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In reply to the discussion: On this horrific anniversary let us speak out against the horrors the NRA agenda has brought us [View all]world wide wally
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On this horrific anniversary let us speak out against the horrors the NRA agenda has brought us [View all]
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
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My take on it is a lot of gun nuts are just more terrified to die than the rest of us.
BlueJazz
Dec 2013
#3
They love to tell us about how much crime has dropped when we express concern about guns
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#4
Sure, but it is always good to have open discussion on the issues of the day
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#7
Of course not, no one wants to let the person who pulled the trigger off the hook
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#8
Good to know that you agree with the President that the assault weapons ban should be reinstated
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#38
The biggest problem I see is that BOTH sides have to be rational, and one side
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#10
If that is what the Democratic platform says, then YES, it is distorted. I am not a mystic
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#39
Not to me. And I also don't think the Prez is as much of a gun control deregulator as you seem to
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#43
Now if only the NRA and it's "ditto heads" could understand it, we would all be better off
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#48
So his position is actually not "just like" the NRA position as you previously stated.
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#56
Yes Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Kennedy were very clear in the Heller decision
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#70
Umm, the president agreed with the individual rights approach *before* Heller. n/t
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#81
The president supports gun control, you may not want to accept that but he does
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#91
You can try to pretend Obama's position on individual rights is the same as the Supreme Court's
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#98
The correct view of the 2A is that early on in our country's formation, the only way they could
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#47
If that were true, why did the northern states incorporate the same right in their respective..
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#54
I don't think any of those envisioned the 21st century gun fanciers' abuse of the bearing of arms.
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#63
Have anything actually in response to my question, or are you just going to post snark?
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#67
The fact is, gun fanciers are not arming up for the reasons envisioned in the 2nd Amendment, or
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#68
That's not an answer. Since it was you who originally posited it, care to answer?
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#114
You are thinking in terms of 21st century America where open space may mean a couple square
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#145
I am glad we can agree that hand guns are an even bigger problem than assault rifles
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#31
You could lose the sarcasm and help the pro-gun side a little. Just an idea. n-t
Logical
Dec 2013
#85
There are other solutions besides restricting the particular tools that people happen to use...
LAGC
Dec 2013
#135
Yes, the fact that a teenager can legally go buy a gun is a result of NRA pressure for weak gun laws
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#66
If you have to be 21 to drink then 21 seems reasonable to buy a weapon as well
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#72
A gun is not the same thing as a ballot or a car, your comparisions are ridiculous.
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#76
As I have said more than once 18 year olds should not be able to buy guns
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#89
Give me a few hundred thousand dollars to conduct a poll and I will get that number for you
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#105
Part of the reason the NRA has more money than the gun control advocates...
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#116
Guns are LEGAL to manufacturer, sell, purchase and own. There is NO WAY to solve this problem....
Logical
Dec 2013
#84
Yep, do nothing and in another decade we'll have 100 million more gunz to deal with when
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#97
You are really not rational. Like I said, no real discussion. Just whining to whine. nt
Logical
Dec 2013
#122
Then they have a much better reason for having unlimited weapons in Alaska
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#147