Gun Control & RKBA

Lizzie Poppet

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22. So was segregation.

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 11:48 AM

Feb 2014

Sometimes the law should be told to fuck off.

Pointless security theater like "assault weapon" registration may well be one of those times.

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Ohio National Guard portrayed gun rights supporters as domestic terrorists during drill [View all] SecularMotion Feb 2014 OP

And the third most often.... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #1

Quoting Ronnie Raygun, are we? nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #4

Reading a lot... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #32

Well, some of them are. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #2

99.99% of gun owners aren't. sked14 Feb 2014 #6

I think your estimates are off a bit but even so you admit some of them are. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #9

There's always going to be unhinged people in any group, sked14 Feb 2014 #11

Really? What about the AR owners in CT refusing to register their weapons with the state under the flamin lib Feb 2014 #13

It's a feel good, useless law that will do nothing for firearms violence. sked14 Feb 2014 #14

It's the law. Ergo to not register makes one a criminal and not law abiding. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #15

It's a stupid law that will solve nothing. sked14 Feb 2014 #17

Like I said, only if you like the law. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #23

And that's the crux of it. sked14 Feb 2014 #25

Then do so instead of hiding your opposition by being silent. Be loud, be proud and take the flamin lib Feb 2014 #55

I agree. sked14 Feb 2014 #56

So was segregation. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #22

So, repeal it. Meanwhile it's the law, so be law abiding. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #24

Were such a thing enacted in my state, I'd certainly work to do so. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #26

I just repealed a stupid law last night... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #31

And everyone who has ever used Cannabis is a criminal. MicaelS Feb 2014 #34

I don't toke because I live in Texas and being a reasonable person can weigh flamin lib Feb 2014 #40

There is no registration of firearms in Texas. oneshooter Feb 2014 #42

Reference CT and their law. All my guns are registered. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #44

I live in Texas, too... MicaelS Feb 2014 #50

So get involved and help make laws that might make sense. Do nothing and someone else will flamin lib Feb 2014 #51

+1000. sked14 Feb 2014 #52

so does smoking a joint gejohnston Feb 2014 #27

See #40. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author clffrdjk Feb 2014 #54

Just like undocumented migrants, amirite? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #59

You didn't drag the decimal point out enough.... 99.9999998314 ileus Feb 2014 #38

You're right. sked14 Feb 2014 #47

I'd say a greater number of gun banners are true domestic terrorists. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #12

Wrong forum. Try RKBA. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #16

As with this thread. sked14 Feb 2014 #18

Oops, my bad. Apologies. nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #19

No problem at all. sked14 Feb 2014 #20

That said, this has been a fairly nice exchange as gun threads go. flamin lib Feb 2014 #30

Couldn't agree with you more. sked14 Feb 2014 #33

I like the state level FOID gejohnston Feb 2014 #36

Good suggestions. sked14 Feb 2014 #37

Wasn't the AR initially designed for 20? gejohnston Feb 2014 #39

Yes. sked14 Feb 2014 #46

Throw in repeal of SYG laws and we have real love fest goin' on! nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #43

That's the other point I was trying to remember. sked14 Feb 2014 #45

what about states that are SYG by common law? gejohnston Feb 2014 #53

Deserves a thread of it's own. Add SYG and cross post to both gun forums! nt flamin lib Feb 2014 #48

Consider it done!!! sked14 Feb 2014 #49

Yes, thanks, I'll do that. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #21

Seems like people are being willfully obtuse. Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #3

There's a lot of cross-over there. Scuba Feb 2014 #5

No, not really. Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #8

Not all gun rights activists are neo-Nazi whackjobs, but all the whackjobs are gun rights activists. Scuba Feb 2014 #10

In all fairness... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2014 #57

Makes more sense than labelling TPP protesters as terrorists. Scuba Feb 2014 #7

Apparently the OP agrees with this article. n/t oneshooter Feb 2014 #28

As they should. bowens43 Feb 2014 #29

And you are the exact reason why there is such turmoil sked14 Feb 2014 #35

I'd be a little skeptical of the source here: it looks like RT.com is cribbing from petronius Feb 2014 #58