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Why Gun Control Can’t Be Solved in the USA
dilbert.com ^ | June 22nd, 2016 | Scott Adams

Posted on 07/12/2016 3:59:09 AM PDT by dennisw

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To: onona

I believe him , also.
May emulate him, as well.


21 posted on 07/12/2016 5:58:44 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: dennisw

Gun control should not even be a topic in this country. The Founders instituted the Bill of Rights to protect the citizens FROM the government. To have the government “regulate” those freedoms defeats the whole purpose.


22 posted on 07/12/2016 6:10:54 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: The land of the free because of the brave)
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To: Iron Munro

We must never loose sight of why the 2nd Amendment exists. It long predated the current political Parties. (in spite of ComDem claims of their political ancestry)

The 2nd Amendment is about citizens being armed as the last resort to an oppressive Government. The Declaration of Independence is more clear than the Constitution in making that point clear.


23 posted on 07/12/2016 6:15:48 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Henry Hnyellar

Needs repeating !!

The entire premise is false....... There is nothing that needs to be solved. Gun control is a manufactured problem used by freedom haters to infringe upon our rights. The only “solution” the lefties have is confiscation.


24 posted on 07/12/2016 6:23:35 AM PDT by litehaus (A memory toooo long)
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To: dennisw
It is the people that can no longer be reconciled. We have a nation that half it's citizens (leftists) want to control the lives of the other half.
25 posted on 07/12/2016 6:27:19 AM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: dennisw
Democrats are unlikely to talk Republicans out of gun ownership because it comes off as “Put down your gun so I can shoot you."

Actually no. I'm not terribly worried about a thug shooting me. I am very concerned about a government disarming and subjugating me. (well, trying to anyway, neither one of us is going to like it)

My firearms are for fun and for self defense. I don't bother hunting as I've proven to myself I'm not particularly good at it. That personal defense role though is two fold.

On the one hand, yes I carry everywhere I legally can. There is a loaded 9mm on the desk in front of me as I type this - just in case. I understand the statistics and realize I am (thankfully) extremely unlikely to ever need a firearm in that role. However, if I do need it, I will need it badly. I also carry a fire extinguisher and first aid kit in my car, have smoke and CO detectors, etc. etc. All things I hope to never need/use, but have because they are relatively cheap insurance against unlikely but serious consequences.

The other personal defense role for my firearms is at a more macro level. That role is typified by my AR-15. As I said, I don't hunt, and I don't carry the AR for defense. I own it though for defense against a government that might want to take it away from me. I own it because so many would-be tyrants (aka "liberals") at all levels of government and MSM don't want me to have it. Childish? No, deadly serious. Childish would be me owning it just because others say I cannot or should not. Deadly serious is me owning it because of the reasons others do not want me to own it. I own it to keep those thoughts and dreams of power and conquest at bay.

26 posted on 07/12/2016 6:27:43 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
I bought a Colt model year 1918 reintroduction replica from Colt a few years ago (after the S&W) for $1k and put another $750 into the action. I've since bought a Dan Wesson Valor.

This is by far my favorite 1911 in .45.

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27 posted on 07/12/2016 7:53:09 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: moovova

Yeah, the BLM and Lynch would say that and burn down my house.


28 posted on 07/12/2016 7:55:09 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: dennisw

A disarmed population is easier to control. That is why the Koran forbade non-Muslims from owning any type of weapon.


29 posted on 07/12/2016 7:55:23 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: dennisw
Democrats are using guns to kill each other – and want it to stop

No, they don't.

As usual Scott Adams misses the point. They don't want it to stop. They like being the people with guns. They just don't want anyone capable of shooting back.

30 posted on 07/12/2016 8:07:13 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: ctdonath2
Democrats are unlikely to talk Republicans out of gun ownership because it comes off as “Put down your gun so I can shoot you.”


31 posted on 07/12/2016 8:11:07 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: precisionshootist
"It is the people that can no longer be reconciled.
We have a nation that half it's citizens (leftists) want to control the lives of the other half.

AND:

Half the citizens (leftists) want to live off the other half.


32 posted on 07/12/2016 8:15:41 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Vaquero

He explained that a few months ago, if he was against Hillary, it might be dangerous for him..


33 posted on 07/12/2016 9:05:10 AM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (MECCA and Medina, the SNAKE HEAD..)
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To: Iron Munro

When I look at that picture I can’t help but think he’s wishing that he hadn’t left the .45 in the car.


34 posted on 07/12/2016 9:14:40 AM PDT by B4Ranch ("The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.")
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To: Cobra64
I dont dare let 'em get that close!

150yds
Remington 700 30-06
49.5grn IMR 4895
165grn Swift Scirocco II 2950fps

35 posted on 07/12/2016 9:14:41 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Cobra64

Dan Wesson is Top O’ the Line!


36 posted on 07/12/2016 9:16:32 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Delta 21

Nice work!


37 posted on 07/12/2016 9:37:11 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: BRL

Anarcho-tyranny when the powers that be go after the law abiding producers, the taxpayers, the boring middle class and their families. All while encouraging the lumpen to remain lumpen and turn into gun carrying criminals.
The responsible bourgeoisie are a target as large as the broadside of a barn.


38 posted on 07/12/2016 4:06:11 PM PDT by dennisw (The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong)
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