Because it's frequently cited as preventing any attempt to control guns.

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Because it's frequently cited as preventing any attempt to control guns.

Robert — 12/18/2012 2:43:11 AM (archived)

Controlling ammunition doesn't circumvent the intent of the second amendment, so even the most constructive approach I can think of could be shot down by twisting the second amendment.

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250 years of school shootings - RobVG - 12/16/2012 6:10:08 PM
- People are going to get sick no matter what we do, so why bother building hospitals? - alcaray - 12/16/2012 9:00:49 PM
  - If you're suggesting there is nothing we can do to stop gun violence, I disagree n/t - RobVG - 12/16/2012 9:50:07 PM
    - I'm not suggesting any such thing. - alcaray - 12/16/2012 10:01:11 PM
      - Funny, I was't trying to make a point. n/t - RobVG - 12/16/2012 11:01:20 PM
        
        I noticed that - Robert - 12/17/2012 3:46:40 AM
        
        The pornography analogy is apt. - ER - 12/17/2012 6:36:36 AM
        
        and - Robert - 12/17/2012 10:35:12 PM
        
        My girls are all markswomen. - MaryAnne - 12/18/2012 12:25:52 AM
        
        Mass murderers are almost always men - Robert - 12/18/2012 2:39:08 AM
        
        "I’m sure you can guess where I think gun violence comes from." - TB - 12/17/2012 5:11:59 PM
        
        Please proceed. - ER - 12/17/2012 5:50:49 PM
        
        Black on Black or gang related for starters. n/t - RobVG - 12/18/2012 12:36:55 AM
        
        Citizens are citizens. - alcaray - 12/18/2012 6:34:32 AM
        
        I don't consider violent criminals "citizens". - RobVG - 12/18/2012 3:45:01 PM
        
        "I can’t think of any other reason why blacks would be killing blacks." - ER - 12/18/2012 9:38:11 PM
        
        My god you are so off base. I expect an apology. Don't care if I receive it. n/t - RobVG - 12/19/2012 1:37:16 AM
        
        "I can’t think of any other reason why blacks would be killing blacks." - ER - 12/19/2012 3:07:42 AM
        
        Guess I should have added 'in such numbers'. - RobVG - 12/19/2012 5:26:47 AM
        
        You're missing the point. Deliberately. Again. - TB - 12/18/2012 9:41:49 PM
        
        You obviously didn't read my post. - ER - 12/18/2012 11:14:29 PM
        
        Oh, I read it. I read everything. - TB - 12/19/2012 3:22:06 AM
        
        So tell me, Tom. What's my motive? - ER - 12/19/2012 4:16:10 AM
        
        What "motive?" - TB - 12/19/2012 4:47:59 AM
        
        See above. - ER - 12/19/2012 1:27:57 PM
        
        Some statistics: - TB - 12/18/2012 4:13:39 PM
        
        Gangs of New York - ER - 12/18/2012 2:12:21 AM
        
        See? Thread's already dead. - TB - 12/17/2012 5:56:46 PM
        
        Maybe the problem is the underlying premise that something can always be "done." - TB - 12/17/2012 4:21:01 AM
        
        Humans do things to make things better. - alcaray - 12/17/2012 5:58:41 AM
        
        Licensing surgeons and airline pilots doesn't guarantee they won't make mistakes. - ER - 12/17/2012 5:50:47 AM
        
        Cooler heads. - RobVG - 12/17/2012 4:08:10 AM
        
        There are things to talk about - Robert - 12/17/2012 8:36:04 PM
        
        Tasers figured in a local case of wrongful death, decided against the police. - MaryAnne - 12/18/2012 1:38:36 AM
        
        Lethality is a statistical concept - Robert - 12/18/2012 2:45:24 AM
        
        Simple question. Why do you want to bring the 2nd amendment into it? n/t - RobVG - 12/18/2012 12:33:44 AM
        
        Because it's frequently cited as preventing any attempt to control guns. - Robert - 12/18/2012 2:43:11 AM
        
        Fair enough - RobVG - 12/18/2012 4:13:49 AM
        
        Connecticut still has an assault weapons ban. - TB - 12/18/2012 2:27:51 PM
        
        right you are - Robert - 12/18/2012 5:24:37 AM
        
        Monster porn - RobVG - 12/17/2012 4:38:15 AM
        
        There's more to it than just pro and anti gun sides. - ER - 12/17/2012 5:36:56 AM
        
        And yet, you did. - alcaray - 12/17/2012 3:44:57 AM

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