(11-07-2020, 04:03 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(11-07-2020, 03:59 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: #1.  No one is taking your guns.  Relax.

#2.  You don't understand international trade deals.  Trump fixed nothing and hurt American businesses and consumers with the tariffs he imposed.  Who do you think paid for those?

#3.  Just put your damn mask on in public.  Its not about you; its about preventing spread to protect the vulnerable.

#4.  The FBI would be interested in your secession strategy.  I think they are on Gate Parkway if you're interested in sharing your thoughts.

#1 Maybe, maybe not. It depends on what type of gun you own. Harris said she agreed with Beto O'Rourke's idea about going door to door and confiscating semi-automatic rifles from people, even though they were bought legally by law abiding citizens. In my book, that is stealing and that would not be tolerated. People are not gonna stand by and let the government steal their property.

I would differentiate "semi-automatic" from "assault" weapons.  I am an avid gun owner... but I do not want assault weapons in the hands of people that should not have them.  Those should have a higher standard.  

The analogy I would use is with other countries having the ability to have their own military to protect themselves.  I am all for it... it should be their right.  But do you want them all to have access to nuclear weapons that can have grave consequences to a massive amount of people?  Absolutely not.  Its the same concept with assault weapons; albeit on a very different scale, obviously. If you believe everyone should have the right to own an assault weapon, applying that same logic on a larger scale would say all countries should be able to access nuclear weapons. Same argument, larger scale.

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