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billh58

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7. Like much of their deceptive
Thu Oct 5, 2017, 03:17 PM
Oct 2017

marketing, the right-wing gun lobby, as represented by the NRA, created the myth of a "good guy with a gun" in order to sell more guns, which leads to more gun violence. They play to the fantasies of the aging gun culture's desires to feel important and play the part of a wannabe cop, soldier, or wild west cowboy hero.

To these gun nuts, the sacred Second Amendment gives them the right to "stand their ground" and to shoot anyone they deem as threatening, unpatriotic, or "different."

The bottom line is that more guns equals more gun violence -- period.

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Probably in about 2 to 3 weeks (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2017 #1
Perhaps a poll is in order? eom guillaumeb Oct 2017 #4
Wish there was one Spartikis Oct 2017 #2
I am Spartacus. guillaumeb Oct 2017 #5
Ya gotta love it! Plucketeer Oct 2017 #3
And they would have been firing hand guns uphill, so to speak, guillaumeb Oct 2017 #6
Like much of their deceptive billh58 Oct 2017 #7
And when politicians ask: "what can we do"? guillaumeb Oct 2017 #8
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