AWB and honesty

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Tuesday February 05, 2013 · 2:43 PM PST

2013/02/05 · 14:43

Honesty - truthfulness, sincerity, frankness, freedom from deceit or fraud.

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Sunday January 27, 2013 · 4:26 PM PST

2013/01/27 · 16:26

I was raised in a Democratic voting household, my dad was a member of the IBEW and we would be considered lifelong Democrats. My family and the millions of families like us make up a significant portion of the Democratic Party. Who are we?

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Saturday January 19, 2013 · 5:13 PM PST

2013/01/19 · 17:13

As far as semi-automatic weapons go:

•    barrel shrouds;
•    pistol grips;
•    flash suppressors;
•    collapsible stocks; and,
•    bayonet lugs

are nothing more than customizations…its all just stuff that doesn’t do anything other than trick out a firearm and make it look like something that it’s not, which is a military select fire weapon.

To use a limited analogy, the proposed AWB is no different than banning customized cars that have:

•    a slick red paint job;
•    expensive rims;
•    a tachometer;
•    a sun roof; or,
•    hood locks

The accessories on both of these lists have absolutely nothing to do with the functionality of the car or firearm. The engine in the tricked out car is the same engine that was in it before customization, performance capabilities are not enhanced. The same applies to semi-automatic firearms; nothing has been done to increase their rates of fire or enable them to be more accurate.

The proposed AWB is beyond silly, it accomplishes nothing more than to ban something based solely on what it looks like (is that a new liberal value?). I find enacting laws that are built upon something as superficial as appearance rather senseless.

But hey, if such “feel good” legislation makes people think they are actually doing something that is substantive and will reduce the likelihood and severity of violent criminal behavior, then by all means, have a field day. I mean, we don't need legislation that will actually accomplish the goal of reducing violent criminal acts involving a firearm, all that matters is that people feel good, right?

Attention gun controllers: I don't trust you

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Friday January 11, 2013 · 4:03 PM PST

2013/01/11 · 16:03

In a comment from my last diary, Robobagpiper wrote;

This. It's a matter of trust. When gun controllers incessantly go on with "ban this! ban that!" out of one side of their mouths, and sneer "you crazies! We don't want to come take away your guns" out of the other, there is zero basis for trust.

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Wednesday January 09, 2013 · 7:07 AM PST

2013/01/09 · 07:07

This is going to be short. Here are some reasons why I am skeptical of any registration regime. These are off the top of my head and in no particular order.

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Thursday January 03, 2013 · 8:50 PM PST

2013/01/03 · 20:50

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Monday December 17, 2012 · 2:54 PM PST

2012/12/17 · 14:54

I am a member of RKBA and I want to have this conversation. Before I start I want to say this.

Let's try to be constructive. It is not constructive for people who are in favor of more gun-control to call others who disagree with them them murderers or accomplices to murder. The same principle applies to those on the other side of the isle.

I want to see a reduction in violent crime and reduce the number of casualties of events like this. So let's make sure that any legislation we suggest will absolutely do those things.

Whether we like it or not we do have a right to keep and bear arms. Therefore I believe any restriction of that right should be as limited as practicable.

Any new laws should apply equally to everyone. No special dispensations for the police, celebrities, media personalities or politicians who can afford armed security. Their lives are no more important than anyone else's. The exception here would the the President, the Vice President and their families.

We can't ignore the fact that violent crime and gun crime rates are lower now, even with increased gun sales. Why that is happening is not clearly defined but it certainly appears that increased gun sales aren't causing the crime rate to go up.

Gun owners like myself are not the problem, we are not inclined nor determined to commit such acts.

I believe that most of these atrocities and other violent gun crimes are perpetuated by those with mental health issues or career criminals. We need to work on policies that limit and prevent their ability to commit such acts.

Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme or somewhere in between, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.

As always, if you're interested in joining RKBA, message KVoimakas.
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RKBA: A conversation revisited

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Wednesday September 19, 2012 · 2:41 PM PDT

2012/09/19 · 14:41

I was pretty happy with my last diary, at least regarding what I wrote. I really was trying to have or start a conversation. Unfortunately the bulk of the over 500 comments (which is a lot for one of my diaries) showed that a conversation regarding firearms can be rather difficult to have.

It is my desire that we continue to work towards having such conversations and I don't know of a better place to do it than right here. Does anyone think that a group whose opinions can, on the surface, be seen as being polar opposite of many of the opinions here on this site, could even begin to be tolerated at Red State? I don't frequent that site but I find it highly unlikely that a group, that was "pro-gun control" (for lack of better words) would be allowed to form, let alone contribute diaries and engage in comments. That says something about what we have and says even more about what we can work toward. Nevertheless, we didn't get very far last time, nor have we gotten very far before. Let's say we try again.

Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme or somewhere in between, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.

As always, if you're interested in joining RKBA, message KVoimakas.
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RKBA: A conversation

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Tuesday August 07, 2012 · 5:50 AM PDT

2012/08/07 · 05:50

I am confident that most everyone wants to stop or at the least lessen the consequences of the actions of people like James Holmes. So what could have been done, what controls could have been in place that would have prevented or lessened the severity of the consequences of what he did?

Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a DKos group of second amendment supporters who also have progressive and liberal values. We don't think that being a liberal means one has to be anti-gun. Some of us are extreme in our second amendment views (no licensing, no restrictions on small arms) and some of us are more moderate (licensing, restrictions on small arms.) Moderate or extreme or somewhere in between, we hold one common belief: more gun control equals lost elections. We don't want a repeat of 1994. We are an inclusive group: if you see the Second Amendment as safeguarding our right to keep and bear arms individually, then come join us in our conversation. If you are against the right to keep and bear arms, come join our conversation. We look forward to seeing you, as long as you engage in a civil discussion.

As always, if you're interested in joining RKBA, message KVoimakas.
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RKBA: No Trust

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Monday July 02, 2012 · 9:23 AM PDT

2012/07/02 · 09:23

People who own firearms can’t be trusted; at least that’s what we are told time and time and time again, ad infinitum, ad nauseum. We can’t be trusted to carry them, either openly or concealed and we can’t be trusted with them in our own homes.

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Wednesday March 07, 2012 · 1:11 AM PST

2012/03/07 · 01:11

It was 1963 when my mother divorced my Dad; I was 2 at the time so I have no recollection of what happened or why. I do know that she packed me up and moved back to Joplin Missouri to live with her parents, my Grandpa Miller and my Grandma Theda.

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Wednesday February 29, 2012 · 1:35 PM PST

2012/02/29 · 13:35

For the sake of argument let’s say that there isn’t an individual right to keep and bear arms. Instead that right is limited to the context of a militia, an argument that is consistently presented in comments responding to RKBA diaries, where does that leave us?

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