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Gun Control 1: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

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From your keyboard to God's (?) , Black Lives Matters (?), ears.
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/02/39686...-support-carrying-legal-guns-for-self-defense

I'm all for it. The folks willing to follow the law and choose to legally and responsibly arm themselves for self-defense are folks I'd like to meet.

Even the nuttiest of the gun nuts I meet at work are serious and responsible about gun safety. That is basically why I changed my mind from "guns are 19th century fetishes, who would anybody actually need them?" to "who am I to judge -- as long as they're following the rules and the rules are kept up to date, meh, it makes them happy and happiness is rare enough as it is."

Even as I become ever more liberal as I roll up life experience, I become less concerned about responsible people using hand guns as worry beads or rifles to go shooting. I would hope they would be pressing to keep weapons out of the hands of psychos since they, after all, are most likely to come into contact with those psychos. Localities ought to be able to regulate to the community standard, though. The 2nd Amendmenteers who come in and overturn city ordinances banning guns are not only coming from a silly perspective (conspiracy theories and fantasies about resisting tyranny argle bargle) but they are also guilty of exactly what they decry the most on most other issues: forcing a top down one size fits all policy onto everybody regardless of what they themselves want.
 
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There is whole bunch f them in Oregon...dont let the door hit ya ;)

I have a personal boycott against the State of Oregon*. You'll have to go as my proxy.


*It's one of ten that does not recognize/offer reciprocity for my ND Class I concealed carry license: HI, CA, OR, IL, MD, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA.
 
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I have a personal boycott against the State of Oregon*. You'll have to go as my proxy.


*It's one of ten that does not recognize/offer reciprocity for my ND Class I concealed carry license: HI, CA, OR, IL, MD, NJ, NY, CT, RI, MA.

Poor baby. It must be tough to go through life so scared.
 
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Poor baby. It must be tough to go through life so scared.

As I've said here before, I've had enough life experience to understand there are times it's only you there to fend for yourself (be it against man or nature). I've decided to stop being reactionary and scared, and instead I'd rather be self-reliant.

But yes, please keep attempting to belittle me with condescending tones. Your small, failed attempts humor me.
 
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... using hand guns as worry beads ...

Never thought of it that way before, but yes, I think I do.
When I'm on the range my mind clears the clutter because I know I have to safely and responsibly deal with the task (literally) at hand.
I come away mentally refreshed.

I guess my worry beads are 4/10 of an inch in diameter. :D
 
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Never thought of it that way before, but yes, I think I do.
When I'm on the range my mind clears the clutter because I know I have to safely and responsibly deal with the task (literally) at hand.
I come away mentally refreshed.

I guess my worry beads are 4/10 of an inch in diameter. :D

As William James once said, "if you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you are."

I may be paraphrasing.
 
Sure am glad my father has gone to eternal rest, otherwise, JF_Gophers would be sending dad to the big house for teaching firearms safety and letting his (age 11) son fire a .22 caliber rifle. (I didn't get to fire any handguns until 13.)

I was firing bb guns at summer camp at age 10 and .22s at 11and 12.
 
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As William James once said, "if you believe you're playing well because you're getting laid, or because you're not getting laid, or because you wear women's underwear, then you are."

I may be paraphrasing.

The William James I know wouldn't say that. I believe it's which sock he put on first on game day. :D

PS - Be sure to note the guy's hometown. ;)
 
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I don't quite understand why nibbling around the margins of hand gun transactions is such a big deal, while it is perfectly fine to allow Iran to develop nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The latter will wind up killing more people in one strike than have died from handgun usage in all of US history.

Seems a bit myopic to me.
 
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I don't quite understand why nibbling around the margins of hand gun transactions is such a big deal, while it is perfectly fine to allow Iran to develop nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles or North Korea to test the "H-Bomb of Justice". The latter will wind up killing more people in one strike than have died from handgun usage in all of US history.

Seems a bit myopic to me.

Updated your post. ;)
 
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I don't quite understand why nibbling around the margins of hand gun transactions is such a big deal, while it is perfectly fine to allow Iran to develop nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The latter will wind up killing more people in one strike than have died from handgun usage in all of US history.

Seems a bit myopic to me.

This question has been raised multiple times. And it seems to me the answer is always the same. Why do we need to only work one of the problems? As Americans, we are fully capable of addressing nuclear weapons and gun deaths at the same time.
 
This question has been raised multiple times. And it seems to me the answer is always the same. Why do we need to only work one of the problems? As Americans, we are fully capable of addressing nuclear weapons and gun deaths at the same time.

Maybe combine the two. Send gun owners to Iran! :D

Really the US has dozens of problems to solve. Playing one on the others to try and minimize the issue you (royal you?) have strong feelings about is poor form.
 
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This question has been raised multiple times. And it seems to me the answer is always the same. Why do we need to only work one of the problems? As Americans, we are fully capable of addressing nuclear weapons and gun deaths at the same time.

It's just a concern troll tactic to try to stifle discussion or action. "Why do we put money into food safety when traffic accidents kill thousands more than poisonings!?"
 
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I don't quite understand why nibbling around the margins of hand gun transactions is such a big deal, while it is perfectly fine to allow Iran to develop nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The latter will wind up killing more people in one strike than have died from handgun usage in all of US history.

Seems a bit myopic to me.

Could it be that it's slightly trickier to regulate the actions of a sovereign nation? :rolleyes:
 
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I would hazard to guess that this is the single most contentious issue in the state of Minnesota (with a slim possibility of just size of govt). The state has far more gun owners than average (due to sizable forest lands) and the cities is one of the nation's most liberal. The only thing that moderates the debate here is Minnesota nice (def: the ability to put a smile on your face even though internally you are approaching nuclear meltdown).
 
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I don't quite understand why preventing abortion is such a big deal, while it is perfectly fine to allow Iran to develop nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles. The latter will wind up killing more people in one strike than have died from abortions in all of US history.

Seems a bit myopic to me.

FYP.

Obvious troll is obvious.
 
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