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What is alcohol designed to do?
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Alcohol is designed to be consumed in moderation responsibly. Absolut does not bottle vodka for you to Amy Winehouse it. Why? Because they lose a customer if you do. An AR-15 with a 30rd or 100rd clip if used AS DESIGNED is meant to dispense 30 or 100 bullets as fast as you can pull the trigger. Those bullets are not intended for deer or targets, they are intended for humans. It's that simple.
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What is a greater harm to society - alcohol or guns?
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Self-inflicted? alcohol Homicide? guns The harm to society cannot be compared like that. If I drink myself to death, so what? If I shoot people at the mall that is an issue.
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Is it easier to get a gun or get alcohol in this country? Again, not one person has made a solid argument as to why guns should be banned, and not alcohol.
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If you have $1000 cash and go to a gun show it is no harder then you having $20 and going to the grocery store. Comparing a consumable product to a discretionary one is impossible.
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I like to shoot and talk about guns. It is a hobby. It is fun. On a lazy Sunday, what is more likely to hurt someone, me going to the gun range and shooting for a few hours, or me sitting at home and downing vodka shots for a few hours.
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Then why not shoot with rubber bullets? Why does the projectile have to be deadly for you to prove you can aim? Why do you need 30rd or 100rds at the range? To answer you question I would say you going to the gun range and shooting and you drinking Vodka at home are both 99.99% safe. What is your point?
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People who want to ban guns simply want to impose their definition of "fun" on other people, no more, no less.
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No, I think it pretty much has to do with not having your 5 year old shot at school dude. I want to stop your fun???, seriously, that was weak. This is an emotional argument, but it has nothing to do with me limiting your fun factor.
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And btw, I'm a black, Obama voting Dem living in Seattle. Not exactly a tin foil hat wearing redneck living in West Virgina waiting for the feds to come get me. I can't let white rednecks have all the fun (and as said by others, I'm going to be prepared for the zombie invasion).
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Ok, I don't think that all gun peeps are hicks. Not at all. On a note I worked for the NRA for a year, so I have some pretty deep insight into this.
BTW, I am ok with CCW and I don't have a problem with hand guns, I have a problem with large capacity clips and loopholes in gun registration. I understand that banning "assault weapons" is really just take scary looking guns out of the equation. However it also begins to change the Rambo culture of this country which is half the problem in my opinion.
Keep reasonable guns in reasonable people's hands.