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In reply to the discussion: Is there any reasonable argument that the second amendment is actually a good thing? [View all]Iggo
(47,564 posts)101. I wish the mods could move this to the gungeon.
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Is there any reasonable argument that the second amendment is actually a good thing? [View all]
DanTex
Apr 2013
OP
But tobacco is not constitutionally protected, and nobody thinks it should be. (AFAIK)
DanTex
Apr 2013
#4
I see. Well, tobacco kills by a different mechanism. And it does not kill right away.
geckosfeet
Apr 2013
#82
"Guns sre designed to kill. It is their only reason to exist." Yet millions of Democrats disagree.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#186
You say "Millions of Americans believe the earth is flat." Good luck with your flat-earth meetings.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#197
You say, "Guns exist for one reason and one reason only." Yet millions of Democrats don't agree.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#185
That's wonderful. Is it regulated by the state, according to federal guidelines?
jmg257
Apr 2013
#204
You're aware, aren't you, that the Vietnamese say that war as a war for independence, right?
Alva Goldbook
Apr 2013
#137
You can't apply a broadly general statistical probability to a specific individual.
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2013
#69
Even without any further information, I can tell you it's not improving your survival prospects.
2ndAmForComputers
Apr 2013
#195
There is a difference between a reasonable argument and a convincing argument.
ZombieHorde
Apr 2013
#3
Understand you'd still have the Navy, the Marines (part of the Navy),
Benton D Struckcheon
Apr 2013
#17
But for Iraq, Bush did use the National Guard as though they were regular Army,
tblue37
Apr 2013
#77
Yeah, but that came later in the war, when they were having trouble replacing the ones who...
Benton D Struckcheon
Apr 2013
#78
A professional, standing army is exactly what the founding fathers wanted to avoid
davidn3600
Apr 2013
#18
Dan, consider what your statement's consequences have had for our past, and for...
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#53
Well, my read of the constitution says gun owners are part of a well regulated militia
XRubicon
Apr 2013
#58
And neither do you. Except for a bunch of historically ignorant claims about the second amendment.
DanTex
Apr 2013
#35
Umm, all of them except for the right-wingers. Did you actually read the Stevens dissent?
DanTex
Apr 2013
#38
And all 4 very clearly stated that it's about militia participation, and it does not protect
DanTex
Apr 2013
#49
No, Stevens is talking about the purpose. Are you asserting that he contradicted himself?
X_Digger
Apr 2013
#43
Lol, he says it's an individual right, then talks about the level of permissible regulation.
X_Digger
Apr 2013
#52
...and he's saying that it has nothing to do with private civilian use of firearms.
DanTex
Apr 2013
#55
Short answer: Yes, there are many reasonable arguments in favor of the second amendment.
Demo_Chris
Apr 2013
#32
Some people have the idea that insurection means engaging authority in pitched battles. nt
Demo_Chris
Apr 2013
#95
It's an over age Sacred Cow on it's last legs whose usefulness died long ago.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2013
#50
I don't know about all that, but I'll keep the .38 by the bed, thank you. nt
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#62
Every challange to the Second Amendment strengthens opponents of reasonable gun safety laws
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2013
#100
We can't know how our political culture would have evolved without the Second Amendment
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2013
#105
Is the second ammendment a good thing? No. Hand me my black Sharpie marker. I'll take care of it.
hunter
Apr 2013
#117
I support allowing firearm ownership though federal law, not as a "constitutional right"
NYC Liberal
Apr 2013
#122
So you honestly think we are more similar to El Salvador than Canada or the UK?
DanTex
Apr 2013
#177
You continue to ignore the point that in other categories of violent crime, we much more closely
DanTex
Apr 2013
#180
Our life expectancy is closer to Mexico's than Canada's. And our Gini coefficient leaves me no doubt
Recursion
Apr 2013
#181
Looks like old data. And you don't list any link, and there are no references.
baldguy
Apr 2013
#190