The right to bear arms

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  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    automatic weapons are already banned.
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    Proving that bans on certain classes of weapons are constitutional.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Proving that bans on certain classes of weapons are constitutional.

    Like whether something is constitutional or not even matters? Abraham Lincoln was the first to violate the Bill of Rights and not the last.

    If people don't want this ban they'll have to scare their elected officials so badly with promises of voter vengeance on election day that they refuse to push it through. Which I doubt will happen.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    I made zero claims about you shutting down reearch. If I make a general statement that doesn't apply to you, don't assume I'm talking about you.

    You used quotes and referenced an exact phrase I used. That's not in any way a "general statement" (those quotes mean I'm talking about you).
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    I was not talking about you. I was talking about the NRA and its lackeys in Congress. You are not alone in demanding that the unprovable be proved.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    I was not talking about you. I was talking about the NRA and its lackeys in Congress. You are not alone in demanding that the unprovable be proved.

    And that's fair, but acting like I should've known when I'm the only person in this thread who said prove it is silly.
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    I'm sorry I was unclear.
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    Interesting/funny article about guns with interesting statistics. I promise it's not a gun bashing article. It does look at the debate from a little different perspective.

    http://www.cracked.com/article_20396_5-mind-blowing-facts-nobody-told-you-about-guns.html
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    The part about suicide was especially interesting, I thought.
  • SirBonerFart
    SirBonerFart Posts: 1,185 Member
    Other crimes committed with guns were down even more sharply — from 1.53 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011, a drop of 70 percent, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

    http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/07/18108298-gun-violence-in-us-has-fallen-dramatically-over-past-20-years-justice-dept-report-finds?lite
  • SirBonerFart
    SirBonerFart Posts: 1,185 Member
    automatic weapons are already banned.

    No they are not. There is a lot of ignorance going on in this thread.

    Try researching your topic of debate instead of making assumptions
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    automatic weapons are already banned.

    No they are not. There is a lot of ignorance going on in this thread.

    Try researching your topic of debate instead of making assumptions

    Ok, go ahead and try to obtain one, then. See what happens.
  • SirBonerFart
    SirBonerFart Posts: 1,185 Member
    automatic weapons are already banned.

    No they are not. There is a lot of ignorance going on in this thread.

    Try researching your topic of debate instead of making assumptions

    Ok, go ahead and try to obtain one, then. See what happens.

    I have one
  • Brunner26_2
    Brunner26_2 Posts: 1,152
    automatic weapons are already banned.

    No they are not. There is a lot of ignorance going on in this thread.

    Try researching your topic of debate instead of making assumptions

    Ok, go ahead and try to obtain one, then. See what happens.

    I have one

    I just realized it says automatic weapons. I read atomic weapons haha.
  • Sqeekyjojo
    Sqeekyjojo Posts: 704 Member
    automatic weapons are already banned.

    No they are not. There is a lot of ignorance going on in this thread.

    Try researching your topic of debate instead of making assumptions

    Ok, go ahead and try to obtain one, then. See what happens.

    I have one

    I just realized it says automatic weapons. I read atomic weapons haha.


    I'd rather have a phaser, myself.
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    automatic weapons are already banned.

    No they are not. There is a lot of ignorance going on in this thread.

    Try researching your topic of debate instead of making assumptions

    Ok, go ahead and try to obtain one, then. See what happens.

    I have one

    You can only imagine how much safer that makes me feel.
  • SirBonerFart
    SirBonerFart Posts: 1,185 Member
    automatic weapons are already banned.

    No they are not. There is a lot of ignorance going on in this thread.

    Try researching your topic of debate instead of making assumptions

    Ok, go ahead and try to obtain one, then. See what happens.

    I have one

    You can only imagine how much safer that makes me feel.

    You should see someone about your Hoplophobia
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    I'll get right on that. Thanks for the valuable advice!