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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Sadly, those are the things that gun owners are NOT using them for. They're using them to kill other American citizens. They're using them to rob banks. They're using them to hijack peoples' cars. They're using them to kidnap children. They're using them to shoot into crowds. They're using them to express their hatred of [insert whatever they hate here].
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Gun owners are doing that? All of them? Or are you talking about "ILLEGAL" gun owners?
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They're not using them to defend against a tyrannical government, and they're not using them against foreign invaders.
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Oh, really?
Battle of Athens (1946 - Wikipedia)
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So basically, you feel everyone should carry weapons for reasons that have nothing to do with why they were allowed to have them in the first place.
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See above...
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Personally - I have no problem with people owning firearms. I'd like universal background checks, I'd like mandatory federal licensing that requires that you take an actual test, I'd like mandatory classroom and target instruction. I'm absolutely pro-2A. But I'm also absolutely pro-personal responsibility, which unfortunately too many gun-owners refuse to accept. And because the few ruin it for everyone else, I feel we need more CONTROL over who gets to carry legally, and who will be criminals simply by virtue of the fact that they possess one.
This way the illegal gun-owners who commit crimes with those illegally-owned guns, will have more severe consequences than those who owned their firearms legally.
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I've got a crazy idea... How 'bout we start enforcing those laws already being broken before we start passing new laws that they not enforce?
You may -think- you're "absolutely pro 2-A, but you're not even close...
All those things you'd like cost $$$... Lot's of $$$
So, you're in favor of a "poll tax" for gun owners, disenfranchising the poor from being able to purchase a gun to defend themselves...
Just curious, what are your views on Voter ID? Is it "too burdensome" or even, dare I say, "RACIST" to require an ID to vote?
Does it disenfranchise poor voters or minority voters?