madrocketsci

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Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Thu, Nov 27, 8:04 a.m.

"Guns don't belong in city parks and city buildings." Why? Cops carry guns into those places, so guns are going to be there. If there is no security checkpoint (like at the courthouse) to make sure there are no guns, how are you going to keep guns out? Malls are ...

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Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Tue, Nov 25, 6:03 p.m.

dcfreiboth "...by arrogantly prescribing that "criminals" are the problem" It's obvious to me you have allowed yourself to blinded to the true cause of violence and have decided that guns somehow magically make people become violent & homicidal. When you stop ascribing magical power to inanimate objects, and accept that ...

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Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Mon, Nov 24, 6:16 p.m.

dcfreiboth They did that in the UK. Funny thing, violence is up, including gun violence. The guns just get smuggled in and sold on the street. Or the kids equip themselves with knives or clubs and still run rampage. "Here is what I do get, the amount or type of ...

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Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Sat, Nov 22, 5:26 p.m.

BTW, for all who are interested, the public hearing for the proposed rule is December 15th. More info can be found here: http://seattle.gov/firearmsrule/

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Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Thu, Nov 20, 8:53 p.m.

Alrighty, since that is exactly how it is already. Us gun owners have a saying, every bullet has a lawsuit attached to it. So you don't fire unless you are prepared to deal with what may come after. And we as a community DO NOT take kindly to those who ...

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Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Thu, Nov 20, 6:56 a.m.

"against the actual threat the paranoid element of law abiding gun owning citizenry poises to a public" Because you have evidence of CPL holders having a high incidence of paranoid shootings? The city is held in fear of CPL holders shooting at shadows and people just asking for a light? ...

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Seattle's misguided gun ban

Posted Tue, Nov 18, 9:40 a.m.

kieth & Pebble Creek: The facts actually do not bear out the allegation that you are more likely to hurt yourself or a loved one with a gun except through some statistical chicanery. Saying something like a gun owner is ten times more likely to hurt a loved one sounds ...

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