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hunter

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68. Gun fetishes are a public health hazard just like smoking and drunk driving.

Mon Mar 26, 2018, 04:26 PM

Mar 2018

They ought to be treated as such.

Anyone who loves their guns, especially hand guns and assault type weapons has a problem.

For now, the law may not be adequate, but parents and children, spouses and lovers, friends and community can encourage gun fetishists to destroy their weapons, and seek help for whatever problems make them desire these sorts of weapons.

The law will follow, just as it did for drunk driving and smoking.

Gun fetishes are dangerous and disgusting.

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It's not about the 2nd Amendment - it's about the NRA. [View all] kentuck Mar 2018 OP

What do you mean by taken off the streets? Marengo Mar 2018 #1

They should be banned and confiscated. kentuck Mar 2018 #2

"Nobody is going to take your guns." .... "They should be banned and confiscated." n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #3

You are confusing assault weapons with your "guns"... kentuck Mar 2018 #4

See post 23 sarisataka Mar 2018 #29

No laws would exist if you assume the slippery slope treestar Mar 2018 #45

In this case sarisataka Mar 2018 #61

That poster does not have a judgeship, so their opinion is not really treestar Mar 2018 #67

Many on DU probably agree with you, but not me. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #5

The NRA hides behind the 2nd Amendment. kentuck Mar 2018 #6

They are here in our society and very few are used to kill people. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #7

"Do you really want to confiscate my guns?" kentuck Mar 2018 #9

Then you should amend your OP. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #11

Let's start by not calling your AR-15 your "gun". kentuck Mar 2018 #14

The AR15 is not used in combat by the US militry aikoaiko Mar 2018 #16

And assault weapon can mean anything you want it to Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #18

NRA argument. kentuck Mar 2018 #20

Not BS at all. I even provided a example you can look up yourself Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #22

statement of fact, gejohnston Mar 2018 #35

You guys try to make it impossible treestar Mar 2018 #48

What are you talking about? Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #52

Well, how could they have defined it? treestar Mar 2018 #53

Maybe you should stop and think about that Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #58

LOL! You are seriously attempting to argue an AR-15 isnt a gun? Marengo Mar 2018 #28

How many billions you have to do so? NickB79 Mar 2018 #33

Does the ACLU "hide" behind the 1st Amendment? appal_jack Mar 2018 #25

Gun humpers need to be reminded there was an assault weapon ban in place for years and Vinca Mar 2018 #8

Most gun owners understand that. kentuck Mar 2018 #10

That is because they are, gejohnston Mar 2018 #36

The "assault weapon ban" didn't ban all AR-15 type semi-automatic rifles. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #12

Exactly - mention this when they bring up the "Slippery Slope" hexola Mar 2018 #13

Many people did think the AWB violated the Second Amendment aikoaiko Mar 2018 #15

And it also didnt reduce crime at all, so why do it again? Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #17

Respectfully, that is a very weak argument. kentuck Mar 2018 #19

What problem do you speak of when you say Lee-Lee Mar 2018 #21

Mass shootings, shanny Mar 2018 #24

That was only because the AWB allowed people to buy and own AR-15 type weapons hack89 Mar 2018 #26

There was no actual ban whatsoever NickB79 Mar 2018 #32

The problem with trying to differentiate one gun from another is the discussion in this thread Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #23

Yes, easy to understand, MichMary Mar 2018 #27

Constitutionality is a debatable issue Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #39

As militia membership is not a prerequisite for the private ownership of firearms, its moot. Marengo Mar 2018 #44

The Supreme Court dismissed that argument in Heller NickB79 Mar 2018 #49

The OP claims sarisataka Mar 2018 #31

Im not the OP. I am stating my view on the matter. Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #40

It is a simple true/false sarisataka Mar 2018 #42

If I had the power, I would take the guns. Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #43

Since the gunners always want to make it impossible to treestar Mar 2018 #50

Folks with knowledge sarisataka Mar 2018 #62

That's exactly it, they won't tell us. treestar Mar 2018 #66

Once you detach your solutions from reality, things do get simpler and easy to understand. hack89 Mar 2018 #34

The reality is that there is a small but growing sentiment in favor of my position. Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #41

Australia now has a higher rate of private firearms ownership than before Port Arthur. Marengo Mar 2018 #46

There are plenty of guns in Australia hack89 Mar 2018 #47

Huge difference between 90s NRA and today's NRA: Initech Mar 2018 #30

that and they wrote the new Florida law gejohnston Mar 2018 #37

Paranoid? Is that those people who scream WITCH HUNT!? bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #38

The AR-15, the SKS, and the AK-47 gay texan Mar 2018 #51

Whats the difference between an SKS and Remington Model 8? Marengo Mar 2018 #54

One is cheap, the other expensive.... gay texan Mar 2018 #57

Cost and availability aside, they are arguably similar. The Rem M8 could be had in extended and... Marengo Mar 2018 #59

Magazines zipplewrath Mar 2018 #55

Kentucky, I find it amazing how this thread reads like a post on the NRA's web site . . . . Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #56

Maybe because its not an NRA thing, but rather a civil liberty thing. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #60

More likely, its a gun fetish thing Stinky The Clown Mar 2018 #64

Or that. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #65

NRA interpretations of the 2nd Amendment dominate loyalsister Mar 2018 #63

Gun fetishes are a public health hazard just like smoking and drunk driving. hunter Mar 2018 #68