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Gun Control & RKBA

jonno99

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4. Not to mention the near pathological obsession that "grabbers" have with

Reply to Puha Ekapi (Reply #3)

Tue May 10, 2016, 11:55 AM

May 2016

taking firearms from the law-abiding, and the overwhelming silence they have when it comes to promoting measures to punish law-breakers.

The only logical sense I can make of their irrational approach is that they must truly believe that it is actually the mere presence of a gun that makes one do evil, and if guns could be magically made to go away, we'd all be able to live in harmony.

sigh...

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Grassroots for gun safety — stand up to NRA, its enablers [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

Project childsafe Duckhunter935 May 2016 #1

Gun safety... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #2

The same mindset drives "bathroom safety activists" obsessed with others' genitalia... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #6

What? You mean the Grand Old Potty? Eleanors38 May 2016 #9

"watch the number of gun deaths soar. " Puha Ekapi May 2016 #3

Not to mention the near pathological obsession that "grabbers" have with jonno99 May 2016 #4

It's a semantic problem. Straw Man May 2016 #7

As with MSM, gun-controllers must begin with distortions and untruths, or... Eleanors38 May 2016 #11

They differ from 'grassroots for abortion safety' groups only in... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #5

Wow! "Stand up to the NRA 8.0". How exciting. DonP May 2016 #8

SM -- if you truly cared about the victims of gun violence, you'd lean on Kamala Harris. pablo_marmol May 2016 #10

This was authored by a lobbyist for the NRA SecularMotion May 2016 #12

So, how big a check are you sending them? DonP May 2016 #13

The disinterested reader will note that they did *not* dispute the accuracy of the linked *.pdf... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #15

I noticed, just like to highlight the hypocrisy when it's so obvious DonP May 2016 #16

Well done, SecMo- two uses of exactly the same genetic fallacy in two minutes! friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #14

Let the record show that SecMo employs genetic fallacy........ pablo_marmol May 2016 #18

Should I be surprised that ManiacJoe May 2016 #17