400 million guns

oh well....shit happens...nothing works...drug laws don't work so why have laws."

I would agree with that. That was the exact argument for the repeal of the 18th Amendment.

Prohibition of alcohol was one of American government's worst mistakes. Followed closely by the Prohibition of recreational drugs.
 
Americans have the right to bear arms, if they own them. Since ownership implies a purchase, that purchase can be taxed. However, a cruel and unusual tax, such as $500 per bullet, would be rightly seen as a way to restrict the 2nd Amendment and therefore be Unconstitutional.

Voting, on the other hand, requires no exchange of goods or services and does not require a commercial transaction. Any attempt to tax it therefore would be restrictive.
And taxing the purchase of a gun isn’t restrictive?
 
And taxing the purchase of a gun isn’t restrictive?

Owning a gun requires a purchase, at some point. So, a reasonable level of taxation, equivalent any normal commerce taxation, isn't restrictive.
 
The Amish don't have cars and they seem to get along just fine. As an added bonus you would stop bleating about global warming if we got rid of cars as well. Of course if we got rid of cars our need for guns would go up...
You are truly truly misinformed.

Crash that killed two Amish children raises questions about buggy safety​


Two children killed in Amish buggy crash​


Cold hard truth...
Zero Guns = Zero Gun Deaths.

The solution is right in front of you. What are you afraid of?
Stop talking about it, do it.
 
You are confused Moon Bat and you are too stupid to know it.

The Supremes put an end to this silly militia nosense. I shit you not. Go look it up.
Like any other precedent, it can be change by the court in a single days ruling.

They only had to ignore part of the Amendment to support the gun lobby. The same part you ignored or were confused by when you were talking about protection of the free states. We also know this, the cheesey Roberts Court, has no ethical standards that they are bound by, so no telling what other favors their rich donor friends have lavished on them for favorable rulings.
 
"...Gun control is like a donut: there is no middle. On the one side you have people who love guns, and if you disagree with them, they’ll threaten to shoot you. On the other side you have people who detest guns, mainly out of fear of getting shot. It is an ideological death-match in which the voices of reason and compromise don’t seem to exist. Or if they do, no one can hear them over the sounds of the shouting and posturing
and the bumper-sticker slogans about cold dead hands." --"Matt" (anonymous) from his review of Adam Winkler's 'Gunfight, the Battle Over the Second Amendment in America"

There are some 400 million guns in America, and if guns were making us safer, we'd be the safest place on earth, which America is not.

That is a fact Republicans cannot reconcile.

And to average republican, I guess that for them, they aren't enough.

Guns deaths have taken the lead in children, and this is a fairly recent development. And, please, no crap about 'well, half those deaths are suicide' because,
simply because that stat isn't caused by fewer guns, let's be clear.

So I hope those of you second amendment 'cold dead hands' types are happy.

It sure isn't for the parents of those dead children whose lives have been ruined by your cherished 'second amendment'.

Personally, though America's second amendment was a necessary component of life in the frontiers of the late 18th century when the nation was founded, they could not have foreseen 233 years into the future to know of a modern urban landscape where weapons could kill hundreds of people in a relatively short period of time, that had they known, it is doubtful they would have confined the second amendment's langage to one compound sentence, whose actual meaning continues to be debated to this day.

It's time for a 28th Amendment to update the 2nd, a vertible 2nd Amendment 2.0, as it were, and as to what the new language would be, I'll let you guys duke it out, but it needs to be updated,

It's time.

Cheers,
Rumpole
Ok but dont you agree the government should set the example and get rid of all their guns first, nukes too
 
"...Gun control is like a donut: there is no middle. On the one side you have people who love guns, and if you disagree with them, they’ll threaten to shoot you. On the other side you have people who detest guns, mainly out of fear of getting shot. It is an ideological death-match in which the voices of reason and compromise don’t seem to exist. Or if they do, no one can hear them over the sounds of the shouting and posturing
and the bumper-sticker slogans about cold dead hands." --"Matt" (anonymous) from his review of Adam Winkler's 'Gunfight, the Battle Over the Second Amendment in America"

There are some 400 million guns in America, and if guns were making us safer, we'd be the safest place on earth, which America is not.

That is a fact Republicans cannot reconcile.

And to average republican, I guess that for them, they aren't enough.

Guns deaths have taken the lead in children, and this is a fairly recent development. And, please, no crap about 'well, half those deaths are suicide' because,
simply because that stat isn't caused by fewer guns, let's be clear.

So I hope those of you second amendment 'cold dead hands' types are happy.

It sure isn't for the parents of those dead children whose lives have been ruined by your cherished 'second amendment'.

Personally, though America's second amendment was a necessary component of life in the frontiers of the late 18th century when the nation was founded, they could not have foreseen 233 years into the future to know of a modern urban landscape where weapons could kill hundreds of people in a relatively short period of time, that had they known, it is doubtful they would have confined the second amendment's langage to one compound sentence, whose actual meaning continues to be debated to this day.

It's time for a 28th Amendment to update the 2nd, a vertible 2nd Amendment 2.0, as it were, and as to what the new language would be, I'll let you guys duke it out, but it needs to be updated,

It's time.

Cheers,
Rumpole

Americans use their legal guns 1.2 million times a year to stop rapes,robbberies, murders, beatings, stabbings and mass public shootings…….according to the Centers for Disease Control……

Without those guns those people would simply be victims instead of survivors……

Meanwhile…..in peaceful Europe…

WW1,WW2, Holocaust, genocide, ethnic cleansing religious wars…….

Europe did what you wanted…in the 1920s….in the mid 1930s, the socialists murdered 15 million innocent men, women, and children….,

in just 6 years…..

Meanwhile, in the U.S……..gun murder for our entire 246 year history?

About 2,460,000

So besides being wrong on everything you posted…what else do you have?
 
A friend of mine wanted to respond to your comment, so I let him:

Mr. Friscus, Comparing car fatalities to gun deaths is like comparing apples to hand grenades – they're just not the same thing. Cars, you see, they're meant to get us from point A to point B. And yeah, sure, accidents happen, but we've got all sorts of rules and gadgets in place to make 'em safer, you know? Seatbelts, airbags, traffic laws – you name it.

But guns? Guns are a whole different ball game. These babies are designed to make holes in things – sometimes animals, sometimes people. And when it comes to kids, well, we've got a serious problem on our hands. So, comparing car deaths to gun deaths – it's just not a fair fight, my friend.

Now, don't get me wrong. we're not saying that Democrats, Republicans, or any other political animal out there don't care about car-related fatalities. We've all got our causes, and some of us even care about multiple things at once – imagine that!

But the thing is, with guns, there's a lot of room for improvement. We could have better background checks, waiting periods, maybe even mental health screenings – just a thought! So, let's not get all emotional here, and instead, focus on findinobg some real solutions.

What we're talkin' about isn't exploiting tragedies; it's acknowledging that there's a problem that needs fixin'. And hey, maybe it's time to give that 2nd Amendment a little makeover, huh? Let's work together, find some common ground, and save some lives. Because, let's face it, folks – we can do better. ---Rumpole's friend.
obesity kills many more than guns.....do yo propose to outlaw food too Mr Stalin
 

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