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Gun Control & RKBA

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11. For many reasons, a heavily-armed civilian population is not what I worry about...

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 01:44 PM

Dec 2016

More worrisome is an unarmed population with small armed bands of political extremistss, gangsters and brigands roaving about with impunity.

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With all of the talk [View all] sarisataka Dec 2016 OP

No one has prevented anything yet sarisataka Dec 2016 #2

Face it, the three branches of government are actually: Throck Dec 2016 #4

Good point! (n/t) spin Dec 2016 #5

C. Wright Mill rides again! Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #7

Trump with a list of gun owners? samir.g Dec 2016 #6

Donors? yagotme Dec 2016 #8

And there are millions gun-owners which didn't support him.... Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #9

Which is something to worry about, yagotme Dec 2016 #10

Perhaps you misunderstood my post, yagotme Dec 2016 #12

Oh, I quite agree with you on that. Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #14

And it would quickly go downhill from there. n/t yagotme Dec 2016 #15

Well, my guns are safe gejohnston Dec 2016 #13