JustTheFacts
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Secondly, the gun nuts have said over and over and over that the AR15 is no more or less than any other gun in their arsenal. That being the case, what fuking difference could it make if you don't have one?
What literal difference? None of course.
What conceptual difference? Quite a bit.
First of all , the idea of the government deciding which legal products I may buy is repugnant.
Second of all, give an they take a mile. If we say okay, here are the AR15s , then next year they're back for pistols.
Third, what about principle, what happens when a group decides the government should take YOUR right.
Lets look at the third one first. It is the most interesting because the government under George Bush made a law that allows the government to do all sorts of things they couldn't do before. Look up the Patriot Act. Greatly supported by Rethugs and Dems alike. And harldy a whimper about what the government can now do to American citizens.
Did you actively protest the Patriot Act? If the government decides you are a terrorist, no one would ever have to hear from you again. Talk about taking away your rights.
Secondly, when there was a ban on assault style weapons, was there additional legislation proposed taking away handguns, shotguns and hunting rifles? No is the short answer.
Firstly, you think the government was out of line in stopping the sale of harmful consumer products being shipped to us by, say, the Chinese? Remember the dry wall with the cancer causing agents in the product? The US goverment should have stayed out of it. Is that what you are saying. Needless to say there are many instances where the governmnet intervened to keep us American safe. And you are against that I take it?
I'm not actively fighting this either , mostly b/c I think it will go nowhere. But yes, I was and still am opposed to most of the so called Patriot Act , I don't base my views on which party holds office when a particular plan is proposed. A shitty idea is a shitty idea.
Second, certainly there were people advocating such, and you must admit that Obama seems much more inclined to listen to the loons on the far left than Bubba was.
Lastly , stop comparing guns to defective or inherently dangerous products. They are not. An M16 which sits in a gun safe is a danger to no one.