RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
October 11, 2014 at 6:15 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2014 at 6:19 pm by Chas.)
(October 9, 2014 at 2:12 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:I could kill someone with my bare hands, a hammer, knife, pencil,
Yeah..but, could you kill someone accidentally with one...you know, in a moment of carelessness like the moron who shot himself taking off his fucking pants?
I'm having a hard time buying that you could bash someone's head in with a hammer by accident. Were I on that jury, I wouldn't buy that defense.
This thread is more about the supposed "law-abiding" and "responsible" gun owners who fuck up and kill or wound someone else...or themselves.
The NRA loves to trot out the "criminals" bullshit but its just a marketing ploy.
Automobiles. Lots of accidental death there.
(October 9, 2014 at 10:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:No, not all of them of course but many gun owners would peel away and thus it might pass.
Brakes, my dear friend. It has nothing to do with gun owners. Most gun owners favored background checks.
http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/...gun-sales/
This is about NRA lobbyists buying state legislators. They don't give a fuck what gun owners or non-gun owners want.
I really don't believe those numbers. For instance, there is no way that 54% of gun owners favor banning semiautomatic firearms. Not a chance.
I am going to see if the actual questions and raw data are available.
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