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Originally Posted by shakran
...knives are protected, and yet the government is confiscating them routinely and often. We should be defending our right, according to dksuddeth and others. I am curious as to why this isn't happening.
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Pfft, knives were cool when you were 15 and your alternative was a Red Ryder pellet gun.
I can make a decent knife by hand in less than an hour with the tools in my sock drawer.
Try making a decent firearm. It's difficult.
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Originally Posted by shakran
If having a gun is a /right,/ then you do not have to justify having one. It is your right to have one. That is all that needs to be said.
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Lemme see if I get you:
I have a "right" (intangible thing) according to an ancient asswipe document and tiddly-winks court system that couldn't be more confusing with the help of the conservative Peewee Herman known as Justice Antonin Scalia... so I don't have to tell anybody about my "right" (intangible thing).
Man, I shouldn't even have to talk about something that I am for and a lot of people are against and wish to completely deprive me of ever accessing.
Issues like sport enjoyment, hunting, and self defense aren't things worthy of discussion.
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You're kidding.
I totally don't get your logic here. Do explain. This smells an awful lot like what teenagers hear when their parents try to offer them those eye-rolling "valuable life lessons" regarding tattoos, car racing and premarital sex.
"Don't do it. Why?
Because I said so."
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US Govt: "I'm here to take your guns."
DK: "But I have a right."
US Govt: "Says who?"
DK: "You did... once."
US Govt: "Too bad!"
DK: "I don't have to justify anything."
US Govt: "Good. What kind of cuffs do you like? Chain or hinge?"
/non-Crompsin post-apocalyptic pro-gun wet dream scenario w/ new added "Don't Justify" maneuver
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Rights, like guns, aren't magical merit badges. Rights don't mean a damn thing unless you can justify them and back up that justification with some kind of tangible force... like the end results of law (gag) or DK's Chevy Silverado-mounted GE M134D minigun.
Ya know... if he had one. He should name it "The Justificationator."
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I think our "rights" are "protected" by a "system" led by "men" with soft hands and $800 haircuts.