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Gun Control & RKBA

JonathanRackham

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5. Boston? Try Oklahoma City & the first attack on the World Trade Center (1993).

Reply to Shemp Howard (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 09:46 AM

Jun 2016

http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/04/16/the-10-worst-bombings-in-us-history-n1568828

I see a world living in denial and instead of confronting the problems it runs farther away.

Look at day to day life in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Many of the world's problems are caused by one group of people telling another how to run their lives. In many ways modern society is still tribal/feudal in it's thinking.

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Guns? Bombs? [View all] Shemp Howard Jun 2016 OP

Anything can be a weapon...but here we're willing to give up freedom for nothing. ileus Jun 2016 #1

Guns are easy. Bombs are hard. Jerry442 Jun 2016 #2

Tell that to the Tsarnaev brothers. Sure, it may be "easier" to insert a magizine jonno99 Jun 2016 #7

re: "Bombs are hard" discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #8

"But Hammurabi, what's the point of outlawing evil acts?" Jerry442 Jun 2016 #9

Two little Latin phrases. Straw Man Jun 2016 #10

The purpose of the law is to be used as a criterion by the due process to determine... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #14

Evil acts are already outlawed. You're trying to outlaw things that scare you. Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2016 #19

Semi-auto ban would not pass judicial muster, as the 2nd also contains that whole jmg257 Jun 2016 #3

Just in case you hadn't noticed... Jerry442 Jun 2016 #11

Yes - understood. Cheers! nt jmg257 Jun 2016 #12

full autos are banned for civilians in most if not all of Europe gejohnston Jun 2016 #4

Boston? Try Oklahoma City & the first attack on the World Trade Center (1993). JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #5

For that matter the second attack used... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #15

If not bombs, then arson. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #6

Boston was pretty weak bomb compared to Iraq DashOneBravo Jun 2016 #13

Evil has this way of mutating and growing. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #16

I agree it's evil DashOneBravo Jun 2016 #17

I hope our military has stepped up security at the ordinance storage facilities. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #18

Never underestimate the military abilities DashOneBravo Jun 2016 #20

You don't need bombs Matrosov Jun 2016 #21