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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: If gun control laws are so good [View all]electedface
(16 posts)3. Online Gun Sales
While I believe it is our given right to own a firearm, I don't think our founding fathers necessarily intended on us having semi-automatic rifles when they wrote the Declaration. I do think that stricter regulations are necessary, mainly in the online gun sale department.
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i guess all the other nations are stupid and the governments will enslave the populations
samsingh
Jul 2012
#18
Vermont's gun death rate is only exceeded by one state in their Northwest Region
russ1943
Aug 2012
#76
it's the mental state of people who own and use guns - beyond legislating really nt
msongs
Jul 2012
#7
then there's the access to powerful weapons that can be used to massacre innocent people in a theatr
samsingh
Jul 2012
#44
They *have* tried it in Texas- Houston has half the murder rate of Chicago.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2012
#21
None of the shall-issue states has had any movement to rescind shall-issue.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2012
#55
being such a major city, could Chicago be more complicated than some of the others?
samsingh
Jul 2012
#36