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In reply to the discussion: Get rid of assault weapons [View all]clffrdjk
(905 posts)23. Wait, did you just claim
That a lawyer who tried to put the blame on the gun rather than the defendants, has more in common with the pro gun side than the antigun side?
You do know that the progun mantra is blame the person who pulled the trigger not the tool. While the antigun side always wants to blame the inanimate object.
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BUT, finally the term "Assault Weapon" is actually used correctly. I wonder if they'll edit.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#66
get rid of the guns being used to commit massacres (e.g. more than 2 people being killed)
samsingh
Aug 2014
#2
i think the level of gun violence and having 9 year olds fiing uzi's is more absurb
samsingh
Aug 2014
#20
gun lovers can't be convinced by facts, emotion, logic or reality - the arguments i hear
samsingh
Sep 2014
#84
Subthread meet thy doom. The war on RKBA will go about as well as the war on drugs.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2014
#94
because guns are used to kill people and Chicago has huge issues with gun violence
samsingh
Sep 2014
#83
If banning guns cures gun-related issues how come banning alcohol won't cure
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2014
#91