Eureka! That explains why there are no car wrecks by licenced drivers! PavePusher Mar 2012 #45

Drop that old argument. First off...... Logical Mar 2012 #44

May I see your voter ID, please? Voting is limited by minimum age, residence and Citizenship. PavePusher Mar 2012 #46

Like I said, even what I suspect is to you a great Justice, Scalia (who I think is an asshole) has.. Logical Mar 2012 #47

Then you have converted a Constitutional Right into a priviledge dependent on conditions.... PavePusher Mar 2012 #48

The SCOUS does not agree with you, at least yet. n-t Logical Mar 2012 #50

They can't currently have a binding opinion, as that matter has not been presented to them. PavePusher Mar 2012 #51

Training and licenses do not seem extreme to me. n-t Logical Mar 2012 #52

A Voice for Sanity!! lastlib Mar 2012 #8

i agree with you completely. samsingh Mar 2012 #11

Got stats? PavePusher Mar 2012 #14

i am allowed to express my opinion without having a bibliography samsingh Mar 2012 #31

You can here, in most places. gejohnston Mar 2012 #37

Exept that you expressed it as fact, not opinion. oneshooter Mar 2012 #39

What happens if you were attacked by an individual or gang that did not carry firearms? Remmah2 Mar 2012 #53

Great. You'll be happy to know shadowrider Mar 2012 #12

LOL - Is that the best you've got? Swimming pools and cars? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #16

those less common than twenty years ago gejohnston Mar 2012 #17

Well heck GE, more people are killed by cancer. So what? Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #18

Heck Starboard gejohnston Mar 2012 #19

That's a skewed perspective Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #20

not skewed, shows relative safety gejohnston Mar 2012 #21

Good points about S. Dakota, VT, WY and Mayberry Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #25

Do you really think that guns under the control of non-criminals, used for defense... PavePusher Mar 2012 #26

No, I'm not implying that at all. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #27

but there is no evidence on your side gejohnston Mar 2012 #28

Wave runners and jet skis, I detest with a passion, gejohnston Mar 2012 #49

cars require a driving licence samsingh Mar 2012 #34

to operate on public roads gejohnston Mar 2012 #36

i don't recall seeing too many of those samsingh Mar 2012 #33

Suicide and family extermination has been done by car. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #55

I'm not saying it hasn't, but hardly on a daily basis. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #56

assuming that was the reason gejohnston Mar 2012 #57

Pretty much like "it's a constitutional right" doesn't sell with rational people Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #58

actually it is gejohnston Mar 2012 #59

the point of a swimming pool is to swim, cars is to travel samsingh Mar 2012 #32

Correct, and that is a perfectly legitimate purpose. NewMoonTherian Mar 2012 #40

the problem becomes when those things being hit are innocent people or other life forms samsingh Mar 2012 #41

Is that right shown under the 57th or 83rd amendments? oneshooter Mar 2012 #42

Outstanding. Hoyt Mar 2012 #15

I see you're lovin a Republican now. aikoaiko Mar 2012 #22

i'd rather have legal weed than more and more guns samsingh Mar 2012 #35

I'm open minded to both. Remmah2 Mar 2012 #54

Maybe they'll vote for a strong 2A democrat who will sign this bill. ileus Mar 2012 #24

I 100% agree with this. I think some training should be required. And 21 is a good age. Logical Mar 2012 #43