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And then today we read this..................

Obama Signs Bill Giving Him Armed Protection For Life

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It's funny how obama is always looking out for himself, giving himself raises and added security while giving the middle finger to middle America. And, yet, his legions of worshippers are to stupid to see what he is doing, not only to the country but to them as well. Go figure.

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A gun in the hands of a free man frightens and angers the autocrat, not because he fears the power of the gun, but, rather, the spirit of the man who holds it.

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1)We don't limit the military or secret service in their duties carrying weapons.
2)Politicians are often targets (see Gabby Gifford).
3)If the shooter in California had had a glock instead of his brother's shotgun, we'd have another Sandy Hook on our hands.

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1. has nothing to do with the op.
2. more ordinary citizens get shot than do politicians, yet they want protection and will deny you the same right.
3. you don't know that, it's just rhetoric that you thinks sounds good.

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Anyone who supports a gun ban must support a ban on ALL guns, including those in the hands of police, secret service, etc. If guns are unsafe, then they are unsafe. Otherwise, they're a hypocritical piece of ****.

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There is a glaring difference between the two scenarios.
For the civilian populace, you can essentially get the guns in question with no background check from a gun show.

Secret service? Police?
Not only is there a hiring practice involved, but typically background checks, psych evals, and ongoing evaluations of their fitness to be in that line of work (and their fitness to be armed).

If they are deemed unfit, they can be fired and have that firearm taken from them.
When the civilian populace has a similar situation, then your analogy would hold water.
Until then,


"More ordinary citizens" get shot because ordinary citizens vastly outnumber the politicians.
Not to mention that death threats to politicians probably far outnumber (per capita) those to "ordinary citizens".
A "per capita" approach would obviously be more appropriate.


Wow dude.
That was a ridiculously weak reply...

An easy turnabout is to recognize that the NRA + gun owners are very insistent on keeping high volume magazines in their repertoire.
It's funny how they can stress how important it would be for THEM, when realistically they would be defending themselves against typically one or maybe two adversaries...
But when we talk about what that means in the hands of a mass killer, THEN they want to pretend it's trivial...

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I was talking about a gun ban, not background checks. Reading... it's fun!

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bull sh*t

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There is no damned reason for an ex-public servant to require government-paid security for his ass.

Yes, it IS bull**** for someone to support banning guns EXCEPT for guns to protect THEIR sorry asses. Bull**** indeed.

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My understanding is that many shooters (like me) have sold their assult type military weapons, knowing that these were going to be banned.

That is why I gave mine to a good friend, and we signed papers. As I didn't really need it after owning it for over 22 years the fun was over.
We bought them together, for the Y2K possible madness.

And this part of the debate you make it sound like it is just your opinion. Care to back it up with any studies, etc., etc.

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