Texas gun laws

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  1. Marc

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    This thread has got out of hand. Needs a good ol' fashion shootout (I don't really mean that)
     
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    Really? We're not allowed a view on gun control because of something that happened nearly 250 years ago?

    If anything that just highlights the fact that the gun laws are based on a historic context which is no longer relevant. It's not as if the Queen is going to send the redcoats over just as soon as Chuck and Hank hand over their AR-15s is it?
     
    mansfield_red, May 26, 2021
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    Did I say you couldn't have views? Anyone can have opinions on anything they like, mine just happens to be that Texans should choose for themselves.

    "Gun laws are based on a historic context"
    -Mentions the queen-
     
    tomaiba, May 26, 2021
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  4. George Kerr

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    Had a zoom meeting on Monday with friends in East Tennessee. They were telling me there had been five gun killings in a fortnight in Knoxville. Having been there twice It is quite laid back quite friendly place. But there is loads of anecdotal stuff of similar incidents. Apparently gun sales have gone up during the pandemic. At the beginning there was even panic buying of guns.
     
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    You said, "Britain attempting to force Americans to give up their arms is something they tried in the revolutionary war era so I find threads like this to be quite tone deaf." Which implies we're now trying to force you. Why make that link otherwise?

    I wouldn't force you to do anything as you'd probably try to shoot me, to be fair :D
     
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    I have no idea what point you are trying to make there, I wasn't supporting the queen was I? In fact if you go back through my posting history you'll see that I view the monarchy as an anachronism that should be removed. Still, nice try.
     
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    Not in such terms, but you clearly implied it.
     
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    I saw something yesterday (I haven't confirmed it, to be clear) that gun sales in the US went up by 40% in 2020 and gun deaths went up by 30%.

    Sure it's just a coincidence though.
     
    BarnsleyReds, May 26, 2021
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    bloody dogooders!
     
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    Another one ongoing in San Jose, I know what will make this better.....more thoughts and prayers.
     
    DavidCurriesMullet, May 26, 2021
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    TitusMagee, May 26, 2021
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    If anything that just highlights the fact that the gun laws are based on a historic context which is no longer relevant. It's not as if the Queen is going to send the redcoats over just as soon as Chuck and Hank hand over their AR-15s is it?[/QUOTE]
    Not to be outdone by @Stephen Dawson !

     
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    Awful news, I can't get my head round why anyone wouldn't want to try to stop events like these, they seem to happen so often.
     
    Redhelen, May 26, 2021
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    Implosion, the word Americans need to get used to hearing. A country so ill at ease with itself and quite frankly if that country were a person it would be placed in a padded cell for everyone's protection.
     
    Del Rosso, May 26, 2021
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    They've had 230 mass shootings this year. We are in May.

    Land of the free, home of the brave.
     
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    ...Nation of the brain-dead, Resting place of their victims.
     
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    Note the 230 Mass shootings this year across the US.
    Edit
    Just seen YT's response.
     
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    Because, and I'm sure some will argue against this, as much as they claim otherwise a lot of people care more about their "god given" right to own a gun than the thousands of lives lost every year.
     
    BarnsleyReds, May 26, 2021
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    Yes.
     
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    That would be self defence.
     
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