shani, my experience tells me one thing about gun control advocates.
Those in favor of gun control have realized that there is no such thing as 100% safety and security in a indivualized free society, therefore, they seek to try a new tact and make their government responsible for their safety and security by checking, tracking, and monitoring all of the nations citizens to ensure that nobody who is 'abnormal' is going to use guns to commit a crime against them.
gun control seeks to make crime too personal to be attempted, i.e. if there are no guns, there would be no crime
gun rights advocates believe that you alone are the best protector of your life and that of your loved ones and that a firearm is the best tool for that job.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
anyway, it matters less to me that these folk have guns than what they imagine themselves to be doing with them does. i see militia politics as entirely retrograde, predicated on a fantasy 18th century and some bizarre-o vicarious nostalgia for it. a political action by a rightwing militia group would unnerve me even more than an armed political action by a trotskyite group--and that is saying alot.
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and yet, the founding fathers of this nation felt the exact opposite of you.....does that mean you think the founders of this country were morons?
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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
Yes DC thats exactly what I meant.
I am confused now though....there is no waiting period anymore? I thought one of the purposes of that was to deal with "heat of the moment" purchases...or is that something different?
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there are waiting periods in alot of states, but not all. Texas has no waiting period, just the background check.