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Gun Control & RKBA

Nuclear Unicorn

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11. If someone used a switchblade to fight of a violent criminal attacker that law would serve no

Reply to Herman4747 (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 5, 2016, 07:19 AM

Feb 2016

purpose except to prosecute the victim of a violent crime.

Your citation of statistics is based on a correlation-equals-causation fallacy as some nations with no legal gun ownership have higher rates of violent crime or suicide and some nations with gun ownership levels comparable to the US have lower crime and suicide rates.

Repeating your "property rights" canard won't turn a lie into the truth. Self defense is a right to life and you have no right to take that away from good people.

So, do I take it you're in favor of reinstating Prohibition?

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Is the "well-regulated" argument for gun control inadvertently reinforcing RW talking points? [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 OP

WHAT THE HELL??? Herman4747 Feb 2016 #1

1. It's not a "mere property" right. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #2

sure are a lot of gun toting pre-school dangerous criminals in the USa nt msongs Feb 2016 #3

What does that even mean? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #4

That poster seldom makes sense DonP Feb 2016 #7

It's like having someone angrily throw a fistful of feathers at you. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #8

A switchblade can be used in "self-defense"... Herman4747 Feb 2016 #9

If someone used a switchblade to fight of a violent criminal attacker that law would serve no Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #11

Yes. beevul Feb 2016 #15

do you know why switchblades are banned? gejohnston Feb 2016 #17

I don't think that call is yours to make.... beevul Feb 2016 #5

If it were about "right to life", benEzra Feb 2016 #6

Interesting that you should mention "bicycle"... Herman4747 Feb 2016 #10

How about alcohol? No one ever stopped an attacker by getting drunk. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #12

I'm not in a place where I can commute, benEzra Feb 2016 #21

False dichotomy. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #19

walk like an egyptian jimmy the one Feb 2016 #13

So you're adopting the RW interpretations. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #14

The following are taken from the Oxford English Dictionary... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #16

bracketing jimmy the one Feb 2016 #22

re: "Controlling citizen's arms was not much a concern in 1791, they weren't as dangerous..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #23

Since the amendment doesn't restrict the RKBA to the militia... Lizzie Poppet Feb 2016 #18

You're correct but it's t fictions of others we're confronting. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #20