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In reply to the discussion: What should be the limit on ownership of guns? [View all]Matrosov
(1,098 posts)64. That goes for a lot of things
Law enforcement work in general is risky. So is firefighting. So are many things other things. I wasn't aware that only those who volunteer for these jobs can also advocate them.
I'm not volunteering to confiscate guns because I'm not in law enforcement and because I'm not going to make a major career change over one single issue. It's as simple as that.
Besides, why should it be risky when I always hear that gun owners are so "law abiding"? Maybe then there are more who have "SHTF scenario" and "vote from the rooftop" wet dreams than I assumed.
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Are you willing to show your support for reduced firearm ownership..........
oneshooter
Dec 2014
#35
How long of a sentence should a woman serve for shooting a rapist with an unregistered gun?
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#31
That is one of those rhetorical arguments that is so manifestly ridiculous and beyond the
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#30
The absence of guns doesn't lead to the absence of violence and crime. It may actually lead to more.
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#38
Why, then, does largely gun-free Japan have such a high suicide rate?
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2014
#52
Less than 5% of sexual assaults involve an attacker with a gun. Why ban protection for women? nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Dec 2014
#55
Let us know when you (or your children) will be volunteering to do the confiscating.
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2014
#39
Advocating for others to do risky things, but won't do them yourself?
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2014
#50
"There are many things I have little knowledge of but it isn't painful or ignorance."
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2014
#81
You yourself have noted that exploitation of low information voters...
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2014
#84