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Nevilledog

(51,120 posts)
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 12:37 AM Mar 2021

"I mean, there must be worse idea than this one. I just haven't heard them."



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I mean, there must be worse idea than this one. I just haven’t heard them.

Roy Edroso
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Erick Erickson: The most heavily armed nation on earth also has the worst gun violence on earth. Here is my logical solution.
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"I mean, there must be worse idea than this one. I just haven't heard them." (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP
The Swiss Shellback Squid Mar 2021 #1
I'm pretty sure those guns are regulated to the fucking hilt. Crunchy Frog Mar 2021 #2
as would I Shellback Squid Mar 2021 #4
They are. Locked up. Misuse serious offense. Voltaire2 Mar 2021 #8
the survivor should be very safe rampartc Mar 2021 #3
Socialism! Solly Mack Mar 2021 #5
Give everyone a gun, a .38 standard revolver. All other weapons must be confiscated. TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #6
Then I guess snowybirdie Mar 2021 #7
Ericksen Uses "Logical Solution" ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #9
So Erickson is in favor of registering guns? How else will we know that everyone has one? Midnight Writer Mar 2021 #10

Crunchy Frog

(26,587 posts)
2. I'm pretty sure those guns are regulated to the fucking hilt.
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 12:45 AM
Mar 2021

I'd gladly trade our gun policies for theirs.

Solly Mack

(90,771 posts)
5. Socialism!
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 12:52 AM
Mar 2021

LMAO

We can't house, feed, and educate everyone, as well as universal healthcare for all - but the government can give everyone a gun as well as gun lessons?

TheBlackAdder

(28,208 posts)
6. Give everyone a gun, a .38 standard revolver. All other weapons must be confiscated.
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 01:02 AM
Mar 2021

.

Yep, everyone gets the same gun, no one owns anything better or worse.

The same POS 6 shot revolver that cops carried in the 1940s made by a federal contractor.

If that ain't communism, where the government controls the mode of production, IDK what is.

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snowybirdie

(5,229 posts)
7. Then I guess
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:38 AM
Mar 2021

I'd have to file a lawsuit demanding my right not to own a gun! Freedumb now! Such nonsense from a supposedly intelligent pundit.

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
10. So Erickson is in favor of registering guns? How else will we know that everyone has one?
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 01:41 PM
Mar 2021

And he is in favor of licensing as everyone has to "know how to use it".

So, we have common ground in registering guns and licensing owners.

Let's work from there.

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