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Starboard Tack

(11,181 posts)
35. That is the problem
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:20 AM
Sep 2015

I agree that owning a gun should be a right, as should owning just about anything (few exceptions like owning slaves). Carrying a gun in public should never be a right, same as driving a car on public roads is not a right. We all have the right to own things. We all have the right to use those things on private property.
We all have the right to travel outside our homes.
We all have the right of self defense.
When we travel outside by car, we need a license. Otherwise we walk or bike or take public transportation.
Cars and guns are both potentially lethal objects. The first is necessary in modern society, the second is most definitely not. Yet you see the guns as trumping cars. I wonder which you would choose if you could only have one.
When we venture into the public domain, the rules change, and the use of many things is restricted. Guns, cars, drugs, alcohol, to name a few.
The only reason you say it is a right is because a RW SCOTUS has deemed it so, which defies reason.
Classic NRA BS.

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Female gun ownership is rising [View all] SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP
I agree it's nice to see females taking interest in self defense and personal safety. ileus Sep 2015 #1
How would you have dealt with this particular female? Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #11
Well safety training should have started when she was 5 or 6. ileus Sep 2015 #13
So, would you like to see that as a rule Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #14
I don't know about most places gejohnston Sep 2015 #16
Agreed. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #17
No TeddyR Sep 2015 #18
Voting rights have nothing to do with so-called "gun rights" Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #21
didn't study the US Constitution very closely did you? gejohnston Sep 2015 #22
I'm not familiar with the portion of the Constitution TeddyR Sep 2015 #24
Your strawman is on fire... virginia mountainman Sep 2015 #34
That is the problem Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #35
What about voting? ileus Sep 2015 #19
So what was your point in telling us about your 5 year old with a gun? Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #20
if it is part of teaching gejohnston Sep 2015 #23
Well that too I suppose... ileus Sep 2015 #25
Female firearm ownership is indeed rising. branford Sep 2015 #2
I hope Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #4
See Post #6 Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #7
What does the word risinig mean? NT pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #5
I'm not sure it means anything. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #15
Cute little sexist dog whistle you got there. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #6
Nice catch Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #8
Results: beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #26
Thank you Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #27
Seriously? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #28
Oh yes Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #29
I did serve on a jury here a while back where a sarcastic post got hidden and shouldn't have. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #30
You can see it Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #31
I think that some believed the alerter and others just want to shut down the conversation. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #32
I tend to do that in some of my posts Duckhunter935 Sep 2015 #33
Good post indeed. pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #12
another one for the can n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #9
Plop-plop, fizz-fizz, oh! what a relief it is. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #10
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