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		sambeau on Nov 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heirloom Chemistry Set As a Brit I'm totally baffled that Texas is happy for its citizens to own guns but baulks at them owing beakers… …baffled and saddened.

CamperBob2 on Nov 14, 2013 | [–]

Why baffled? Any arguments that you use to prohibit one can just as easily be used to prohibit the other.

When your laws target objects rather than actions, you can't avoid this kind of stupidity.

lambda on Nov 13, 2013 | [–]

As an American, I am too.

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