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PerpetualSelf
Apr 6, 2015

by Ralp
A well regulated militia means just that. It doesn't mean every chemically compromised burger that wants to can buy guns from a wallmart. No wonder your murder rate is African tier.

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Molothecat
Jul 25, 2007

Wrath, hate, pain, and death!

Fiiirrrst

Molothecat
Jul 25, 2007

Wrath, hate, pain, and death!

Also "walmart."

Know your superiors, boy

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer
Pissssssss

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot
alas, so is your posting

Stinky_Pete
Aug 16, 2015

Stinkier than your average bear
Lipstick Apathy
Guns being out of control is also unconstitutional...

...gunconstitutional :v:

The Anime Liker
Aug 8, 2009

by VideoGames
"A well regulated militia..."







Matey
Mar 28, 2008

eat food

im all about bun control

Man Whore
Jan 6, 2012

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Well regulated meant something else in funky 18th century talk and they actually do mean that every mouth breather has a right to death machines.

Rahu
Feb 14, 2009


let me just check my figures real quick here
Grimey Drawer
OP, have you considered that guns are in fact cool and good?

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


Ramrod XTreme

PerpetualSelf posted:

A well regulated militia means just that. It doesn't mean every chemically compromised burger that wants to can buy guns from a wallmart. No wonder your murder rate is African tier.

hosed up fi ture

Man Whore
Jan 6, 2012

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well-regulated just meant it was in working order. The amendment is saying that there needs to be a right to bear arms if you don't want a lovely rear end militia that has to beat down red-coats and indians with cudgels.

NecroMonster
Jan 4, 2009

did you know the constitution was intended to be changed and altered over time

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
lets just gun control it guys worth a shot right

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer
I can't afford gun its like 200 dollars

Top City Homo
Oct 15, 2014


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JiveHonky posted:

I can't afford gun its like 200 dollars

if you cant afford a gun you have nothing worth protecting

the system works

JiveHonky
May 12, 2001

by zen death robot
Grimey Drawer
Oh that makes sense

Man Whore
Jan 6, 2012

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NecroMonster posted:

did you know the constitution was intended to be changed and altered over time

not the ten amendments, p sure those are supposed to be basic human rights. its why its called the bill of rights you see.

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

there is free speech too but still libel laws that infringe on radical interpretations of that. or copyright laws that prevent you from stealing other people's speech. those are large areas of law, no small exception. can guns have the same amount of regulation and still be constitutional? of course, but it depends on the culture at the time it gets to the Supreme Court. and also whether you want to have about 100 more Waco type stand offs with militias and retaliatory McVeigh type terrorist attacks. frequent mass shootings are probably collectively less deadly than disarming US militants would be.

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Man Whore posted:

not the ten amendments, p sure those are supposed to be basic human rights. its why its called the bill of rights you see.

there's no particular restriction to changing those, they aren't legally any different from the rest

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax
anyway op sorry your pontification doesn't constitute a compelling legal argument.

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
your mother is a well regulated militia, if you know what I mean

AdolfHitler
Mar 21, 2009
i feel like murdering someone when i get mad, even just a little bit.

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

PleasureKevin posted:

there is free speech too but still libel laws that infringe on radical interpretations of that. or copyright laws that prevent you from stealing other people's speech. those are large areas of law, no small exception. can guns have the same amount of regulation and still be constitutional? of course, but it depends on the culture at the time it gets to the Supreme Court. and also whether you want to have about 100 more Waco type stand offs with militias and retaliatory McVeigh type terrorist attacks. frequent mass shootings are probably collectively less deadly than disarming US militants would be.

they can and they do. you're precluded from owning firearms for any purpose if you're a felon, which is already a far greater restriction than any restriction of expression. there are various classes of firearms that are restricted federally, and states have wide leeway to pass further restrictions, see the various state laws restricting the capacity of magazines.

Samuel
Nov 5, 2011
It's almost sixty times more likely that an American will use his or her weapon to defend against a home invasion or robbery than it is to be used in a murder.

TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Samuel posted:

It's almost sixty times more likely that an American will use his or her weapon to defend against a home invasion or robbery than it is to be used in a murder.

that's because if you kill someone in your house it's your word against that of a corpse

Man Whore
Jan 6, 2012

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TacticalUrbanHomo posted:

that's because if you kill someone in your house it's your word against that of a corpse

that corpse better have a drat good reason to be in my house.

skeletonotherkin
Sep 26, 2014

PleasureKevin posted:

there is free speech too but still libel laws that infringe on radical interpretations of that. or copyright laws that prevent you from stealing other people's speech. those are large areas of law, no small exception. can guns have the same amount of regulation and still be constitutional? of course, but it depends on the culture at the time it gets to the Supreme Court. and also whether you want to have about 100 more Waco type stand offs with militias and retaliatory McVeigh type terrorist attacks. frequent mass shootings are probably collectively less deadly than disarming US militants would be.

I unironically think the US governments relation with far militia groups is similar to the relationship between the ISI and the Taliban, except that former would utilize these far right groups to suppress any potential leftist challenge to the status quo, whilst the other is concerned with a possible war with India.

Tarkus
Aug 27, 2000

Samuel posted:

It's almost sixty times more likely that an American will use his or her weapon to defend against a home invasion or robbery than it is to be used in a murder.

I'd love to see the source on that because that sounds like absolute bullshit.

glowstick party tonight
Oct 4, 2003

by zen death robot
my kink is shooting bullets through my scrotum don't kinkshame me

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

Samuel posted:

It's almost sixty times more likely that an American will use his or her weapon to defend against a home invasion or robbery than it is to be used in a murder.

I heard it was 6 times more likely they would kill someone else or themselves accidentally than use it in self defence

Junkfist
Oct 7, 2004

FRIEND?
Clearly "well-regulated" means under EPA guidelines.

Dr. Fraiser Chain
May 18, 2004

Redlining my shit posting machine


Having guns to even the field against the government hasn't mattered since the advent of armor. Have fun shooting your AR15 at an Abrams. You have more power in your social media now.

Man Whore
Jan 6, 2012

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Tarkus posted:

I'd love to see the source on that because that sounds like absolute bullshit.

I don't know about six times but according to a CDC study “almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year.”
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cdc-study-use-firearms-self-defense-important-crime-deterrent
Only a fraction of criminal offensive uses would be actual murder so I can believe it.

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Man Whore posted:

well-regulated just meant it was in working order. The amendment is saying that there needs to be a right to bear arms if you don't want a lovely rear end militia that has to beat down red-coats and indians with cudgels.

it's funny how people take regulated to mean regulations but then get mad when you say the nazis were socialist because they were national socialists

it's almost as it words can have multiple connotations and shades of meaning, gee whiz

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Goodpancakes posted:

Having guns to even the field against the government hasn't mattered since the advent of armor. Have fun shooting your AR15 at an Abrams. You have more power in your social media now.

the libyan revolution didn't kill gaddafi with tweets, dumbass

Mega64
May 23, 2008

I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

PleasureKevin posted:

I heard it was 6 times more likely they would kill someone else or themselves accidentally than use it in self defence

I heard if you fire a gun into your butthole right before orgasm it becomes ten times more intense.

NecroMonster
Jan 4, 2009

Mega64 posted:

I heard if you fire a gun into your butthole right before orgasm it becomes ten times more intense.

do i like sit on the gun "long ways" and pull the trigger with me toe or something? asking for a friend

Ork of Fiction
Jul 22, 2013

Goodpancakes posted:

Having guns to even the field against the government hasn't mattered since the advent of armor. Have fun shooting your AR15 at an Abrams. You have more power in your social media now.

The founding fathers could never have imagined that such mass communication was possible in their day and age where broadsheets and loud-talking were the most effective means of communicating an idea.

Obviously, the first amendment was never meant to allow for such "social media" as this.

Also, cellphones kill more people and are used in conjunction with more crimes than firearms, so you should have to apply with the sheriff's department for permission to have one, imo.

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TacticalUrbanHomo
Aug 17, 2011

by Lowtax

Goodpancakes posted:

Having guns to even the field against the government hasn't mattered since the advent of armor. Have fun shooting your AR15 at an Abrams. You have more power in your social media now.

the national guard has tanks as well

regardless of how pointless you or anyone thinks the second amendment is, there is an overwhelming amount of case law affirming the interpretation that it restricts the government from arbitrarily preventing people from having guns

that being said I'd be totally in favour of just scrapping the entire constitution and writing a new one, and I don't see any particular reason to include any version of the second amendment

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