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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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46. Ask Europeans who suffer from almost no gun crime...
Mon May 30, 2016, 02:33 PM
May 2016
...if they'd trade thousands of people dead at the end of a gun per year for access to guns for self-defence.


I would but I won't be around after they've had the requisite 250 years to acclimate to the culture here. (I'll be living in Scandinavia by then) If you doubt that the US is more violent than the UK, you should know that the US non-gun murder rate exceeds the OVERALL UK murder rate. Why, you ask? Numerous factors unrelated to people having guns.

Infusing a sense of hope for the future and respect would be a start. This nation got its start with its government oppressing the people. (Thank you very much King George.) There's now push-back when the government restricts what's been accepted as a freedom.

"Complete ban" - not happening; get serious. There are 600,000,000 privately held firearms worldwide. Half of those are here in the US. Allowing 3 seconds just for the action of picking up a firearm, picking up every gun in the US would take over 28 man-years.

"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Maybe it's inconvenient, but it's true. Add to that the distrust of the government that would become rampant.

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Can you imagine believing this? [View all] Kang Colby May 2016 OP
Which is why EdwardBernays May 2016 #1
And where in the original posting... theatre goon May 2016 #3
It's simple EdwardBernays May 2016 #4
Yes, very simple. theatre goon May 2016 #5
No EdwardBernays May 2016 #6
Logical...? theatre goon May 2016 #13
Logical? Straw Man May 2016 #34
The problem with that logic EdwardBernays May 2016 #35
C'mon now ... Straw Man May 2016 #38
people would get shot with bows and crossbows, gejohnston May 2016 #39
Where did you get the strange idea that a law would stop a crime? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #8
Check the OP EdwardBernays May 2016 #11
The fault lies in the assumptions discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #18
Your premise is flawed sarisataka May 2016 #9
No EdwardBernays May 2016 #10
it is called sarcasm, gejohnston May 2016 #40
No? EdwardBernays May 2016 #41
I'm more inclined to think that you wouldn't recognize it. gejohnston May 2016 #42
Absolutely. EdwardBernays May 2016 #48
not a problem beergood May 2016 #47
no it isn't gejohnston May 2016 #12
No EdwardBernays May 2016 #16
not all, gejohnston May 2016 #19
Not even close EdwardBernays May 2016 #36
that has been established in criminology for 130 years, at least. gejohnston May 2016 #37
I do agree that some gunowners are lawless criminals TeddyR May 2016 #15
And theres your problem in a nutshell. beevul May 2016 #17
No, most gun control laws are in a special class known as crap. Kang Colby May 2016 #20
Nonsense EdwardBernays May 2016 #24
Thats a ridiculous assertion. beevul May 2016 #26
it's obviously not. EdwardBernays May 2016 #29
no country has has gun crime like America? gejohnston May 2016 #31
Thats not a standard... beevul May 2016 #43
Whoa dude...is that Piers Morgan? n/t Kang Colby May 2016 #45
Ask Europeans who suffer from almost no gun crime... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #46
Here's the thing EdwardBernays May 2016 #52
Another ridiculous assertion. beevul May 2016 #57
The moment EdwardBernays May 2016 #59
hand grenades are not illegal gejohnston May 2016 #61
Right. beevul May 2016 #62
says who? gejohnston May 2016 #27
All emotion. No facts. Kang Colby May 2016 #49
If so few are capable of governing themselves how fewer still are capable of governing others? Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #53
??? EdwardBernays May 2016 #54
You're the one claiming people can't be trusted to govern themselves. Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #55
You've misunderstood EdwardBernays May 2016 #56
Nobody has misunderstood. beevul May 2016 #58
No EdwardBernays May 2016 #60
Lets get something strait here... beevul May 2016 #63
I also see a daily report of police excesses. What's a unicorn to think now? Nuclear Unicorn May 2016 #65
whats wrong with that? beergood May 2016 #64
One of the dumbest memes of all times. marble falls May 2016 #2
How about this one? sarisataka May 2016 #7
I used to think I should be allowed to own whatever I wanted so long as I kept it to myself ... marble falls May 2016 #21
just a few things gejohnston May 2016 #22
This is the last response - I realy do not belong here, but here it is: marble falls May 2016 #25
First, this is not a "protected group". beevul May 2016 #28
if we didn't have a gang problem, gejohnston May 2016 #30
"This is the last response - I really do not belong here......" pablo_marmol May 2016 #50
The errors and omissions discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #23
Before you start you'all-ing sarisataka May 2016 #32
Thanks for sharing. Kang Colby May 2016 #33
The whole point of control is to hammer on legal gun owners. ileus May 2016 #14
Yep. The worst thing about GunFree Zones© is the freaking advertisememt. Eleanors38 May 2016 #44
No, i can't. But many do. MariaThinks May 2016 #51
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