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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

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12. If you expect Americans to be moved...

Reply to PdxSean (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 27, 2016, 11:48 AM

Oct 2016

If you expect Americans to be moved by a tragedy into blaming an object rather than the individual that misuses it, and you believe that most peoples minds actually work that way, you're going to be waiting a long time for a train that isn't going to come.

The absence of logic necessary to hold that position, absent a dislike or hatred of guns, is breathtaking.

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Support for banning "assault weapons" (aka modern-looking civilian rifles) is now at record lows. [View all] benEzra Oct 2016 OP

I am part of the 61 percent Duckhunter935 Oct 2016 #1

Dog bless you! pablo_marmol Oct 2016 #6

Sandy Hook PdxSean Oct 2016 #2

Rifles make up about 2% of all murders Travis_0004 Oct 2016 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Straw Man Oct 2016 #17

"Assault weapons" pablo_marmol Oct 2016 #5

Such a true statement Duckhunter935 Oct 2016 #7

"assault weapons" to paraphrase a famous attorney discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #15

If you expect Americans to be moved... beevul Oct 2016 #12

If the Sandy Hook murderer had used a straight-wooden-stocked rifle instead, benEzra Oct 2016 #16

Gallup is a right leaning crapshow. elehhhhna Oct 2016 #3

"Those grapes were probably sour anyway, said the fox" DonP Oct 2016 #9

An amusing way to phrase that discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #10

"said the fox" Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2016 #13

When the 1%ers want to tell you what to do.... ileus Oct 2016 #8

These graphs indicate the American public has considered the arguments... Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #14

Support for AWB way way down. beevul Oct 2016 #18

When all you have is an alert link and a rec link... discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #19

Mere "tuning out" isn't good enough for some of them anymore DonP Oct 2016 #20

Yes indeed one alerts on me a lot Duckhunter935 Oct 2016 #21

Yet our future Commander in Chief wants to ban them. pablo_marmol Oct 2016 #22

Wrote an OP with those points as the topic discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #23

No.....THANK YOU! pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #24

You're welcome discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2016 #25

When even Vox publishes a positive article about the AR 15....... pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #26

Another article from the same author (^^) that explains why the AR is popular: pablo_marmol Nov 2016 #27

Another AWB is surely a key part of success for future Democrats discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #27

Yes.... Puha Ekapi_2 Dec 2016 #28

Advocating another AWB is marginally smarter than suggesting... discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #29