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#127 Jan 08 2013 at 11:57 AM Rating: Good
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Alex Jones, doing his bit for the gun lobby.

(Or the anti-gun lobby - not sure which...)
Alex Jones seems like one of them strung-too-tight crazies that shouldn't have a gun.

Oh yeah and it's totally reasonable to want to deport this brit. Smiley: rolleyes

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#129 Jan 08 2013 at 12:44 PM Rating: Good
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Alex Jones seems like one of them strung-too-tight crazies that shouldn't have a gun.


Understatement of the year, perhaps.
#130 Jan 08 2013 at 8:32 PM Rating: Decent
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What's up with this fake "sympathy" for "law abiding citizens" in reference to gun-laws? When will people realize that we were all "law abiding citizens" at one point in time, to include the killers?

Furthermore, HTF is "law abiding citizen" defined? Do they mean "non-killers", because I'm sure the average person intentionally violates some level of laws however minor.
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What's up with this fake "sympathy" for "law abiding citizens" in reference to gun-laws? When will people realize that we were all "law abiding citizens" at one point in time, to include the killers?

Furthermore, HTF is "law abiding citizen" defined? Do they mean "non-killers", because I'm sure the average person intentionally violates some level of laws however minor.


In this context it means people who are not breaking the law with their firearms. Hence the term "law abiding". Were you really confused about this?
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gbaji wrote:
Almalieque wrote:
What's up with this fake "sympathy" for "law abiding citizens" in reference to gun-laws? When will people realize that we were all "law abiding citizens" at one point in time, to include the killers?

Furthermore, HTF is "law abiding citizen" defined? Do they mean "non-killers", because I'm sure the average person intentionally violates some level of laws however minor.


In this context it means people who are not breaking the law with their firearms. Hence the term "law abiding". Were you really confused about this?


But that's his point. All law abiding, until they break the law with the gun. He's not confused, he's saying it's a stupid term used to rile up the gun toting masses.
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Almalieque wrote:
What's up with this fake "sympathy" for "law abiding citizens" in reference to gun-laws? When will people realize that we were all "law abiding citizens" at one point in time, to include the killers?

Furthermore, HTF is "law abiding citizen" defined? Do they mean "non-killers", because I'm sure the average person intentionally violates some level of laws however minor.


In this context it means people who are not breaking the law with their firearms. Hence the term "law abiding". Were you really confused about this?


But that's his point. All law abiding, until they break the law with the gun. He's not confused, he's saying it's a stupid term used to rile up the gun toting masses.


It's not a stupid term. It's what the term means in any context. It's no more or less stupid in any other context. A person is a law abiding driver until they run a red light, at which point we can penalize them for that action. The point is that we should not penalize people who don't run red lights because some people do (or even will). IMO, the distinction is even greater with regard to guns. Most people will commit some form of moving violation when driving at some point in their lives. But only a very tiny percentage of gun owners will commit a crime with their guns. So the idea that someone is "law abiding until they break the law with the gun" is really a stretch. Most people are law abiding gun owners their entire lives. Yet, some seek to penalize and restrict their law abiding use of guns because a very very small percentage of people will abuse the right.


I guess I don't get why the need to single out the term in this case. As I said, if anything this is one of the most appropriate uses of the phrase.
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and zero percent of people who don't own guns will commit crimes with their own guns.

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#135gbaji, Posted: Jan 08 2013 at 9:54 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Zero percent of people who don't own anything will commit crimes with their own anything. It's a meaningless statement. By that logic, we should outlaw property ownership as a means to prevent people from committing crime with anything they own. While interesting in a "stupid John Lennon song" kind of way, given that property ownership is the keystone to liberalism, you're basically chucking the whole "free people living in a free society" out the window with that one.
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and zero percent of people who don't own guns will commit crimes with their own guns.


Zero percent of people who don't own anything will commit crimes with their own anything. It's a meaningless statement. By that logic, we should outlaw property ownership as a means to prevent people from committing crime with anything they own. While interesting in a "stupid John Lennon song" kind of way, given that property ownership is the keystone to liberalism, you're basically chucking the whole "free people living in a free society" out the window with that one.



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#137 Jan 08 2013 at 10:11 PM Rating: Decent
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A prime candidate for gun ownership then? Smiley: grin
#138 Jan 09 2013 at 5:17 PM Rating: Decent
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It's not a stupid term. It's what the term means in any context. It's no more or less stupid in any other context. A person is a law abiding driver until they run a red light, at which point we can penalize them for that action....

I guess I don't get why the need to single out the term in this case. As I said, if anything this is one of the most appropriate uses of the phrase.


'Tis a misleading term. No one cares about a person's legal history, only their accessibility to cause said harm. You can't assume that a person who never killed wont or can't kill. Every killer at one point in time was a "law abiding citizen" in reference to firearms.

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The point is that we should not penalize people who don't run red lights because some people do (or even will)


Welcome to life? Rules are made to prevent all people from performing certain actions regardless of individual intents. People start crashing cars while talking on their cell phones. The result? A ban on cell-phones while driving for everyone. Not just for the people who engaged in car accidents, but everyone. This isn't a new concept.

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But only a very tiny percentage of gun owners will commit a crime with their guns.......Most people are law abiding gun owners their entire lives. Yet, some seek to penalize and restrict their law abiding use of guns because a very very small percentage of people will abuse the right.
Boo-hoo? Most people aren't asking for a total ban on fire weapons, but a restriction to small fire arms and shotguns.

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So the idea that someone is "law abiding until they break the law with the gun" is really a stretch.


Except that's how it works. You're concatenating this theory that people are somehow born good/evil without the possibility of change. Life is hard. People change. As I said, the negative effects of fire arms heavily outweigh the utilities. So, if a "tiny bit" of law breakers = mass homicides at theaters, schools, malls, etc., I think it's fair to say that it's fair to reengage our gun culture, even if that means making "law abiding" citizens uncomfortable.

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and zero percent of people who don't own guns will commit crimes with their own guns.


Zero percent of people who don't own anything will commit crimes with their own anything. It's a meaningless statement. By that logic, we should outlaw property ownership as a means to prevent people from committing crime with anything they own. While interesting in a "stupid John Lennon song" kind of way, given that property ownership is the keystone to liberalism, you're basically chucking the whole "free people living in a free society" out the window with that one.



Somebody is not a fan of "How I Met Your Mother."

And Humor.


That was supposed to be a joke? It would be a lot more funny if the nearly identical "banning guns reduces gun crime" statement wasn't a common and seriously presented argument in favor of gun control. I agree that it's absurd and circular and should be laughed out of any rational discussion of the issue, but sadly a whole hell of a lot of people don't get that.
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I guess I don't get why the need to single out the term in this case.


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Every killer at one point in time was a "law abiding citizen" in reference to firearms.


What you're saying is not unique to firearms though, so why single out firearms in this case?

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Welcome to life? Rules are made to prevent all people from performing certain actions regardless of individual intents. People start crashing cars while talking on their cell phones. The result? A ban on cell-phones while driving for everyone. Not just for the people who engaged in car accidents, but everyone. This isn't a new concept.


Yes. Which is not unique to firearms, so why single out firearms in this case?

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Most people aren't asking for a total ban on fire weapons, but a restriction to small fire arms and shotguns.


There's a whole range of restrictions that fall far short of total bans, which I still believe are well beyond what is reasonable. I'll also point out that while "most people" who ring in their opinions on the issue may not want a total ban on firearms, "most people" who are actually leading the cause and actually have the ears of politicians and who gain support from those other people *do* want a total ban on firearms. They see any restrictions they can get today as a step in that direction. Failing to see this makes you a chump.

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You're concatenating this theory that people are somehow born good/evil without the possibility of change.


Nope. I'm saying we should punish people for things they do, not things they might do.

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As I said, the negative effects of fire arms heavily outweigh the utilities.


As a whole? So you're in favor of a total ban? See I oppose most gun control laws because I believe that the benefits of an individual right to own firearms vastly outweigh the negatives. I would assume anyone who believes differently should support a total ban (or at least very very prohibitive controls on guns). Why wouldn't you?

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So, if a "tiny bit" of law breakers = mass homicides at theaters, schools, malls, etc., I think it's fair to say that it's fair to reengage our gun culture, even if that means making "law abiding" citizens uncomfortable.


"Reengage" is a euphemism in this case though, isn't it? This is where I'll point out for the umpteenth time that instead of making decisions based on emotion we should look at the actual proposed actions and assess their likelihood of actually affecting outcomes in a positive way. Most gun control proposals do little or nothing to curb violence and crime, and may in some cases make things worse. The biggest positive for gun control is that it makes people who want gun control think they're doing something good.

And that's a really stupid reason to pass laws.
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Yes. Which is not unique to firearms, so why single out firearms in this case?

