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In reply to the discussion: Young man shot dead by gun nut after pulling into wrong driveway [View all]mike_c
(36,266 posts)12. I think you missed the point UTTERLY....
"Rational gun rights people" created the gun violence juggernaut. They maintain the falsehood that their rationality somehow prevents tragedies like this when instead it creates an environment of fear, maintains access to guns for "irrational gun rights people," and keeps civil society forever balanced on the edge of sudden violence. The only solution to this plague of gun violence is to take YOUR guns away. It's the "rational gun owners" who keep the country awash in firearms. It's the "rational gun owners" who constantly cite their paranoia and fear as justification for "self defense," and thus set up killings like this one. "Rational gun owners" have blood all over their hands.
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Young man shot dead by gun nut after pulling into wrong driveway [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Jan 2013
OP
Stand Your Ground does not apply when you initiate the confrontation either
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#7