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    This touches on the aspect I find most...

    This touches on the aspect I find most interesting. So... Stinger missiles, bazookas, and tactical nuclear weapons for all? I might push for one of those "cooling off" waiting periods on the nukes,...
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    Assuming that would mean criminals wouldn't have...

    Assuming that would mean criminals wouldn't have them (we could always re-release these nanobots every so often), I'd be all for it here in the US. Can't speak for the rest of the world.


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    clubs knives handguns grenades machine guns...

    clubs
    knives
    handguns
    grenades
    machine guns
    shoulder-fired missiles
    suitcase nukes

    These are all arms. Do we agree to infringe upon the right to privately own some of them? How is that...
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    So what does "arms" mean, then? Huge, unwieldy...

    So what does "arms" mean, then? Huge, unwieldy muskets?
    It's just whatever we agree that it means, right?
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    So what would you say to the argument that the...

    So what would you say to the argument that the genie is already out of the bottle? We have millions and millions in circulation, and people argue that they need firearms to protect themselves against...
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    I mentioned it because I found it interesting,...

    I mentioned it because I found it interesting, since I'd always assumed that auto/semi-auto referred to the firing, not the loading. Feel free to disagree with Wikipedia, and to explain why, or not....
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    From the wikipedia article ...

    From the wikipedia article in question:


    "An automatic firearm is a firearm that loads another round mechanically after the first round has been fired.

    The term can be used to refer to...
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    If I were king, I'd probably restrict gun...

    If I were king, I'd probably restrict gun ownership to shotguns for home defense and bolt-action rifles for hunting. Not gonna happen any time soon, though.

    EDIT: I was going to say the same as...
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