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Old 12-14-2012, 06:45 PM
 
Location: Soldotna
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Actually I would win, because I would have the authority of the 2nd Amendment to call to arms the military. I'd also have the resources of the CIA, FBI, DHS, NSA, and several others to find the guns. I'd have also make the Patriot Act read like a Dr. Suess book with my intentions of finding the guns. I would allow those who rather die defending their guns, to die, instead of live without them. Live by the gun, die by the gun. Your choice, as I'd be more than happy to grant your wish to purge this country of these idiotic devices that serve only one purpose, to kill. A car has the intent to transport. A beer has the intent to relax and put smiles on faces. A gun has the intent to kill, period.

But I would first start by shutting down all gun manufacturers in the US, and ban all imports of guns through the cargo ports. I'd find a way to make the likes of Smith & Weson liable for the deaths their devices have caused, just like cigetteres, but far more punishing and extreme. I'd throw billions at them in legal fees to shut them down, make them go bankrupt.

I'd do whatever it took to get the guns, with the single source of motivation to do so, being the innocent children of this country. Shame on us adults for allowing these guns to even exist. It's our fault, and its our responsibility to fix it. A child doesn't give a crap what you want. A child wants to learn and play. Its our responsibility to make sure they can. Allowing a Glock to sit on the table, is a failure of our responsibility to our children. Plain and simple.
So basically you would overturn the constitution, become a dictator and expect everyone to go along?

Shall I call you mein Herr or comrade???

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Old 12-14-2012, 06:46 PM
 
Location: D.C.
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Most states don't have waiting periods.

Why have them?

If I want to kill you now I can sure as heck wait until I have the gun.

Or I'll just stab you.

These control measures DON'T work.

The only thing correct you said was that owners should be responsible for their guns. If they are easily accessibly then it's their fault.

But then that is already the case.

Tap'n while driving...

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You think you can kill 26 people with a knife just as easy as you can with a gun? Please.
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:46 PM
 
Location: Chesterfield,Virginia
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A 1911 .45 well. How fitting...... John Browning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

These colors don't run...no matter WHO cries about it.
A person who knows his protection!

Shortly .. We The People will be coming for yours!
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:47 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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The GOTP-controlled House will never act on gun control. This massacre will change nothing.
Neither the house or the senate wil have a reasonable discussion, they are petrified of gun advocates. Also time for some change in leadership at the NRA, too many dinosaurs putting their heads in the sand.
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:48 PM
 
Location: World
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Gunman Adam Lanza carried his brother's ID, his mother's Guns (G-Lock, SIG, .223 caliber rifle) but he was wearing his own Black fatigues and military vests. Why his mother, kindergarten teacher, hold so much ammo???
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:48 PM
 
Location: somewhere in the woods
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A person who knows his protection!

Shortly .. We The People will be coming for yours!


the problem with that is, how will you confiscate the rest of the populations firearms?
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:48 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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And yet it works to at least a much greater degree in other first-world nations... hmmmm. Why is that?
Maybe because all those other first world nations you hold in such esteem don't have a 2,000 mile border with a third world nation and don't have to support a massive illegal alien population - we have more illegals than there are people in Belgium. Those other nations also have far less "diversity" that the left holds in such high regard, than the US, yet as they see increases in diversity they also see increases in crime. People who hold western Europe up as some kind of role model always conviently forget Switzerland which has very high gun ownership, but less crime.
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:48 PM
 
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Why does America have more nutbars per capita than any other civilized country?

More school shootings, more workplace shootings, more serial killers, more murders, more violence, more people in jail....?

Interactive map of school shootings since 1996.
Perhaps too much religious indoctrination using fear that teaches children not to think for themselves or develop a conscience?
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:49 PM
 
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Actually I would win, because I would have the authority of the 2nd Amendment to call to arms the military. I'd also have the resources of the CIA, FBI, DHS, NSA, and several others to find the guns. I'd have also make the Patriot Act read like a Dr. Suess book with my intentions of finding the guns. I would allow those who rather die defending their guns, to die, instead of live without them. Live by the gun, die by the gun. Your choice, as I'd be more than happy to grant your wish to purge this country of these idiotic devices that serve only one purpose, to kill. A car has the intent to transport. A beer has the intent to relax and put smiles on faces. A gun has the intent to kill, period.

But I would first start by shutting down all gun manufacturers in the US, and ban all imports of guns through the cargo ports. I'd find a way to make the likes of Smith & Weson liable for the deaths their devices have caused, just like cigetteres, but far more punishing and extreme. I'd throw billions at them in legal fees to shut them down, make them go bankrupt.

I'd do whatever it took to get the guns, with the single source of motivation to do so, being the innocent children of this country. Shame on us adults for allowing these guns to even exist. It's our fault, and its our responsibility to fix it. A child doesn't give a crap what you want. A child wants to learn and play. Its our responsibility to make sure they can. Allowing a Glock to sit on the table, is a failure of our responsibility to our children. Plain and simple.
This post made me laugh hysterically. Thank you very much sir. I needed it.
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Old 12-14-2012, 06:49 PM
 
Location: D.C.
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So basically you would overturn the constitution, become a dictator and expect everyone to go along?

Shall I call you mein Herr or comrade???

Tap'n while driving...

Do you think I'd need those resources if I thought everyone would go along with me?

I'd be willing to bet that I'd have the support of the majority though.
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