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Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)
8. Agreed. The whole notion of taking on the government is absurd.
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 09:09 PM
Aug 2012

And if that were the purpose of 2A, it would be beyond ludicrous. The main reason claimed by those who worship 2A is self defense, which is also beyond ludicrous.
I'm in favor of gun ownership for fun, sport and hunting (for food, not trophies).
The freaks who insist on walking the streets with concealed weapons are mostly scared, but reasonably sane individuals. Unfortunately, there are more and more loonies joining their growing ranks. Too many boys who never made the transition to men, still obsessed with their toys. They live in a comic book reality of "good guys" and "thugs", which are euphemisms for "fat white guys" and "inner city youth".

What to do? [View all] digonswine Aug 2012 OP
A few questions... TPaine7 Aug 2012 #1
I do not see this as a double standard- digonswine Aug 2012 #4
Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan didn't seem to get the memo. PavePusher Aug 2012 #6
So you really-- digonswine Aug 2012 #9
Is "you" a single individual, or the majority of the citizens? It matters, TPaine7 Aug 2012 #15
Not really- digonswine Aug 2012 #48
That's your opinion Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #70
Not quite- digonswine Aug 2012 #73
Dictators seem to like disarming their populations 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #62
I am not for disarming the population- digonswine Aug 2012 #66
"at least for now" Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #71
Again-not for disarmament. digonswine Aug 2012 #72
How'd it work out during the last civil war here? Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #10
Maybe you should read your history Lurks Often Aug 2012 #23
So what? Is there some relevance? Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #29
Ah yes, Lurks Often Aug 2012 #39
WWII ring any bells? PavePusher Aug 2012 #26
OK. I guess you'd better get back to building your bunker Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #30
Why should I build a bunker? PavePusher Aug 2012 #33
Are we, or are we not a colony of Britain? TPaine7 Aug 2012 #16
Sorry, I didn't realize you were suggesting armed revolution. Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #31
This is a different time- digonswine Aug 2012 #41
So, we'll never have to throw off a bad government? PavePusher Aug 2012 #60
You are right but the majority of the people in our nation did not support the uprisings ... spin Aug 2012 #32
The numbers show that about the only safeinOhio Aug 2012 #2
Sounds good- digonswine Aug 2012 #5
I don't totally understand the point you are trying to make gejohnston Aug 2012 #3
Long guns are not the problem with crime safeinOhio Aug 2012 #11
no but the reasons for creating it had more to do with the red scare gejohnston Aug 2012 #17
I suppose- digonswine Aug 2012 #14
to me it is not a gejohnston Aug 2012 #18
I would agree-- digonswine Aug 2012 #42
I don't think there is a way to keep guns gejohnston Aug 2012 #49
You may be right- digonswine Aug 2012 #51
From the perspective of an LEO twizzler Aug 2012 #19
"Get a licence" HALO141 Aug 2012 #27
Not the same at all- digonswine Aug 2012 #45
different hoops gejohnston Aug 2012 #52
No- digonswine Aug 2012 #53
oh yeah, the inspector gejohnston Aug 2012 #54
It absolutely IS the same. HALO141 Aug 2012 #57
I disagree- digonswine Aug 2012 #65
We may actually have found some common ground. HALO141 Aug 2012 #69
"Some here have stated that second amendment rights trump all others" PavePusher Aug 2012 #7
I will not- digonswine Aug 2012 #12
Could you arrange the original bill of rights in order of legitimacy? 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #21
I am not sure why you are asking for this- digonswine Aug 2012 #63
So you continue to push a claim you can not support with evidence. PavePusher Aug 2012 #25
I'm going to go with digonswine on this one Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #38
Please tell me how to get to all my old OP's- digonswine Aug 2012 #46
If you will not bother to back up HALO141 Aug 2012 #58
Geez sorry- digonswine Aug 2012 #64
My bad. HALO141 Aug 2012 #68
No-asking for evidence is fair- digonswine Aug 2012 #74
OK-I tried digonswine Aug 2012 #43
Agreed. The whole notion of taking on the government is absurd. Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #8
Your caricatures say more about you than they do about your targets. TPaine7 Aug 2012 #20
Where have I ever opposed defending oneself with a gun? Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #28
"You know well that I am in the middle on gun issues." rl6214 Aug 2012 #36
Bigot much? HALO141 Aug 2012 #34
"I'm in favor of gun ownership for fun, sport and hunting (for food, not trophies)." rl6214 Aug 2012 #35
not for trophies gejohnston Aug 2012 #37
I get your point HALO141 Aug 2012 #59
I do not think having a gun for self-defense is ludicrous- digonswine Aug 2012 #44
I'm with you on this Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #55
When I lived in the Tampa Bay area ... spin Aug 2012 #56
I don't know that they have been duped-- digonswine Aug 2012 #67
Duped may be a strong word. Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #75
correction gejohnston Aug 2012 #76
I didn't say they hadn't increased elsewhere. Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #77
for the same reason Canada does gejohnston Aug 2012 #78
Getting a CCL is not the issue Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #79
not freaks gejohnston Aug 2012 #80
I agree, having lived briefly in Detroit Starboard Tack Aug 2012 #81
Florida is not quite the mono culture gejohnston Aug 2012 #82
They have more rights than we do already. clffrdjk Aug 2012 #13
I think the police must train quite a bit- digonswine Aug 2012 #47
depends gejohnston Aug 2012 #50
You'd be surprised. HALO141 Aug 2012 #61
Guns aren't Kudzu ileus Aug 2012 #22
I fucking hate kudzu. Glassunion Aug 2012 #40
Good post. Hoyt Aug 2012 #24
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