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Gun Control & RKBA

In reply to the discussion: Guns? Bombs? [View all]

Jerry442

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9. "But Hammurabi, what's the point of outlawing evil acts?"
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 12:04 PM
Jun 2016

"The bad guys will just keep doing them anyway, or some other bad things."

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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
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