Is the requirement for a drivers licence an illegal tax on free movement?
Gun people sound so weird to us from outside the US.
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What if everyone votes that you canât carry a handgun anymore in said secret ballot?
(also, that is one of the most bizarre analogies Iâve ever seen. Just no)
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Hmm, I think one of these things is not quite like the otherâŚ
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If you can cast a secret ballot you should be able to carry a concealed handgun.
Hmm, I think one of these things is not quite like the otherâŚ
Yeah, using a gun actually does something 
I think the best solution is that all Americans have a gun grafted on to their forehead from, if possible, birth. The firing of said gun should be triggered by whichever muscle action the proud American desires, such as a light frown.
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This would be the Thomas Jefferson that died in 1809 right?
I understand that the US is very proud of itâs whole constitution and stuff, but just because something worked two hundred years ago doesnât automatically mean itâs the only basis for law today.
Sure, take inspiration from whatâs gone before, but recognise when situations have changed.
(edit, and the âfree manâ bit implies he wasnât much bothered about slaves)
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The Constitution of the United States of America is a sacred document and cannot be altered or amended⌠especially not the 2nd⌠er⌠amendmentâŚ
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Jefferson also said we should literally own people.
So, citing him means you have to ackowledge things have changed.
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No, no he was not. In fact he liked his slaves quite a bit.
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Funny strange because, you know, gun owners are all racists and homophobes.
I would submit a related video, but I guess SNL chases down and removes their old sketches from youtube,
I THINK this is a transcript, but my work actually blocked the site:
https://snltranscripts.jt.org/94/94gfunny.phtml
Yes, I have linked to this organization a few times. I know a couple members on a forum.
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Poeâs Law applies most definitely.
Sometimes the Yes Men fail at satire. Iâm sure the NRA see nothing amiss here.
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The YT vid is ânot availableâ, but this link worked for me (and was worth it):
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Definitely wonât be any hanging chads on THAT ballot!
Ballot boxes and guns are two completely different mechanisms for political power. That you canât keep the two distinct in your mind, makes me doubt that you should be trusted with either one.
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Until I read the write-up, I thought it was a real NRA plan, and was being trolled by the Yes Men.
Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
A sucker in a uniform waiting to get shot
By me, or another nigga
And with a gat it donât matter if heâs smaller or bigger
The idea that being armed is a source of power for black people which helps keep the authorities in check is a widely held position which dates at least to the Black Panther Party For Self Defense, and probably much earlier.
In your eagerness to use white privilege discourse to support your personal position on gun control, you ended up speaking for and misrepresenting non-white people. Thatâs racist, and a dishonest use of privilege theory.
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So youâre saying the Black Panthers constitute a âwell-regulated militiaâ?
And yet here you are, speaking for black people and claiming that âtheyâ want guns in order to keep the authorities in check.
What critical mass in terms of numbers did you reach in your interviews of black people on this topic before you concluded that âtheyâ want guns in order to defend their communities against the police?
Seems to me that a LOT of black people realize that having guns is no defense against an ever-increasingly weaponized and militarized police force. What I hear a LOT more black people fighting for is a reduction of police abuse, not greater access to guns with which to fight that abuse.
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There was probably a time and place when that theory seemed reasonable.
In practice âI thought he had a gunâ is all a cop needs to say in order to kill people of color without facing any serious consequences. And shooting at a copâeven one who was in the wrongâis almost never going to make your situation better.
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