• ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    No it wouldn’t, that’s a false analogy.

    He didn’t say you should be allowed to shoot people and/or use a gun in any unlawful way (which is what’s analogous to ‘drink and drive’), he said you should be allowed to own a gun (which is what’s equivalent to owning a car).

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      6 hours ago

      Maybe someone could own a gun. Possibly a shotgun for a farm or game hunting. But there is no need for anyone to have a hand gun or an AR15.

      So for this analogy: Shotgun = car with regular driver AR15 = car with a drunk driver

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        5 hours ago

        but interestingly, Kirk was killed by a single shot outside the range of an AR15. Perhaps a musket, as the forefathers were considering when they wrote the second amendment.

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          4 hours ago

          outside the range of an AR-15

          Have you ever shot an AR? The effective range is about 600 yards and this shot was 140. That’s stupid easy with an AR. I’m not a great shot and I can easily shoot a <1-inch grouping at 150 yards.

          That being said, it was a bolt action rifle which is inherently more accurate.