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Lankins: If not guns, then knives
Aspe Times ^
| 4/14/2023
| Tim Lankins
Posted on 04/14/2023 10:59:07 AM PDT by george76
from Pew Research:
You are five times more likely to be murdered with a knife vs. a rifle.
More than half of all firearm deaths are due to suicide.
In countries where firearms are banned/outlawed, the number of knife deaths skyrockets. (It’s not a firearm problem; it’s a people problem.)
The U.S. has the highest rate of firearm ownership, yet ranks 28th in the world for firearm deaths.
Cities with the strictest firearm laws also have the highest firearm crime rate.
As for the 2nd Amendment: You seem to have ignored the part about “shall not be infringed.” And militia — the actual definition is “a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.”
We are not “wacko,” as you claim. If we protected our children the same way we protect our politicians, this wouldn’t be an issue.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; armedcitizen; banglist; guncontrol; guns; rkba; secondamendment; selfdefense
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posted on
04/14/2023 10:59:07 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
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posted on
04/14/2023 11:00:26 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
To: george76
The old rule applies “if you want peace, prepare for war”. Crime rates always go down when people are allowed to arm and defend themselves against criminals. And government finds it much harder to impose tyranny if the people are able to resist.
To: Telepathic Intruder
Yes, and over 2000 years ago the Roman version of the deep state figured out how easy it is for the government to leverage the criminals to rid itself of populists.
See Sempronius and Gaius Gracchus among many many examples including 2020 riots.
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posted on
04/14/2023 11:12:04 AM PDT
by
No.6
To: george76
The U.S. has the highest rate of firearm ownership, yet ranks 28th in the world for firearm deaths. Cities with the strictest firearm laws also have the highest firearm crime rate.
If democrats could do math these facts might matter...
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posted on
04/14/2023 11:12:39 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(It's NOT 'gender affirming care' - it's SEXUAL MUTILATION OF A YOUNG PERSON. Don't use their words.)
To: GOPJ
And the highest concentrations of The 13 %.
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posted on
04/14/2023 11:15:14 AM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: george76
I can see it now...
Police: Mrs Jones your husband has just been found murdered on the street!
Mrs Jones: “OMG! Was he killed with an AK-15 loaded with a high capacity magazine holding 40 rounds of Teflon coated cop killer bullets that never miss their target?
Police: No mam, he was stabbed to death.
Mrs Jones: Well thank heavens for that! You had me worried for a moment!
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posted on
04/14/2023 11:16:18 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
To: george76; All
The problem is...
It’s not YOUR guns,
It’s YOUR sons.
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posted on
04/14/2023 12:44:44 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: george76
Saw this posted on Patriots.win awhile back. Don't know about its accuracy. Just saying:
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posted on
04/14/2023 12:57:18 PM PDT
by
Perseverando
(Antifa, BLM, LGBTQs, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
To: george76; All
In the context of anti-gunners protesting the NRA, has anyone determined how many, if any, shootings have occurred by NRA members?
I doubt any of the black, Chicago, gang-bangers are NRA members.
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posted on
04/14/2023 3:46:39 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
To: george76
CORRECTION...
The problem is...
It’s not OUR guns,
It’s YOUR sons.
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posted on
04/14/2023 5:50:18 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: george76
I don't want to shoot with you, Harvey.
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posted on
04/14/2023 6:38:27 PM PDT
by
GingisK
To: GingisK
Not familiar with it, please explain.
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posted on
04/14/2023 9:57:41 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
To: 5th MEB
It comes from the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid":
Knife Fight
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posted on
04/15/2023 4:45:45 AM PDT
by
GingisK
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