I do not approve, but I am not surprised

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mel0di: (via kiamatthews:briandrew)

Yea, okay, but…the crime rate in DC is an outrage. I cannot help but think that lifting the ban will increase crime even more. Now, I’m not stupid, I understand that the Supreme Court was created to uphold the Constitution…a Constitution that should protect the people. Guns don’t protect people, that’s a lie the NRA told you. So….by extension, the Supreme Court should not have  overturned the ban. I would get laughed out of court with that reasoning but oh well.

I am no huge fan of firearms here, and like I said, I don’t think I’d own one, but to think that legal ownership of guns will increase crime is sort of naive… people who are committing these violent crimes will continue to obtain guns in the same manner they always have - illegally. Overturning the gun ban does not mean gun stores are going to pop up on every corner in DC.

But really, I can’t form a real, coherent opinion on this issue because I do agree with points from both sides and my brain is clouded by the über masculinity of a dude carrying a gun. Sorry.

Kia: Try, for one second, to abstain from thinking of a gun as a steel cock :)

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   Thank you, Kia, for some all-too-rare common sense...issue. Seriously.

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   lol…you must have read Freakonomics

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   A firearm saved my life from an intruder when I was 16 years old. I’m a proud supporter of the Second Amendment. Banning...

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   “to think that legal ownership of guns will increase crime is sort of naive… people who are committing these violent...

8. themattsmith reblogged this from kiamatthews and added:

   Kia: Try, for one second, to abstain from thinking of a gun as a steel cock :)

9. kiamatthews reblogged this from mel0di and added:

   I am no huge fan of firearms here, and like I said, I don’t think I’d own one, but to think that legal ownership of guns...

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    Yea, okay, but…the crime rate in DC is an outrage. I cannot help but think that lifting the ban will increase crime even...

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