Gun control
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I said zero cost to society. What is the societal benefit of letting you have 6000 round magazines? (Yes, I'm purposely exaggerating the number to have fun)
such as: having to get a license. Why? Here's proof im a citizen, where's ma gun @?
Most of which pro-gunners want to roll back. Even if not, so what? Do we stop making traffic laws because there's a bunch already? Or laws to protect the environment?
khalid
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What would the societal cost be of a 6000 round magazine? I would guess it would have close to zero cost, as again the amount of deaths caused with semi-auto rifles with 30round magazines is statistically insignificant.
khalid
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So, even if I follow the parameters of your argument, we're talking about eliminating something that has a nonzero cost to society, with no societal benefit for its existence.
Sounds like a good deal to me.
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Sure. A lot of states have put in place laws where you can't talk on a cellphone while driving WITHOUT USING A HANDS-FREE DEVICE HI ARAYSAR
khalid
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You are so disdainful of freedom. Every restriction has a cost. Plus it would be pretty fun to be going around my land plinking with a 6000 round magazine!
Are you heading for the slippery slope thing again? Because we already did that a few pages ago I think, but we can do it again if you'd like.
You, I like. I consider it a public service that I just added the final +net to get you back into the positive.
Loser Araysar
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False. Not a single state in US bans talking on a phone while driving.
Does it ever get tiring to be wrong all the time?
What other driving laws we added in last 20 years?
khalid
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What are you nattering on about? Every restriction has a cost because it is restricting someone from doing something they might want to do, especially a victimless crime like simply owning a magazine. Police have to go around enforcing it, some people will get sent to jail for simply owning something that they never had any intention of hurting people with, etc.
The burden is on you to show that the societal costs of magazine restrictions are worth the benefits. Since we know from simple statistics that the amount of homicides from semi-auto rifles with high-capacity magazines is so low, we know the benefits are close to zero. Yet again, to reiterate, this is what you think would be a "damn good place to start".
Which is why you are a fucking moron.
Loser Araysar
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