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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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7. Since it takes 2 belligerents...

Reply to ileus (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 10:05 AM

Feb 2016

...to make a fight but only one to make a murder, it is my considered view that taking the role of a pacifist may lead to one being complicit in one's own murder, not in the moral sense but in the active election to object to the idea of self-defense. It's just not natural.

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FBI: Indiana Reported More than 140 Domestic Violence-Related Fatal Shootings From 2006-2014 [View all] SecularMotion Feb 2016 OP

So they average about 15 per year. krispos42 Feb 2016 #1

Just wait a bit sarisataka Feb 2016 #9

140 divided by 8 Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #2

Nine. krispos42 Feb 2016 #8

Yeah and that's an acceptable number, right? nt flamin lib Feb 2016 #12

You might want to try that again with a reply that *isn't* made of straw... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #13

DV endures for a long time, years even, before it turns homicidal. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #3

you really expect Secmo Duckhunter935 Feb 2016 #4

Any BloomieBro will suffice. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #5

Excellent reminder of why the 2A is an important issue for women. ileus Feb 2016 #6

Since it takes 2 belligerents... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #7

wow. totally bankrupt post from you about domestic violence. CreekDog Feb 2016 #10

excuse? why would I need an excuse? I've got the 1A. discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #11