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Gun Control & RKBA

emmaverybo

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10. That did not happen in Australia, banning all guns, or in California during the time there was

Reply to sarisataka (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 03:05 PM

Jun 2019

gun restriction. That gun control was never intended to control crime committed with handguns.
Any regulation on anything or person can be seen as a step down a slippery slope.

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For those who want to disarm civilians, can we disarm the police too? [View all] MarvinGardens Jun 2019 OP

Who wants to disarm civilians? Gun regulation and control is not banning guns. nt emmaverybo Jun 2019 #1

I see it posted on DU all the time, MarvinGardens Jun 2019 #4

Australians after the massacre at Port Arthur were not disarmed. Military-style weapons emmaverybo Jun 2019 #6

Those are what the police carry, right? MarvinGardens Jun 2019 #9

I see the ban really helped discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2019 #13

Who wants to disarm civilians? sarisataka Jun 2019 #8

That did not happen in Australia, banning all guns, or in California during the time there was emmaverybo Jun 2019 #10

I am aware, and did not claim sarisataka Jun 2019 #11

Well, that's news to me, that gun control groups do not affirm the right to own guns. So I am emmaverybo Jun 2019 #12

I watched... Snackshack Jun 2019 #2

Small deist99 Jun 2019 #3

how many are they menacing, threatening, shanny Jun 2019 #5

It is important to point this out. The majority of police officers do not want to have to draw their emmaverybo Jun 2019 #7

I think the majority of the LEOs' DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #14