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Gun Control & RKBA

sarisataka

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6. The Constitution and

Reply to DonP (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 03:45 PM

Jun 2016

BoR is merely a guide to the control mindset

Truthfully, I'm not much on the Constitution in that it was written by folks talking about freedom and liberty who went home to beat and rape their slaves. I believe it little better than a guide and is open to interpretation in the context of the current time.

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Xpost from Good Reads:The uncomfortable truth about gun rights supporters–sometimes they are right [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 OP

Most gun owners probably don't fire their weapons too often PJMcK Jun 2016 #1

A questionable stat. Straw Man Jun 2016 #9

The NRA is only a very small part of the issue. benEzra Jun 2016 #12

Uncomfortable truth, many causes of gun violence... sanatanadharma Jun 2016 #2

"...gun wielders need to be profiled and quarantined" Would that include the ones that... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #3

Sure, that whole 4th and 5th amendment thing is overrated DonP Jun 2016 #4

The Constitution and sarisataka Jun 2016 #6

How very ...unsurprising. Off to the Gun Control's Greatest Hits page with that one: friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #7

Would you like us sarisataka Jun 2016 #5

Nope - the one constant is the wielder of the gun - attacking the innocent. jonno99 Jun 2016 #8

Gainesville, Florida had a quarantine for yellow fever in 1888... Eleanors38 Jun 2016 #10

gun wielders need to be profiled and quarantined...now that's progressive thinking. ileus Jun 2016 #11