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In reply to the discussion: When did the Second Amendment become holy scripture? [View all]Aristus
(66,274 posts)10. What am I being blinded to? The beautiful, life-affirming things you can do with guns?
The breath-taking contribution guns have made to art, music, dance, literature, public speaking, child-rearing, medicine, gardening?
Disdain, yes. Hatred? No. Pity, certainly, for anyone who lives a life so full of fear, anxiety, mistrust and self-inflicted uncertainty that they have to go heeled every minute of every day.
Does my support for gun control make me a better person than the gun-crazies? In a few abstract ways, yes, perhaps. But mostly, I imagine I'm simply happier, and less full of fear.
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That was the whole point of the OP. The First Amendment is infringed all the time
Aristus
Jan 2013
#5
No rights are absolute. NONE. Not even the right to life - look at our very legal
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#30
So you posted this hoping for a Gun Troll Attack - baiting I think the term is? Why?
el_bryanto
Jan 2013
#3
Thursday is never a slow day at work. In fifteen minutes, I'll be moving so fast,
Aristus
Jan 2013
#6
You must really hate those gun trolls - are you worried your hatred blinds you?
el_bryanto
Jan 2013
#7
What am I being blinded to? The beautiful, life-affirming things you can do with guns?
Aristus
Jan 2013
#10
I didn't say they were beneath my notice. If they were, I wouldn't have noticed them.
Aristus
Jan 2013
#16
I don't know of anybody of any consequence who believes it describes an absolute right
Recursion
Jan 2013
#14
I've kind of been making this point lately...our "rights" have been picked apart so much it's become
dkf
Jan 2013
#15
Firearms do not protect life. They take it. A threat to use a firearm may protect,
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#31