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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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6. re: "If you actually want to ban something, you ban it."

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 10, 2016, 01:05 PM

Oct 2016

Well, you can at least say you banned it. If you're essentially unable to sufficiently define the object of the ban, all you've really done is waste everyone's time (and possibly money.)

My point is that wasting that time and money is perpetuating a myth and it detracts from resources that could actually cut crime and improve life.

If you really want to help me out, you may have more luck banning weeds to cut down on my allergies.

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Would it be fair to say that if you want to ban something... [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 OP

Not if you actually want to ban something. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #1

I maintain that if you're not able adequately define the object of the ban: discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #3

I am someone who would be quite happy to ban all guns. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2016 #4

re: "If you actually want to ban something, you ban it." discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #6

"Black Rifles Matter!!!" stone space Oct 2016 #5

The point of most bans is not workability, but punishment. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #2