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Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme

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6. If guns are banned, they aren't readily available, right?

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 11:27 AM

Apr 25

So, why are there mass shootings in countries where guns are banned? How about knife attacks? Vehicle attacks? Arson? It's the HUMAN problem, not an item that has no free will or movement. If guns were completely made to disappear off the planet, mass killings would still take place, correct???

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Hopefully heading in the right direction. [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 18 OP

I will be happy when the 1934 and 1968 gun control acts are declared Unconstitutional The Mouth Apr 18 #1

Guns are the problem. Period. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 18 #2

Except where in countries where guns ARE banned, and someone randomly goes around shooting people. yagotme Apr 25 #4

And note how rarely such events occur in countries PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 25 #5

If guns are banned, they aren't readily available, right? yagotme Apr 25 #6

I agree. OLDMDDEM Apr 18 #3