Bb, #68 is a classic example of a well reasoned post. I hope you weren’t expecting the same in return from Garrison.

Funny stuff guys. Bb, you jumped from cheese, to utopia, to Venezuela, to empty suits…Then Looney follows with something about “piss”.

Cars are a necessity….. If automobiles were used for the sole purpose of running over people [instead of transportation "necessary" for our economy], they would be outlawed……..Cars used solely for killing would be outlawed except for sports cars “regulated” on private raceways… Guns should be outlawed too [because they're made solely for killing] except for sport shooting on private “regulated” hunting reserves or target facilities…..So gun freaks like you can get their rocks satisfied.

Now you see what I mean Bb. It’s useless to try to reason with an idiot.

Garrison,

I does seem I was wrong about you. You have no interest in finding a middle ground – you believe yours is the only way. You really are an extremist on this subject.

LC,
Thanks. I always try to find a common ground, and despite the extreme volume of noise from the fringes, the middle is where most people live.

Speaking of the middle, I think the US gun laws are, on the whole, fairly balanced. Of course there will always be people who think we should be allowed to collect rocket launchers, and others who think anything more dangerous than a 10” Chef knife should carry a life sentence. But the rest of us either choose to own a few common sense guns, or choose to not own them. It’s our choice.

Speaking of choice, since almost all gun laws are made by the state, not the feds, you are free to move to an area that believes as you do. Want to live in a state with CCW? Live in Mo. Want to live in one without CCW? Live in IL. Want to live in a city that has completely Banned handguns? Live in Chicago. You are free to move about the country. I am sure living in a state like Mo can be frustrating to a gun banner like Garrison, but just imagine being a gun rights person living in Chicago! At least here we don’t force anti-gun people to have a gun, in Chicago they force pro-gun people not to. Which, of course, means that only criminals have guns – and goes a long way toward explaining the roughly 650 murders a year that happen in Chicago.

Moon Bat, what happened to having a discussion about “regulating firearms”?

Garrison, using the gun banners argument; Cars that go 120 mph are not a necessity. How about if we just regulate them. No car that can go faster than 35 mph or that has a spoiler or racing style wheels would be permitted. Everyone can still drive, but would be much safer at Model T speeds. The government could have a buyback program for any cars newer or faster than a ‘48 Studebaker. We could call it the Brady plan.

#73 Amazed… I never try to reason with Garrison personally. It just serves a purpose to nudge him along in trying to explain the government worshipers’ irrational positions. Always very revealing….

What could be more “middle ground” than trying to phase out handguns in the next 200 years?…… Reduce the number of handguns produced each year by manufacurers [purveyors of death] to legitimate numbers instead of 12 million a year. Does somebody like Paris Hilton really need a pink pearled 38 to match her poodles sweater?…..The NRA is representing sales, not safety.

How many of these bad guys you’re so afraid of have muskets?
Let’s phase out handguns like the model T.

Better idea would be a ban on idiots. Garrison, find a bridge and jump off.

There one down, 50 million more to go.