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It’s Time to Ban Guns. Yes, All of Them.
New Republic ^ | December 10, 2015 | BY PHOEBE MALTZ BOVY

Posted on 12/18/2015 11:36:36 AM PST by Lazamataz

Ban guns. All guns. Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much as possible, on police. Not just because of San Bernardino, or whichever mass shooting may pop up next, but also not not because of those. Don't sort the population into those who might do something evil or foolish or self-destructive with a gun and those who surely will not. As if this could be known--as if it could be assessed without massively violating civil liberties and stigmatizing the mentally ill. Ban guns! Not just gun violence. Not just certain guns. Not just already-technically-illegal guns. All of them.

I used to refer to my position on this issue as being in favor of gun control. Which is true, except that "gun control" at its most radical still tends to refer to bans on certain weapons and closing loopholes. The recent New York Times front-page editorial, as much as it infuriated some, was still too tentative. "Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership," the paper argued, making the case for "reasonable regulation," nothing more. Even the rare ban-guns arguments involve prefacing and hedging and disclaimers. "We shouldn't 'take them away' from people who currently own them, necessarily," writes Hollis Phelps in Salon. Oh, but we should.

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To: wrench

First; we start with the Knockout Game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockout_game


141 posted on 12/19/2015 2:26:31 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Cicero

Nope

See the ?EPO letters in another window just past her ear?

Betcha it says OPEN


142 posted on 12/19/2015 2:28:50 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: marktwain

2 steps forward - 1 back


143 posted on 12/19/2015 2:29:54 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Cicero
I tried doing a search for all the bars in Toronto (there are a LOT of them) with **gtons in the name.

After finding no COMPLETE list on one page (I don't want to search thru all 26 letters of the alphabet) I gave up.

144 posted on 12/19/2015 2:37:23 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: CPT Clay; Lazamataz
I would love to see what army would have to be assembled to confiscate your arsenal ...

Interesting coincidence ....Nigerian government just outlawed small generators. Wonder what's up with that.

145 posted on 12/19/2015 2:38:57 AM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutierrez)
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To: DesertRhino

LOL. I pride myself in my brevity. :)


146 posted on 12/19/2015 4:36:41 AM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: Lexinom; Fred Hayek

Dude, we’ve ALL had Nichole.


147 posted on 12/19/2015 4:38:23 AM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: CPT Clay
Laz, I would love to see what army would have to be assembled to confiscate your arsenal.

Two people, is all.

Unarmed.

One would be the naked hot chick to keep me busy. The second could be absolutely anyone, to easily and casually collect anything that survived the Tragic Boating Accident.

148 posted on 12/19/2015 4:41:11 AM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: Elsie

I think is says BEPO.


149 posted on 12/19/2015 4:42:08 AM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: tumblindice

ME GLAZZIES!


150 posted on 12/19/2015 6:11:17 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Lazamataz

I read the entire article. Now my head hurts from the lack of logic.


151 posted on 12/19/2015 6:18:15 AM PST by BruceS
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To: Lazamataz

MALTZ BOVY, huh?

Sounds like some kind of disease of the female reproductive system.


152 posted on 12/19/2015 6:51:54 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
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To: real saxophonist

You should be banned from saying the word BEGUN because there is a gun in it. Say, BESTARTED from now on.


153 posted on 12/19/2015 7:04:58 AM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: Lazamataz

Phoebe, feel better? OK, now take a breath. What you wrote is probably the most ignorant thing I have ever read. I know the idea of “banning” guns is cool, but it is also completely impossible. You’ve heard this before, but criminals do not obey laws. Period. What’s more, lawful gun owners who believe in the Constitution are NOT going to give up their guns. Not gonna happen.

As you were......


154 posted on 12/19/2015 9:45:30 AM PST by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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To: Lazamataz

Phoebe, feel better? OK, now take a breath. What you wrote is probably the most ignorant thing I have ever read. I know the idea of “banning” guns is cool, but it is also completely impossible. You’ve heard this before, but criminals do not obey laws. Period. What’s more, lawful gun owners who believe in the Constitution are NOT going to give up their guns. Not gonna happen.

As you were......


155 posted on 12/19/2015 9:45:30 AM PST by ALASKA (Disgusted.....)
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To: ALASKA
Stay in CANADA. It has MUCH better gun CONTROL than the USA.

You'll be feel safer there.

156 posted on 12/19/2015 2:06:33 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Lazamataz; GOPsterinMA; NFHale

MALTZ BOVY?


157 posted on 12/19/2015 7:18:02 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Impy; Lazamataz; GOPsterinMA

Ban ALL of them??

Haha! Yah, good luck there.

I was at a local gun show last night. Three day event. 2000+ tables, wall to wall people.

Trump banners everywhere.

Background checks going on at every third table; evil black rifles going like hot cakes.

Yup. Good luck with that ban thingey...


158 posted on 12/19/2015 7:36:42 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

I am eager for the confiscation effort.

I also eagerly anticipate the zombie apocalypse.

FREE TARGETS! WHOO HOOOOOOO


159 posted on 12/19/2015 7:44:20 PM PST by Lazamataz (It has gotten to the point where any report from standard news outlets must be fact-checked.)
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To: NFHale; Impy

Impossible. People will make their own.

And the LEOs may wanna make sure their affairs are in order if they try confiscating what’s LEGALLY out there.


160 posted on 12/20/2015 6:37:59 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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