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Gun Control Reform Activism

billh58

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6. Yep, funny how someone becomes

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 10, 2017, 05:06 PM

Jan 2017

six feet tall and bulletproof when equipped with a false sense of superiority. The old saying "discretion is the better part of valor," is very true, and when confronted with a "fight or flight" situation, the wise choice is almost always flight.

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An armed society is a polite society [View all] billh58 Jan 2017 OP

If an armed society is a more polite society, guillaumeb Jan 2017 #1

Great observation! billh58 Jan 2017 #2

No, and allowing people with literally no training to carry guns guillaumeb Jan 2017 #3

My response to that: Somalia. lastlib Jan 2017 #10

An excellent observation. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #11

When I wore a younger man's cowboy boots I went to as many flamin lib Jan 2017 #4

Yep, funny how someone becomes billh58 Jan 2017 #6

Won my last fight by 40 yards . . . nt flamin lib Jan 2017 #8

LOL! billh58 Jan 2017 #9

Only the government can be trusted with guns Truth321 Jan 2017 #5

Not sure that I would agree billh58 Jan 2017 #7