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Is there a Right to own a gun; Ethics of Gun Ownership

Discussion in 'Gun Control' started by An Taibhse, Jan 29, 2018.

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  1. DoctorWho

    DoctorWho Well-Known Member

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    Underwear ? lol
     
    DoctorWho, Feb 9, 2018
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  2. Thingamabob

    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes. I have had the discussion so many times and I have seen the logic "for owning guns" going down the same old absurd road to the same old absurd conclusion. But that doesn't mean that your logic was going there. You are right to demand equal respect and I am sorry that I shortchanged you. I can explain why it is so but I cannot to justify it. :handshake:
     
    Thingamabob, Feb 9, 2018
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  3. Thingamabob

    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes, I do.
     
    Thingamabob, Feb 10, 2018
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  4. Rucker61

    Rucker61 Well-Known Member

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    Do you think that people have the right to defend themselves with lethal means?
     
    Rucker61, Feb 10, 2018
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  5. DoctorWho

    DoctorWho Well-Known Member

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    If not, what then, a Whistle and a Mop ?
     
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    DoctorWho, Feb 10, 2018
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  6. Richard The Last

    Richard The Last Well-Known Member

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    Yes, but only if the whistle does not contain any type of sound suppressor and the mop is at least 18" in length.
     
    Richard The Last, Feb 10, 2018
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  7. DoctorWho

    DoctorWho Well-Known Member

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    That was quite good !
    Double plus good !!!
     
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    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You can dream about owning a gun but I think your only real experience is with this:
    broken glass.jpg
     
    Thingamabob, Feb 10, 2018
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  9. Chester_Murphy

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    There is a right to do anything you want. Where my rights and your rights overlap is at issue. It would be more productive to talk about how owning a gun usurps your rights. That's really the topic of this thread. Anything else is just bloviating.
     
    Chester_Murphy, Feb 10, 2018
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    Yes you are right and we are very lucky because we were born here in the USA.

    So are the Swiss.

    So are the Israelis.

    Maybe God loves us.

    The rest of the world is full of fokking slaves.
     
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    This is a common theme in the gun control discussion - with some regularity, I ask how the gun in my house - that is, my exercise of the right to keep and bear arms at the most basic level - cause harm to others or places them in a condition of clear, present and immediate danger.

    I cannot recall a single meaningful response.
     
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    And I don't have one. Used to have several, but don't any more. I just think it is a right and those who give it up without it being taken are saying they are okay with the government telling them who to marry, where and how to live, as an extreme example. Really, most of the folks against ownership are for the government telling them how to live, until it comes to sex and getting high, it seems.
     
    Chester_Murphy, Feb 10, 2018
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  13. DoctorWho

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    You are very funny, ha ha.
    I have My sidearm and Official authorization to carry it as per LEOSA....
    Glock - 17 - Gen llll

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    $506.00


    Something you do not have.....
    I have mine.
     
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  14. DoctorWho

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    Projecting your own deficiencies on others.
     
    DoctorWho, Feb 10, 2018
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  15. Richard The Last

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    Gun ethics at work!
     
    Richard The Last, Feb 10, 2018
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    I don't need mine to calm my nerves, I want it to calm them. My uncle paints, my mother does needlepoint, I go out in my backyard and shoot my 9mm or my AR15.
     
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  17. Rucker61

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    You have proof of this, or is this more of you stating opinions as facts? It's a very poor way to debate, at any rate.
     
    Rucker61, Feb 10, 2018
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  18. Thingamabob

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    The neigbour's 3-year-old twins trespassing again, huh?
     
    Thingamabob, Feb 10, 2018
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    No, but the 3 year old's meth-head father is known to the locals to be a thief. If I shoot once in a while I get the added benefit of reminding him I have guns.
     
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  20. Thingamabob

    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    :laughing:
     
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  21. Richard The Last

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    I don't understand your response. Use your words Thingy, use your words.
     
    Richard The Last, Feb 10, 2018
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    Some people, ordinary citizens, have "backyards" consisting of hectares of private land outside the bounds of city limits.. Private gun ranges are quite common and legal in those cases.
     
    Rucker61, Feb 10, 2018
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    Richard The Last Well-Known Member

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    Very good Thingy, very good.
     
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    More on (un)ethics of gun ownership:
     
    Richard The Last, Feb 10, 2018
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  25. Thingamabob

    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I've been working on improving my vocabulary.
     
    Thingamabob, Feb 10, 2018
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