"...Only outlaws will have guns".

[kentuck]

It seems that history has gone in a totally opposite direction from when right-wingers preached that "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"?

Since the ban was taken off military-style assault weapons, it seems that a lot of "outlaws" have gotten their hands on guns?

Then, they said, "The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun". Well, the good guys are a "no-show" in these latest massacres in Texas. And in Texas, a lot of people have guns.

They always argue their "right to bear arms" as an issue of freedom and the Constitution. If that is the case, what about the "freedoms" of everyone else? What happened to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? What "freedom" do you have when you are fearful of going to a Walmart? What "freedom" do you have when you are afraid to walk down the street? Is the entire country supposed to surrender their freedoms so that "outlaws" can enjoy their "freedom" to own an AR-15 or AK-47 and mow our people down at random?

What freedom have you lost when you are afraid to send your children to school?

It's time to take back our freedom from the "outlaws".

[Crunchy Frog]

1. That was an effective slogan for them, and I doubt they ever believed it.

[struggle4progress]

2. "You can write me a traffic ticket when you pry my gun from my cold dead fingers!"

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. If you take away ice cream, only cows will have access to Fortnite and Call of Duty

If you take away ceiling fans, only air conditioners will have pancakes.

Something like that.

It was of course nonsense, always.

The picture they were trying to paint was that no white people would have guns, and all the BLACK GANGS would have guns, etc.

It was a twofer for the filthy fucks. Promote racism and protect their toys.

[tblue37]

4. Remember what Joe the Plumber said: "Your Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights."

That is a typical gunhumper attitude--and, of course, the only "constitutional right" that matters is the supposed right to possess unlimited guns of all types and unlimited amounts of ammunition.

[guillaumeb]

5. The "freedom" of which they speak?

IT IS NOT FREEDOM, IT IS THE ILLUSION OF SAFETY.

[dickthegrouch]

6. Then we'll know exactly who to put in jail.

If only outlaws have guns, then it’s obvious who goes to jail. All gun carriers, like in mature countries.