Right. Why single out high explosives? Why single out fighter jets? Why single out RPGs? Why single out hand grenades? Why single out Gatling guns? Why single out surface to air missiles? Why single out nerve agents? Why single out small pox? Why single out flame throwers? Why single out artillery? Why single out radioactive material? Why...wait a minute. Are you sure "single" means what you think it means?
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#142gbaji, Posted: Jan 09 2013 at 7:02 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Why not single out walking? Why not single out talking? Why not single out driving? Why not single out writing? Why not single out singing? Why not single out owning a home? Why not single out owning a car? Why not single out any other activity someone might do?
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Why not single out walking? Why not single out talking? Why not single out driving? Why not single out writing? Why not single out singing? Why not single out owning a home? Why not single out owning a car? Why not single out any other activity someone might do?

Get my point yet? Or do you need me to write it out for you in crayon?


No, I don't get your point. Are you in favor of deregulating everything? Is it your position that I should be able to go buy a ton of plutonium if I can afford it?

Because that's the ******* argument your making. If that's what you intend, great. That's actually a legitimate position. If what you instead intend is that there's a magical imaginary line that you define arbitrarily where we start regulating some killing machines and not others, then that's a ******** waste of time. "People get killed with guns and knives, why single out guns" is an identical argument to "People get killed with guns and nerve gas, why single out nerve gas."

Not sure how many times I need to emphasize this, but it is pretty much never the case that I misunderstood your intent. Try to keep that in mind.

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Why not single out writing?
What you do with it is certainly a felony.
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#145gbaji, Posted: Jan 09 2013 at 7:23 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Yeah. Totally misunderstood this time though Smash.
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Gbaji wrote:

What you're saying is not unique to firearms though, so why single out firearms in this case?

Welcome to my point. I was merely humoring your previous comment for argument's sake. People say "law abiding" as if it means all laws. Doing so is false, because just because you legally registered your firearm doesn't mean make you a "law abiding citizen". It means that you legally registered your weapon.

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Yes. Which is not unique to firearms, so why single out firearms in this case?


That's the point. You're the one complaining as if it's wrong to punish everyone because of a few rotten apples. I'm telling you that's how life works. So, why should this be any different?

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There's a whole range of restrictions that fall far short of total bans, which I still believe are well beyond what is reasonable. I'll also point out that while "most people" who ring in their opinions on the issue may not want a total ban on firearms, "most people" who are actually leading the cause and actually have the ears of politicians and who gain support from those other people *do* want a total ban on firearms. They see any restrictions they can get today as a step in that direction. Failing to see this makes you a chump.


That's a whole lot of words to deny the truth. The average person against guns probably wants guns gone all together, but anyone person with a half a mind realizes that isn't feasible. Any anti-gun person taken seriously is not looking for a total ban. Failing to see this makes you a ninny hammer.

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Nope. I'm saying we should punish people for things they do, not things they might do.

If that were true, then you agree that the term "law abiding citizen" is stupid because being a "law abiding citizen" (good) is irrelevant as that citizen is no less of a threat than a person who illegally obtained their fire weapon.

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As a whole? So you're in favor of a total ban? See I oppose most gun control laws because I believe that the benefits of an individual right to own firearms vastly outweigh the negatives. I would assume anyone who believes differently should support a total ban (or at least very very prohibitive controls on guns). Why wouldn't you?


In an idea world, of course. In reality, of course not. You're projecting fallacious views in order to support your view. As I said, most feasible arguments favor small arms and shot guns. The argument is against fire arms that allow large amounts of ammunition at a fast rate. 6 bullets are plenty enough to "protect" yourself in a typical scenario where self-defense is necessary.

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"Reengage" is a euphemism in this case though, isn't it? This is where I'll point out for the umpteenth time that instead of making decisions based on emotion we should look at the actual proposed actions and assess their likelihood of actually affecting outcomes in a positive way.


It's not an emotional argument. It's the fact that the intentional negative misuse outweighs the benefits. The purpose of firearms is to kill. Plain and simple. The time of hunting and militias is over.

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Most gun control proposals do little or nothing to curb violence and crime, and may in some cases make things worse. The biggest positive for gun control is that it makes people who want gun control think they're doing something good.

And that's a really stupid reason to pass laws.


Before I address this, do you seriously believe this nonsense?
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No. I'm arguing that we should use a criteria other than "you're only law abiding until you break the law" when deciding whether to regulate something.

Great. Let's stop discussing the other useless ******** and hear your criteria. I'm so glad you have some.
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No. I'm arguing that we should use a criteria other than "you're only law abiding until you break the law" when deciding whether to regulate something.

