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I think you might be arguing against something that I didn't actually say. The operative words in "concealed carry license" and "hunting license" is "license",

by glurgh 13y ago

I think you might be arguing against something that I didn't actually say. The operative words in "concealed carry license" and "hunting license" is "license", which was exactly my point. The number of printing press deaths in the US, and likely worldwide is probably quite small.

travisby 13y ago
A "hunting license" gives you the ability to take an animal, not to own a firearm. And in most states (outside of the most infringing states -- my home state of NY is a great example), a Conceal Carry license is "how" you can carry a handgun on your person - and not the ability to own one.
- hga 13y ago
  A hunting license also gives you the ability to carry a loaded long gun in a variety of places it is otherwise illegal, due mostly to anti-poaching laws.
  - travisby 13y ago
    Now that I was unaware of. Thanks for informing me! I had my hunting license early, so I really take it for granted.
hga 13y ago
You seem to have not noticed how printing presses, and newfangled movie projectors and radio transmitters, were instrumental in arranging the deaths of a quarter billion disarmed people by their own governments in the 20th century. You simply can't achieve that level of mass murder if you're limited to getting up on a soap box, word of mouth, etc.
- glurgh 13y ago
  Hang on, you're now arguing the rather vague second amendment is inviolable but the first caused Hitler? Come on.
- mikeash 13y ago
  Let's not be silly. Note how many of the top items on this list predate movies and radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_... The An Lushan Rebellion, for example, is thought to have possibly killed 15% of the human population of the entire planet. Hitler and Stalin couldn't dream of such levels of mass murder.

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I think you might be arguing against something that I didn't actually say. The operative words in "concealed carry license" and "hunting license" is "license",

by glurgh 13y ago

travisby 13y ago
A "hunting license" gives you the ability to take an animal, not to own a firearm. And in most states (outside of the most infringing states -- my home state of NY is a great example), a Conceal Carry license is "how" you can carry a handgun on your person - and not the ability to own one.
- hga 13y ago
  A hunting license also gives you the ability to carry a loaded long gun in a variety of places it is otherwise illegal, due mostly to anti-poaching laws.
  - travisby 13y ago
    Now that I was unaware of. Thanks for informing me! I had my hunting license early, so I really take it for granted.
hga 13y ago
You seem to have not noticed how printing presses, and newfangled movie projectors and radio transmitters, were instrumental in arranging the deaths of a quarter billion disarmed people by their own governments in the 20th century. You simply can't achieve that level of mass murder if you're limited to getting up on a soap box, word of mouth, etc.
- glurgh 13y ago
  Hang on, you're now arguing the rather vague second amendment is inviolable but the first caused Hitler? Come on.
- mikeash 13y ago
  Let's not be silly. Note how many of the top items on this list predate movies and radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_disasters_by_death_toll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic_... The An Lushan Rebellion, for example, is thought to have possibly killed 15% of the human population of the entire planet. Hitler and Stalin couldn't dream of such levels of mass murder.