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Old 09-17-2013, 09:38 AM
 
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A better analogy would be: a 19-year-old killed someone while driving drunk. Solution: make it illegal nationwide for anyone under 21 to drink.

But of course only an insane freedom-hating tyrant would ever propose a law like that.
Yet, even with drinking laws, many, many people under 21 still drink.
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Old 09-17-2013, 09:38 AM
 
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A better analogy would be: a 19-year-old killed someone while driving drunk. Solution: make it illegal nationwide for anyone under 21 to drink.

But of course only an insane freedom-hating tyrant would ever propose a law like that.
the only exception being virtually every other mind-altering substance known to man.
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Old 09-17-2013, 09:40 AM
 
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I guarantee that any day now obama will float a gun control "executive order" while yelling "ENOUGH!".
1. Unconstitutional. Obama isn't stupid enough to do something like that.

2. The Democrats would lose the Senate in 2014 if he did....and Obama and the dems are again not stupid enough to do something like that. Why do you think they didn't push legislation nationally hard after Sandy Hook?

The US Senate makes any serious gun legislation an impossibility due to the rural state composition.
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Old 09-17-2013, 09:43 AM
 
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Yet, even with drinking laws, many, many people under 21 still drink.
Perfect response because it speaks directly to enforcement.

Most gun murders happen in urban cities and are gang\drug related.

How about cracking down there first? THe low hanging fruit and all that?

It's like the football team that get's beat 75-0 and blames the FG kicker because he was 0-2. Yeah, he was part of the problem, but a tiny tiny part of the problem.
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Old 09-17-2013, 09:47 AM
 
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1. Unconstitutional. Obama isn't stupid enough to do something like that.
Obama believes the Constitution is bad and destructive. So, he has ignored it thus far and will continue to. Just as all liberals do.

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2. The Democrats would lose the Senate in 2014 if he did....and Obama and the dems are again not stupid enough to do something like that. Why do you think they didn't push legislation nationally hard after Sandy Hook?
Why would Obama care?


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The US Senate makes any serious gun legislation an impossibility due to the rural state composition.
Yet, it's the HOUSE that's fighting for us as people, while the Senate willingly shreds our rights and freedoms without even debating it.
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Old 09-17-2013, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Central Ohio
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1. Unconstitutional. Obama isn't stupid enough to do something like that.

2. The Democrats would lose the Senate in 2014 if he did....and Obama and the dems are again not stupid enough to do something like that. Why do you think they didn't push legislation nationally hard after Sandy Hook?

The US Senate makes any serious gun legislation an impossibility due to the rural state composition.
Stupid is as stupid does.

Carney: Obama Implementing Executive Actions Following Navy Yard Shooting
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Old 09-17-2013, 10:25 AM
 
Location: North America
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The State Police came to my door and asked me to surrender my drivers license.

When I asked them why, they said that it was for the safety of society and they're just trying to prevent another DUI death.

This story is an allegory showing the stupidity of the gun grabbers.

Oh boy, here we go again with the lame-assed analogies.

right on time, too.
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Old 09-17-2013, 10:34 AM
 
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It must be terrible to live in a state of constant paranoia. Just permanantly move into your bunker already OP because that is the only way you will find a measure of peace at this point.
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Old 09-17-2013, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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I think a far more realistic argument would be to say that the authorities then told you that you had to hand over all your alcohol, because it was now illegal.

But really its a silly comparison to gun violence. Most folks don't want to "grab your guns". Even the california semiauto ban doesn't go to peoples homes and "grab their guns", just prevents future sales within the state. If you're moving to california from another state, you're free to bring your semiauto rifles with you, just have to register them. And, if you are moving to the state, you know the ban on semi auto purchase is in place, so its your fault for moving there.

I haven't heard to many people, even in the liberal side of the media, suggesting we have a gun problem or that we should somehow outlaw guns over this. The guy took a shotgun, killed armed security, took their weapons, and killed more people.

The guard was the weak point in the system. I feel terrible for his/her family, but the guard did not do their duty.
Alcohol prohibition did not work neither would guns
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Old 09-17-2013, 10:38 AM
 
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It must be terrible to live in a state of constant paranoia. Just permanantly move into your bunker already OP because that is the only way you will find a measure of peace at this point.
Correct, and paranoia is a symptom of mental disease. Should these people (our paranoid gun nut posters) be playing with guns? I think not.
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