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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Dope1   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: You are your own first responder
Date: 03/29/23 1:05 PM
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So as long as gun nuts such as myself are permitted to own one revolver and one bolt action rifle, then you can remain true to your claim. And I believe many in the gun grabbing crowd would not even allow that.

Nah, not even that. You can have one flintlock squirrel rifle.

The left makes a lot of claims about guns and gun violence that don't hold up. For example, the one about "the assault weapons ban prevented mass shootings". No it didn't:

ojp.gov: PDF document

Should it be renewed, the ban's effects on gun violence are likely to be small at
best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement. AWs were rarely used in
gun crimes even before the ban. LCMs are involved in a more substantial share
of gun crimes, but it is not clear how often the outcomes of gun attacks depend on
the ability of offenders to fire more than ten shots (the current magazine capacity
limit) without reloading


One of many studies that shrugged at the ban. So their signature thing didn't work then and won't work now.

If the left wants to change the way Americans keep and bear arms, then the left needs to call a Constitutional convention and change the 2nd Amendment.

Guns aren't the problem. Mentally unstable people and gangs having guns are the problem. The left never wants to have a real convo about either.
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