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needledriver

(836 posts)
3. Lawful is limiting
Sun Aug 23, 2015, 02:03 PM
Aug 2015

I voted to keep the current SOP because restricting the SOP to lawful self defense would technically prevent us from posting and discussing examples of firearms use in self defense that was judged un-lawful. This would prevent us from discussing and gaining insight into the specific instance. We can also learn from bad examples!

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If I'd ever thought about it, I would have assumed that a petronius Aug 2015 #1
Agreed discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #2
Lawful is limiting needledriver Aug 2015 #3
imho... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #4
Indeed needledriver Aug 2015 #5
Agreed discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #6
I would like to see the word "Discuss" in all caps and bold letters. oneshooter Aug 2015 #7
Perhaps an addition could be made to the effect... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #11
Very good idea, IMO. pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #12
excuse my overall bluntness discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #13
Speaking of which. oneshooter Sep 2015 #14
AFAIK the trash function is a temporary means to block a thread discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #16
explanation por favor jimmy the one Sep 2015 #15
Holding off for now. I think I see the point, but I am concerned... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #8
re: "...bottom-scraping local newz stories..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2015 #9
I have no objection to the change, having considered it further... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #10
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