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I think it would help if you named your dealbreakers. Imagine if in an OS discussion you said that you like Linux but won’t adopt it due to a couple of unspecified dealbreakers and just left it at that. Most people here would probably consider it borderline FUD.


Gun control is the big one. Stop trying to criminalize my possessions.


“There is a huge difference between the guns of a sportsman or homeowner and high-powered assault weapons with 100-cartridge magazines, I grew up around guns and gun owners, and I will work to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens. But the law must reflect the reality that, in the wrong hands, guns can be used for violent crimes, disrupting communities and making families and neighborhoods less safe.” - Elizabeth Warren [1]

This seems like a perfectly reasonable thing for someone to say about gun control. It doesn't sound like she is trying to criminalize your possessions unless you already have a criminal record and/or possess a tool of mass murder. Although I guess there is potential her position has changed since that was from her Senate run in 2012. I couldn't find anything specific about gun control yet on her 2020 site.

[1] - http://archive.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/07/27/...


Of course they can make a statement that makes it sound reasonable and defensible but look at the legislation they push. At the end of the day my right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED and words like those leave a heck of a lot of space to infringe on my right to keep, let alone bear, said arms. Look at the "red flag laws" the DNC has been supporting in the past couple years. After Heller made handguns untouchable they were trying to go after rifles which are basically a rounding error as far as crime and violence goes. The DNC is hellbent on attacking the ability of citizens to keep and bear arms the way the RNC is hellbent on making abortions hard to get (I specifically chose this comparison because both of these positions are an asinine invasion of people's private business).

If you want to play the weasel word game my driveway has five "tools of mass murder" in it and Tractor Supply will happily sell me 40lb bags of oxidizers to accessorize them with.


The so called "high powered assault weapons" are so low powered that they are not allowed for hunting because they don't kill. (depends on the game of course, a rabbit doesn't need much, for a deer they are just barely powerful enough, for something bigger they don't have the power to kill)

100 round magazines are fun. Not practical, but I the art on my wall isn't practical either.




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