Great. Let's stop discussing the other useless bullsh*t and hear your criteria. I'm so glad you have some.


The criteria should be based on whether the combination of positives and negatives of the thing itself, compared to the importance of any rights involved, justify limiting said rights via the form of the proposed regulation. We should consider all aspects of the thing within the context of said proposed regulation. Is that a sufficiently broad explanation of criteria to justify regulation within our system of government? I would hope there would be no disagreement in principle here.


With specific regard to firearms, we need to look at the actual effect a given proposal would have, and compare it honestly to the costs and rights involved. So for example, we might decide that banning private ownership of fully automatic weapons is justified because their use in the hands of private citizens would represent a significant risk to public safety and there are sufficient non-fully-automatic weapons to meet the requirements of the 2nd amendment and any positive uses of firearms we might think of within society. We might decide, however, that a total ban on handguns is not justified because there is not sufficient evidence to show that their harm when used in crime is greater on total than their use when defending against crime. Additionally we might determine that outlawing an entire class of weapons like handguns places an undo restriction on the 2nd amendment.


My issue is primarily with the justifications being used for various proposed regulations with regard to firearms. They seem to be less based on an assessment of facts and more on emotional reactions. Gun types get proposed to be banned, not because they're more dangerous or less necessary to fulfill the 2nd amendment right, but purely because they're more scary, or they just happen to be the guns that some gun-control group keep mentioning every time the subject of gun control comes up. IMO, those are incredibly poor reasons to base regulation on.


I agree entirely. Let's stop discussing Bullsh*t. So let's hear a non Bullshi*t argument in support of a proposed piece of gun regulation. Not just broad (and meaningless) statements like "assault weapons aren't necessary for hunting", but an actual proposed set of restrictions and a justification for said restriction which meets the criteria I outlined. I want to hear how the proposed restrictions would affect both criminal uses of guns and legal uses of guns, and how those affects are both positive *and* in accordance with the 2nd amendment rights. When writing said proposal remember that rights should only be infringed if there's a significant and provable gain to be had. Preferably a gain which is itself a right (like life, property, etc). Anything even remotely close to an even choice or trade off should never be done if it involves infringing a right.

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No. It's not. You perhaps should go back and read what I actually wrote instead of spinning off on some absurd assumptive tangent. My only point was that "gun owners are only law abiding until they break the law with their guns" is *not* a valid argument for any gun regulation at all.


1. The "law abiding" comment was not an argument for gun regulation but a counter to the usage of the term.

2. That indeed is your implicit argument. This goes back to our conversation of WMD. The only reason the US makes a big deal about WMD or similar weapons is based on the same exact logic that gun-law proponents are making. According to your logic, "law abiding" citizens should be able to have access to any sort of weapons.
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My issue is primarily with the justifications being used for various proposed regulations with regard to firearms. They seem to be less based on an assessment of facts and more on emotional reactions.

Nope. They aren't. They're based on the fact that *access* to firearms that can kill a lot of people quickly by people seeking to use them in a crime is increased in proportion to their general availability. Just like high explosives. The issue is really one of complexity. Semi-automatic firearms are reasonably complex. I could make one at home out of stock metal, but most would be armed robbers can't. That's the crux of the gun control argument. Why make it easy to acquire reasonably complex killing machines designed to kill en masse quickly?

The 2nd amendment is law, and that's fine, but there's ample space to enforce the "well regulated" text along with the "not be infringed" text. We'll set aside for a moment that a stockpile of 10,000 assault rifles isn't going to help you against the flying killer robot if the government decides to kill you. The original idea that this right would somehow keep governmental military power in check is long, long dead. Restricting cyclic rate or mag capacity is a perfectly rational thing to do, likely to lead to a decline in the death toll of these sorts of events. It would be objectively better if that were the case. If it isn't the case, there's virtually no harm. Hunters don't need 25 shots, and honestly, neither do people defending themselves or their homes. Nobody gets to the sixth shot, really, in a legitimate defensive situation, a Colt Navy would be as useful as Glock 17 (although not so amazingly well designed and smooth to operate, ******* Austrians know how to make killing people effortless, I'll give them that)

These are the sort of laws you're worrying are based on emotion...making 35 shot clips for Chinese AK clones illegal. They aren't. They're considered policy decisions. There are no "take all the guns away!" laws even being considered. No one's adversely effected by the laws being considered who isn't involved in an ongoing dispute with a Mexican drug cartel.
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