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Originally Posted by SuckOnThis
In addition, residents of West Bank settlements, and those who work there, may own pistols for self-defense.
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Oh man, stop it.
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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
Third, you being a British "subject" don't have a clue on what it's actually like to be a citizen or the inherit duty to be one. Your duty as a subject is to obey what your government tells you as a citizens duty is to makes sure the government does what we tell them to even at the end of a barrel if need be.  |
I can't believe there are still dumbfuck gunloons who come out with totally subnormal semantic points about "subjects" and "citizens". Especially when they don't even have a single clue what the words actually mean. 'British subject' essentially meant someone who was born or lived in a territory under the rule of Britain. That's it. And that was a long time ago, when British territory covered quite an extensive area of the planet. British people are (fucking obviously) British
citizens, and I have no idea where you'd get such a stupid idea that that they're not. Even a half-second Google on the term "British citizen" would put you right.
England is known as the 'Mother of Parliaments', due to its
800 year history of Parliament. Whereas a mere 150 years ago the USA was still flat out enslaving its own 'citizens', the Brits had a
modern parliamentary democracy before any other existing country on the planet, and before the USA was even conceived. Carry on pretending that was a 'tyranny' the Revolutionaries fought against though. The English had a Bill of Rights, with a 'right to bear arms', over a century before the US Bill of Rights was ratified.
Where do you think the idea came from?
Americans use the English the language, based laws on English law, were infused with the concept of democracy from Britain, even took the flag and national anthem from Britain. So much for 'independence' from the 'tyranny'. The only thing that changed in the Revolution was the 'tyrant' moved a few thousand miles to the west.
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Originally Posted by galleryseek
(3) What is the most effective and efficient manner by which you can defend yourself, assuming the attacker is pointing a gun at you? Most would answer: a gun.
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Most who? I would put money on most people answering 'bullet proof vest', 'running away' or 'comply with the attacker's demands and let the police catch him later'. If you can explain how a gun can stop a speeding bullet though, be my guest.