Yeah, and you don’t want our guns either.
I wish I was going to be around long enough to make a future bet on this with you, but it appears that's unlikely. I'd be willing to go six figures and even give you odds.
Yeah, and you don’t want our guns either.
I wish I was going to be around long enough to make a future bet on this with you, but it appears that's unlikely. I'd be willing to go six figures and even give you odds.
Of course you would. If I won, I’d have no way to enforce the wager.
Yeah actually we could arrange something. A simple contract. The money placed in a trust account that divests to the winner (or their estate, or designated beneficiary) on a specific future date. Are you interested?
No, I was thinking more like picking a date 10 years from now. Say ten years to the day from the date the contract is executed. The wager would be on whether or not the 2nd amendment will have been repealed/private gun ownership banned by that day.
Yes we can designate who we want as beneficiaries in case either of us deceases before the 10 years are up.
You make a good point about parking that much money for that length of time. We could do an interest bearing trust but still our liquidity could be affected. So how about we arrive at a number that wouldn't have as much impact in that way yet still be substantive. Say maybe 20K? Or whatever number you're comfortable with.
I don't know why it made your head hurt. It's a pretty simple proposition, really :dunno:
Saying that “ you want our guns” is not equal to “ you’ll get our guns”. I’m not going to go so far off of the deep end as to move even 20 grand into a trust for an internet wager on gun control.
I’ll wager my usual $1000.00 dollars on Donald Trump’s re-election. I feel that no one on the Democrat horizon can beat him.
If you feel differently and want to accept that bet, consider it a virtual handshake.
To repeat, you want our guns, I’ve never believed that you’ll get them. And I am certainly not going to move thousands of dollars around on liberal ambition.
If you feel strongly you could always make that bet on a prediction market. Currently the odds are 50/50 that Trump will be the Republican nomine in 2020 and a 43% chance that Republicans win in 2020. If you're right, there is money to be made.
I’ll wager my usual $1000.00 dollars on Donald Trump’s re-election. I feel that no one on the Democrat horizon can beat him.
If you feel differently and want to accept that bet, consider it a virtual handshake.
To repeat, you want our guns, I’ve never believed that you’ll get them. And I am certainly not going to move thousands of dollars around on liberal ambition.
Tempting.
There are a number of trails I could see leading to that not happening.
I'm glad you didn't offer me this bet after the first republican debate in 2016. I'd have wanted to increase it to 10K ... :wallet:
So what do you envision happening within the next decade? Failed attempts at repeal? A civil war?
Democrats will have to control both houses and the White House to attempt sweeping unconstitutional gun legislation. Then the makeup of SCOTUS plays a role. If the left were successful in both legislation and a liberal majority court, enforcement of gun laws would lead to civil war. Yes.
No way a repeal makes it through state ratification.
So in the end I guess we can agree the 2nd amendment is safe.