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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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2. Umm, What are a few deaths in order to enforce prohibition?

Reply to catbyte (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 01:47 PM

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December 29, 1890 [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 OP

So what's your point? catbyte Oct 2016 #1

Umm, What are a few deaths in order to enforce prohibition? Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #2

What's the point of asking what's the point? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2016 #3

Maybe it was about the immigration policy years before discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #4

Are you for forced confiscation like many on DU? Duckhunter935 Oct 2016 #5

One big point is: Unarmed people do not fight back GreydeeThos Oct 2016 #6

Oh, Jesus H. Christ. As an Oibwe, I am DEEPLY offended by your conflating a shameful catbyte Oct 2016 #7

I'll take that as you are a supporter of gun control GreydeeThos Oct 2016 #8

I refuse to even dignify that outrage of a question with an answer. Shame on you. catbyte Oct 2016 #9

The holdouts at Bataan were overcome by the Japanese GreydeeThos Oct 2016 #11

greydee's false dichotomy jimmy the one Oct 2016 #15

The men on Bataan had military arms GreydeeThos Oct 2016 #22

Memes. Straw Man Oct 2016 #12

Endlösung der Juden-frage jimmy the one Oct 2016 #16

Specious? Straw Man Oct 2016 #20

Now I've heard it all discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #21

Because, ANY evidence that armed resistance can be effective even on the smallest, localized scale Marengo Oct 2016 #23

Why didn't I think of that discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #26

partisan warfare jimmy the one Oct 2016 #28

History. Straw Man Oct 2016 #29

The Churchill quote sums it up for me: discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #30

who's the bigger racist? jimmy the one Nov 2016 #38

Therefore, you've concisely condensed your opinion/observation that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #39

too smug jimmy the one Nov 2016 #38

Not that I agree with your assertion... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #39

you piqued my interest jimmy the one Oct 2016 #31

Well, that's good. Straw Man Oct 2016 #34

Divergence discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #35

Yes. Exactly. Straw Man Oct 2016 #36

You're welcome discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #37

It's a "dumbass meme" if civilian disarmament is an ideoligical goal. Marengo Oct 2016 #24

If allowing Jews to possess arms posed no potential threat towards the Nazi regime, it's Jewish.. Marengo Oct 2016 #25

Beyond the living batshit crazy pale, is it not. pangaia Oct 2016 #27

friendly fire kills both sides: eyewitness phillip wells jimmy the one Oct 2016 #14

I'm sure your implication... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #17

sympathetic magic jimmy the one Oct 2016 #18

Then, thanks for agreeing with premise in the OP. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #19

Gun control isn't progressive. ileus Oct 2016 #32

A concise way with words is a gift... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #33