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Showing Original Post only (View all)Would you support repeal of the Second Amendment? [View all]
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46 (30%) |
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107 (70%) |
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I wouldn't vote in this poll. Don't want a truckload of ammonium nitrate to show up on my doorstep.
onehandle
Jul 2012
#5
That brings up another point. This theater shooter bastard also had bombs in his apartment.
Zalatix
Jul 2012
#91
Yes. Because it has been consistently & deliberately misinterpreted throughout it's history.
baldguy
Jul 2012
#6
Hell no, then only the criminals will have the guns, with no fear of law abiding citizens.
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#10
I'd like to think he was writing satire... But then I remember Poe's Law, and feel sad n/t
Scootaloo
Jul 2012
#19
don't be sad, I know it's hard to comprehend that if guns are outlawed for everyone,
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#22
I guess with the lack of anything intellegent to say, you can always call someone fucking dumb.
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#279
not if we repeal the 2nd amendment they wouldn't. Are you following the conversation?
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#20
It's not necessary. People should have a reasonable and responsible right to bear arms,
cecilfirefox
Jul 2012
#12
btw, based on the 75-25 split this poll is taking on a "liberal message board", i don't think
crazyjoe
Jul 2012
#13
The poll merely backs up my view that many liberal and progressive individuals ...
spin
Jul 2012
#48
Was it the Founder's intent for the 1st Amendment to only allow people to use a quill & inkwell?
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#23
So you'll generously allow the use of the printing press as it pertains to the 1st Amendment?
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#168
And since they distrusted a standing army, they wrote the 2nd amend to establish "militias"
apocalypsehow
Jul 2012
#99
True: though they seem to wake up every day salivating about a "Red Dawn" scenario
apocalypsehow
Jul 2012
#128
No, I would support registration and insurance for gun owners to carry in public.
SecularMotion
Jul 2012
#18
I sure would if I could. But it won't happen in this country and it is one of the things that is
CTyankee
Jul 2012
#24
What restrictions on numbers, firepower, and ammunition types do you advocate?
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#29
We'll certainly have to agree to disagree on the cosmetic features ban (otherwise known as the AWB).
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#70
It's actually much quicker to list the states that don't allow citizens to own machine guns:
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#116
The so-called "AWB" didn't really ban anything but certain combinations of features.
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#178
The term is quite accurate. A semiautomatic firearm is one which fires once per pull of the trigger
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#150
"I do not understand a society that condones citizens owning semiautomatic weapons..."
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#182
The difference is one of them gives a gun nut wood,...and it's not the wooden one....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#229
So, technicaly, you could sell your assault weapons to a person who wants it to commit a crime......
soccer1
Jul 2012
#105
Sure I could. Just as I could sell my car to someone who wants to use it to commit a crime.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#118
Law banning private sales of firearms are in place in some states such as California.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#132
A lot of gunowners take the phrase, "Out of my cold dead hands" very seriously.
Johnny Rico
Jul 2012
#177
I'm not sure I agree with you that it is a right of free people to be armed...but....
soccer1
Jul 2012
#155
Do you believe people who visit mental health therapists or are on some type of
soccer1
Jul 2012
#234
"It makes absolutely no sense to me that a person should be allowed to buy an assault weapon."
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#186
I do understand your point about any type of gun being capable of killing multiple numbers of people
soccer1
Jul 2012
#193
"...and imagine i would like the sense of peace i would have in that culture."
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#189
uhhhhh, the constitution provides for amendments, including repeal of previous amendments....
unblock
Jul 2012
#111
No, it's because you've been promoting government action based on fear and ignorance.
PavePusher
Jul 2012
#210
Clearly the framers intended for the right to be exercised within the framework of a militia
KamaAina
Jul 2012
#199
Every time someone gives a speech that incites others to riot and commit violence
4th law of robotics
Jul 2012
#73
NFWIH. If guns are outlawed, only outlaws, and the 1% controlled cops/government, will have guns.
Zorra
Jul 2012
#77
No: it should simply be interpreted correctly. Five right-wing scumbags on the Supreme Court
apocalypsehow
Jul 2012
#104
UPDATE - HockeyMom, I may have to revise my answer based on another thread...
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#224
No - but I would support a National Curriculum to instill a sense of empathy in kids
Taverner
Jul 2012
#139
no, but it should be interpreted within the boundaries of reason and we need to adopt gun control
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#146
What a STUPID fucking question... Let's repeal the Bill of Rights! Yeah... THAT'S the ticket!
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#225
Any party openly going after part of the bill of rights will suffer severe election losses
JVS
Jul 2012
#238
Repeal would not alter fact RKBA is still an unalienable right and would be protected by the 9th. nt
jody
Jul 2012
#255
If the Democratic Party supported that, it would be the end of the party.
limpyhobbler
Jul 2012
#264