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Gun Control & RKBA

pablo_marmol

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11. All about control, "proving" liberal bona-fides, posturing righteous etc.

Reply to DonP (Reply #9)

Thu May 12, 2016, 02:22 AM

May 2016

Nothing AT ALL to do with actually saving lives. The assault on "assault weapons" demonstrates their culture war most clearly. Yeah.......let's ban rifles based on the way they look rather than the manner in which they function. Rifles which are rarely used to commit violence.

The stoooooopid ---- it scorches. (Scorches Democrats in competitive races!)

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Why all of these pro-restriction threads when you won't stand up for victims of gun violence? pablo_marmol May 2016 #7

"When are you going to send your letter of protest to Kamala Harris?" DonP May 2016 #9

All about control, "proving" liberal bona-fides, posturing righteous etc. pablo_marmol May 2016 #11

Black powder. Straw Man May 2016 #8

That wasn't "ammo" exploding, that was apparently a stash of black powder exploding. benEzra May 2016 #12