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Interesting cartoon....

Is there a common sense limit we can all agree on?

Thoughts???

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Originally Posted by Aquila (Post 1208484)

Interesting cartoon....

Is there a common sense limit we can all agree on?

Thoughts???

LOL

Honestly, if I could afford to stockpile a few stinger missiles in my shed I would. Do I think the average person should be allowed to have them if they can afford them? I guess afford is the key word in nearly every case of using the example of heavy military hardware in an attempt to form an analogy to AR-15's and what soldiers use in the field.

Thinking this through to extremes I can say that the only weapon control I can imagine being regulated would be extreme weapons of mass destruction (mainly nukes). In other words for the dozen or so US citizens (or less) who could actually afford one, I don't believe they should be allowed to purchase.

http://www.google.com/url?source=img...rmARLpUi63yxcg

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord (Post 1208278)

Wow! I was thinking the very same thing when I first read the headline of another school shooting... the nutty gun control people are just waiting to pounce on an event like this and use it to politicize and ramp up the gun control laws. And of course, that is exactly what we are seeing happen right now.

Are people really so naive as to think that gun control would solve a problem such as just occurred? Personally, I think the principal and teachers should have the right to carry guns to school. Shooters may think twice if they know the school is armed!

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Originally Posted by MrsMcD (Post 1208501)

True. I'd be for armed security and screening.

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Originally Posted by Aquila (Post 1208502)

True. I'd be for armed security and screening.

:santathumb

Like they are in Israel. :santathumb

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Originally Posted by Cindy (Post 1208506)

:santathumb

Like they are in Israel. :santathumb

....or Svweeeeden.

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne (Post 1208508)

....or Svweeeeden.

Yes, and everyone that buys a weapon is trained by the government to use it. For self defense purposes. Low crime rates there, also.

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne (Post 1208466)

I would argue the point that gun control even qualifies as a band aid. A band aid is something that helps most wounds at SOME level, even if barely enough to register. Gun control makes the issue of gun violence, and violence in general even worse than it was. So to make a more correct analogy, gun control is NOT like putting a band aid on a wound, it is like finding some stagnant water in a marsh and pouring it on the infection in order to make it worse -while SAYING that your doing "something!" about the problem.

RW, I like your analogy better than mine .... good job! :santathumb

Sometimes it is hard to put into words the emotion your heart feels when these things begin to happen, and analogies help to make your thoughts understood... and well.... I think your analogy is better, you're right... a Band-Aid helps a tiny bit, but this gun control nonsense is like putting filth on a wound, stirring it up and leaving it to fester and become worse.

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Originally Posted by Cindy (Post 1208509)

Yes, and everyone that buys a weapon is trained by the government to use it. For self defense purposes. Low crime rates there, also.

In Sweden or Israel?

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Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord (Post 1208555)

In Sweden or Israel?

Sweden, most Israeli's are trained in the military I believe.