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In reply to the discussion: How do you know the things you know about guns? [View all]sarisataka
(22,027 posts)3. I picked professional experience
but hobby and education are nearly on par.
For discussion purposes I don't have much issue with specific terminology; magazine or clip doesn't matter as long as all parties understand what is being talked about.
When it comes to making law however, terminology is very important. To define certain rifles as 'assault rifles' and place that in law is akin defining Schedule II narcotics as 'strong painkillers' and expecting people to comply with the 'spirit' of the law.
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That's the most forthright argument for willful ignorance I've ever seen
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2014
#12
It's the only game they have. Honest discourse would lead to defeat of their arguments.
NYC_SKP
Mar 2014
#13
How exactly do you propose confiscating 300 million+ firearms, billions of magazines,
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#18
So you propose making the manufacture of all firearms, magazines, and ammunition illegal.
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#23
Dissension from their philosophy of civilian disarmament is too much for them to bear.
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#25