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Old 08-14-2012, 01:41 AM
 
Location: South Dakota
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I'm far from being an opponent of guns but I really don't see why people need assault weapons for self-defense.
WTF??? Define "Assault weapon"...

Come on now a 2x4 or a baseball bat or a nail gun or even my tactical pen could be an "Assault Weapon"...
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Old 08-14-2012, 01:46 AM
 
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A man who mental problems with guns should not get them, period.
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Old 08-14-2012, 02:13 AM
 
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A man who mental problems with guns should not get them, period.
Define mental? Most of our society is on some form of prescription. They almost all alter your mind. Depression, anxiety, low testosterone? heck, what defines a mental case?
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Old 08-14-2012, 02:16 AM
 
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I'm far from being an opponent of guns but I really don't see why people need assault weapons for self-defense.
I don't understand why people need 4x4 SUVs for driving to the mall either.
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Old 08-14-2012, 02:21 AM
 
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I don't understand why people need 4x4 SUVs for driving to the mall either.
Because they are Bad A** and it helps to find the parking spots in compact section..LOL
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Old 08-14-2012, 11:39 AM
 
Location: A great city, by a Great Lake!
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We need two things, and neither has to do with gun regulations:

1. Get rid of the whole insanity thing. Hell, we're all half nuts, anyway, or we wouldn't put up with the crapola in this society.

2. Free up law enforcement personnel to kneel down next to a shooter caught on site and put a round right behind his ear.

No hearing, no bail, no trial, no lifetime recreation at taxpayer's expense.

Murder innocent people in public, you get a third eye, pronto. Now THAT would be deterrence.

Interesting way of looking at it. Perhaps you may be on to something there.
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Old 08-14-2012, 11:48 AM
 
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Hopefully the Illinois State Police will be confiscating Jessie Jackson Jr's FOID card and his guns now that he's been certified...

Days of our Trailers: Jesse Jackson Jr's FOID Card


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Originally Posted by Yeledaf View Post
We need two things, and neither has to do with gun regulations:

1. Get rid of the whole insanity thing. Hell, we're all half nuts, anyway, or we wouldn't put up with the crapola in this society.

2. Free up law enforcement personnel to kneel down next to a shooter caught on site and put a round right behind his ear.

No hearing, no bail, no trial, no lifetime recreation at taxpayer's expense.

Murder innocent people in public, you get a third eye, pronto. Now THAT would be deterrence.
Absolutely. Now, if LEO's were only that well trained and accurate on average.
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