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In reply to the discussion: Florida Man Ordered To Surrender His Firearms, Fatally Shoots The Deputy Who Tries To Take Them [View all]GGJohn
(9,951 posts)22. So we start with drugs?
How well has that worked out?
After all, drugs, legal or illegal, have killed far more people each year than firearms.
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Florida Man Ordered To Surrender His Firearms, Fatally Shoots The Deputy Who Tries To Take Them [View all]
SecularMotion
Sep 2015
OP
There's nothing more persuasive than an argument with lots of CAPS LOCK...
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#12
How 'bout a link to this "according to the NRA" thing you mentioned, mmkay?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#9
Who said anything about enemy occupying armies? You said more guns aren't the answer.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2015
#15
None with firearms. Gotta start somewhere, and it might as well be with the worst offender.
lastlib
Sep 2015
#21
Own guns if you want to. But what do you care if ownership happens to go down? n/t
nomorenomore08
Sep 2015
#31
...and a tragedy for the victim's family. Note that there are no words of this sort from the OP
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#4
Absolutely, I could not agree more, so many that suffer get lost and or ignored in these
AuntPatsy
Sep 2015
#5
Three antigun posters on this thread have had nothing to say about the victim or his family
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#14
Only gun haters have mentioned the Second Amendment in this thread, yourself included
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#35
You should talk to someone about the 'seeing things that aren't actually there' bit
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#37
Evil, mind controlling ghosts and inanimate objects that bend humans to their will?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#36