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.
(Excerpt) Read more at newrepublic.com ...
Nope
See the ?EPO letters in another window just past her ear?
Betcha it says OPEN
2 steps forward - 1 back
After finding no COMPLETE list on one page (I don't want to search thru all 26 letters of the alphabet) I gave up.
Interesting coincidence ....Nigerian government just outlawed small generators. Wonder what's up with that.
LOL. I pride myself in my brevity. :)
Dude, we’ve ALL had Nichole.
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.
I think is says BEPO.
ME GLAZZIES!
I read the entire article. Now my head hurts from the lack of logic.
MALTZ BOVY, huh?
Sounds like some kind of disease of the female reproductive system.
You should be banned from saying the word BEGUN because there is a gun in it. Say, BESTARTED from now on.
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......
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......
You'll be feel safer there.
MALTZ BOVY?
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...
I am eager for the confiscation effort.
I also eagerly anticipate the zombie apocalypse.
FREE TARGETS! WHOO HOOOOOOO
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.
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