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To: kiriath_jearim
I totally agree...the handgun problem can’t be ignored... all people should be able to carry their handguns with them, without licensing, and anywhere they wish.
Criminals will think TWICE or THREE times before pulling a weapon out in a crowded mall, or school if most people are ARMED.
2 posted on
03/10/2008 9:45:39 AM PDT by
Rick.Donaldson
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To: kiriath_jearim
Another gun free zone, another mass murder. Yawn.
3 posted on
03/10/2008 9:46:40 AM PDT by
coloradan
(The US is becoming a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: kiriath_jearim
Interpersonal conflicts are much the same way. When disagreements get heated and violent, the violence frequently escalates to firearms and someone gets shot. Without the gun, there may be a fistfight but those are usually not as deadly. Do you remember when handguns were called Saturday Night Specials? It was a reference to guns used when domestic disputes resulted in violence. Tempers flared and the result was a shooting. But, no gun, no shooting. And have you ever heard of a drive-by stabbing?
Umm... No, dumbass-author, "Saturday night specials" were called that because they were cheaply made guns that usually fall apart in your hands after fired once or twice.....
4 posted on
03/10/2008 9:47:37 AM PDT by
Rick.Donaldson
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To: kiriath_jearim
Clearly, handguns are a problem, yet we do little about them.
Umm no, dumbass-author, CRIMINALS committing CRIMES are the problem.. CLEARLY we don't do enough about CRIMINALS. We also don't do enough about dumbass-liberal-authors who write dumbass crap like this and get away with it.
5 posted on
03/10/2008 9:49:38 AM PDT by
Rick.Donaldson
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To: kiriath_jearim
So what can we do? One approach would be to allow the manufacture and sale of handguns only to law enforcement agencies. That would not infringe upon the right to keep and bear arms but the effect would certainly be to eventually curtail the availability of handguns. Or, how about tightly controlling the manufacture and distribution of ammunition? Both of these suggestions would control the supply of handguns and not directly restrict individual freedoms but would certainly have an impact.
What to do? What to do? Continue to wring your hands, you dumbass-liberal-author and rest peaceably at night knowing there are people like me and other Freepers who would still defend your dumbass life using one of your hated handguns if someone tried to hurt, maim or kill you.
6 posted on
03/10/2008 9:52:03 AM PDT by
Rick.Donaldson
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To: kiriath_jearim
the only problem i have with handguns is that i have large fingers, and have a hard time finding one that i can put my fingers into, and will still be small enough to carry....
7 posted on
03/10/2008 9:52:11 AM PDT by
joe fonebone
(Screw McPain....J. Fred Muggs for POTUS)
To: kiriath_jearim
Another approach would be to heavily tax either handguns, ammunition or both. Or a registration of $1,000 per year also might dissuade more than a few from purchasing handguns.
I think a bill needs to be introduced to heavily tax articles like this, at an amount 3-10 times the amount someone might get paid for writing such an article.
This will help prevent lies and misinformation.
9 posted on
03/10/2008 9:53:51 AM PDT by
Rick.Donaldson
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To: kiriath_jearim
Based solely upon their historical coddling of criminals, Democrats are far more dangerous than handguns. Perhaps every time someone registers as a Democrat, we ought to charge them $1000 and send the proceeds to their victims.
10 posted on
03/10/2008 9:54:28 AM PDT by
andy58-in-nh
(Kill the terrorists, secure the borders, and give me back my freedom.)
To: kiriath_jearim
ya!
Mine is trying to decide which one’s I can afford, since I can’t have all that I want!
THAT is a problem!
11 posted on
03/10/2008 9:56:59 AM PDT by
G Larry
(HILLARY CARE = DYING IN LINE!)
To: kiriath_jearim
the most surprising things in the aftermath was an almost complete lack of discussion on the topic of gun control
Yawn. Read Constitution.
Discussion complete.
12 posted on
03/10/2008 9:59:13 AM PDT by
bill1952
(I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
To: kiriath_jearim
Its clear any attempt to directly limit handgun ownership will cause huge constitutional battles but as suggested, there are other ways to accomplish the objective of limiting availability. There is no single magic solution to the handgun problem. Nonetheless, to continue to ignore the enormous human cost accompanying widespread distribution is an embarrassment. We should be a better society than that.
What is "clear" here is your attempt to circumvent the Second Amendment, and you are a CRIMINAL for trying to do this.
13 posted on
03/10/2008 10:00:05 AM PDT by
Rick.Donaldson
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To: kiriath_jearim
Have we as a country given up on the notion of limiting access to firearms for the general population? Yes, dumbass. It happened when the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified.
16 posted on
03/10/2008 10:02:33 AM PDT by
steve-b
(Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. --RAH)
To: kiriath_jearim
If these criminals will obey the gun laws, then maybe we just just pass a law against killing people and let them obey that.
Oh, wait...
17 posted on
03/10/2008 10:02:50 AM PDT by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: kiriath_jearim
If I correctly understand the author, does not the following obviate the author’s argument ?
“It isnt that we are a particularly violent society. Our violent crime rate is about average for industrialized nations. Even as bad as TV and movies are about encouraging violence, were still not too far from the rest of the world. Where we differ is how we do our violence.”
20 posted on
03/10/2008 10:05:39 AM PDT by
gjeiii
(WV resident)
To: kiriath_jearim
Over a third of all police officers who die in the line of duty each year are shot, mostly by handguns. Clearly, handguns criminals are a problem, yet we do little about them.There -- fixed it.
The rare occasions when handguns actually do protect safety and this seldom happens are far outweighed by deaths caused by them.
What cave has this cretin been living in? Handguns save lives as well as deter potentially fatal attacks by criminal riff-raff every single day of the year. Oh, I forgot. Those incidences were merely the "acting out" of disenfranchised yoots who actively protest the unfair state of society the only way they know how. Crime can only be defined if it involves racial or homophobic hatred.
23 posted on
03/10/2008 10:06:18 AM PDT by
shezza
(WWRD?)
To: kiriath_jearim
An armed society is a polite society.......
molon labe
26 posted on
03/10/2008 10:08:52 AM PDT by
Osage Orange
(Hillary's heart is darker than the devil's riding boots.................)
To: kiriath_jearim
Typical leftwing nonsense. We need to do something about handguns? You mean the over 2000 separate laws already on the books are not working?
Hum. If the anti handgun laws are not working,THEN THAT MAY MEAN THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE TOOL BUT THE PEOPLE THAT USE THE TOOL.
Of course that little piece of common sense never resonates with the anti gunners.
The use of the handgun over the shotgun argument is a loser.
If these nut bags wanted to murder a lot of people fast and did not get access to a handgun then the next step is IED’s Anthrax, or some other mass murder weapon.
No thanks. We do not need more guns laws. We need to allow all free citizens to do what their forefathers desired for them. To be able to protect themselves.
28 posted on
03/10/2008 10:11:46 AM PDT by
SECURE AMERICA
(Patriot Guard Riders - Standing for those that stood for us.)
To: robertpaulsen
Come on coward. Step up to the plate and defend this guy. You’re a worm.
31 posted on
03/10/2008 10:17:15 AM PDT by
Rick.Donaldson
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To: kiriath_jearim
“So what can we do? One approach would be to allow the manufacture and sale of handguns only to law enforcement agencies. That would not infringe upon the right to keep and bear arms
And only allowing politicians to talk politics would not infringe on freedom of speech.
32 posted on
03/10/2008 10:17:19 AM PDT by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: kiriath_jearim
I have only one problem with handguns...I don't have enough of them.
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