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"And you know what? The Second Amendment is nonsense. Maybe it was an important document when it was written, but it’s neither necessary nor effective today. You need some means of controlling the government? My friends, this is a democracy: you ARE the government."
Have you ever heard about The Battle of Athens (1946)?
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1985/2/1985_2_72.shtml
It's an interesting read. Really :-)
Have you ever heard about The Battle of Athens (1946)?
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1985/2/1985_2_72.shtml
It's an interesting read. Really :-)
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"What ever happened to “a well-regulated militia”? The gun lovers seem to forget the well-regulated part, as well as the militia part. Militias would be armed with rifles, not handguns."
In the 18th century, "well regulated" meant "well functioning", like an Regulator clock. It still means that, it's just not a common usage anymore.
Fast-forward 150 or 200 years and they would be armed with machine guns. Are you sure you wanna go there? (before you protest that the Founders never imagined machine guns in their day, do you think they imagined cell phones, the Internet, and high-speed printing presses? Does that make the 1st Amendment any less relevant?)
In the 18th century, "well regulated" meant "well functioning", like an Regulator clock. It still means that, it's just not a common usage anymore.
Fast-forward 150 or 200 years and they would be armed with machine guns. Are you sure you wanna go there? (before you protest that the Founders never imagined machine guns in their day, do you think they imagined cell phones, the Internet, and high-speed printing presses? Does that make the 1st Amendment any less relevant?)
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Do you have a fire extinguisher? How sad that you are afraid your house is going to burn down! ;-)
(it's actually a pretty good analogy)
(it's actually a pretty good analogy)
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"I’m sure stores are aware of how many customers like me they’d lose and won’t just allow people, no matter what the laws are, to walk into their establishments brandishing weapons."
Brandishing a weapon is waving it around and/or threatening people with it. (I would leave too.) A gun secured in someone's holster is no more dangerous than the gun a cop carries. In fact, statistically the *cop* is more likely to shoot you than an ordinary citizen open-carrying a handgun. I'm not picking on cops, it's just that people who take the time and effort to legally carry a gun are *unusually* law abiding.
(Did you ever think about how many people are carrying concealed weapons around you and you don't know it? Open-carried guns are just the tip of the iceberg) HTH :-)
Bob
Brandishing a weapon is waving it around and/or threatening people with it. (I would leave too.) A gun secured in someone's holster is no more dangerous than the gun a cop carries. In fact, statistically the *cop* is more likely to shoot you than an ordinary citizen open-carrying a handgun. I'm not picking on cops, it's just that people who take the time and effort to legally carry a gun are *unusually* law abiding.
(Did you ever think about how many people are carrying concealed weapons around you and you don't know it? Open-carried guns are just the tip of the iceberg) HTH :-)
Bob
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"How long will it be before every yahoo that openly carries a firearm decides that they’re a self-appointed sheriff’s deputy, especially now that Florida and other states have a ‘Fire away if you feel threatened’ law?"
And yet, where is all the "blood in the streets" that Sarah Brady and Paul Helmke prophesied about? It hasn't happened.
I also don't understand all these derogatory remarks about penises. The penis is one of our all-time great playthings. (see if you can guess what the other one is :-)
Perhaps some of you should tell the next cop that you see that the gun he (she?) carries is just a surrogate penis to hide his inadequacies. Yeah, I'll bet that goes over really good.
Best regards,
Bob
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"It's that shoulder thing that goes up" —Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
And yet, where is all the "blood in the streets" that Sarah Brady and Paul Helmke prophesied about? It hasn't happened.
I also don't understand all these derogatory remarks about penises. The penis is one of our all-time great playthings. (see if you can guess what the other one is :-)
Perhaps some of you should tell the next cop that you see that the gun he (she?) carries is just a surrogate penis to hide his inadequacies. Yeah, I'll bet that goes over really good.
Best regards,
Bob
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"It's that shoulder thing that goes up" —Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
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"By definition [in Utah] that means you are two mechanical actions away from firing. I.E. putting one in the chamber, and then firing. Some people count removing the safety as an “action” but I’m not sure that actually counts"
So a single-action revolver, or an autoloader with an empty chamber should be just fine. (I wonder about a double-action revolver with the first chamber empty?)
So a single-action revolver, or an autoloader with an empty chamber should be just fine. (I wonder about a double-action revolver with the first chamber empty?)
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It is a tragedy. I hope the kid recovers OK. But if guns were outlawed for ordinary people, this grandma would still have hers because she is a judge (a "magistrate", actually).
It's ironic that you'd bring this case up in this particular discussion, because if she was open-carrying this would not have happened (the gun would be on her hip instead of in her purse where anyone could steal it or the kid get to it)