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An armed society is a polite society

Discussion in 'Member Casual Chat' started by liberalminority, Jan 10, 2018.

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  1. Richard The Last

    Richard The Last Well-Known Member

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    Which war zones would those be?

    You would likely consider me armed to the teeth and I am quite polite and most people are polite to me.
     
    Richard The Last, Feb 20, 2019
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    Richard We don't usually lose 100 every day in most of the wars we have participated in.But we lose AT least that many every day of the years and we have for years.
     
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  3. Richard The Last

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    Fair enough. What do you suggest? Do we take all guns from American citizens? Would that make a polite society?
     
    Richard The Last, Feb 21, 2019
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    I call bullshit
     
    Bowerbird, Feb 21, 2019
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    They have more restrictive regulations and no equivalent to the Second Amendment. People have to get a permit before they can even own a gun, and there are restrictions on who is eligible. They are also more restrictive and conservative about who can carry a weapon (versus just having one at home). It is also connected to their militia, unlike here, where military service has practically nothing to do with modern gun culture and ownership.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Switzerland
     
    Durandal, Feb 21, 2019
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    Richard The Last Well-Known Member

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    I'm with you on that. That lady is nuts. A few more of these videos and I may have to change my position on gun ownership.
     
    Richard The Last, Feb 21, 2019
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    What better than a near 'ubiquitous' armed citizenry to mitigate (as was the Founders intent) ... I dunno, - a 'spread thin' & 'after the fact', a.k.a - reactionary GuB'ment resource to mop things up... ?
     
    Sahba*, Feb 26, 2019
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    I support the right to own guns -- but this idea that guns are a panacea to violence is just absurd.
     
    Daniel Light, Feb 26, 2019
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