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Originally Posted by the_real_Barleycorn
Semi automatic are "ideal" for militias? By their very nature, militias are armed with what you can get your hands on. Ask the Minute Men.
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My argument is against handguns, not for autoloading firearms. And a "well regulated" militia that's not underground should prefer semi-automatic rifles.
Are you referring to the Minute Men of the Revolutionary War or the Minute Men that were led by a child molester and hunted down illegal immigrants? If so, the number of fatalities inflicted with hand guns by these groups was probably minimal. If you're thinking about the Minutemen of the 1960's, then yes, hand guns are ideal for assassinating Communists.
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Originally Posted by the_real_Barleycorn
Handguns are used primarily for self defense regardless of the skin tone of the perpetrator. What is color so important to you?
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If you choose to carry your firearms in public, I should have the right to see them and go someplace else. Hand guns are too easily concealed. Also, based on the number of fatalities, hand guns are primarily used for suicide, not self defense. If someone is drunk, high on meth, or just plain depressed, it's a lot easier to blow your brains out with a pistol than a shotgun or a rifle.
Blacks killing blacks, whites killing whites, and Hispanics killing Hispanics with hand guns are significant problems. White supremacists killing blacks and Hispanics with semiautomatic rifles is rare. That was my intended point, and I didn't say it very well the first time.
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Originally Posted by the_real_Barleycorn
Going by numbers, 97% of mass shootings take place in "gun free" zones. Seems simple, ban gun free zones.
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