would you support an amdt. to constitution that bans the sale & ownership of

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No (pro-freedom)

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That has got to be one of the most retarded proposals I have read on this forum.

Don't worry, I'm sure more will crop up shortly.

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LOL @ the outrage, and ROLF @ the left-wing outrage. Oh no, banning guns, so terrible.

It's a cultural thing. I don't really understand it either.

I'm from rural America and don't understand it. It's fun to shoot a gun but if you're concerned about constructing responsible public policy, it's quite clear that gun ownership is a terrible vice and a not a virtue. It's amazing to me that a few pulls of the trigger is sufficient to cloud people's judgement on this issue...

I understand liberals being aghast at this proposal but leftists? What is wrong with you people, we're supposed to believe that the idea of "negative liberties" grounded in 18th century classical liberal thought are nonsense...

You don't have to believe in the idea of "negative liberties" to support the right of gun ownership.

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They don't care....GUNS=SCARY!

Indeed, the odds are SOOOOO freaking remote that the people that worry about it probably don't understand them, even more so if you don't happen to live in a handful of specific square miles.

So pure coincidence that the chance is about 10-15 times higher in the US?

Might hand gun ownership not be the only variable here? Of those countries listed, the United States is a far more unequal society with less readily available access to mental health care.