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In reply to the discussion: My Case Against Assault Weapons (cross post from the other group) [View all]benEzra
(12,148 posts)15. Interesting that they not only have to be protected from seeing a dissenting position...
they have to be protected from simply knowing that the dissenting position exists, lest they be led astray by such pesky things as verifiable facts.
It's probably for the best. Fraudulent claims like that beginning in the late '80s, and trolling Congress and the President into passing the original "assault weapon" bait-and-switch in 1994, are what destroyed the gun control lobby in the '90s and '00s. Maybe the Special Military Firearms Expert should just keep up the good work.
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My Case Against Assault Weapons (cross post from the other group) [View all]
Duckhunter935
Jun 2015
OP
If the poster truly believed what he wrote he'd be working to disarm the police, not the populace.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jun 2015
#2
That has to be one of best fiskings I have ever seen. All I can say is:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#7
Gee, I guess all of those 35ton tracked vehicles with turrets that I work on.
oneshooter
Jun 2015
#8
Interesting that they not only have to be protected from seeing a dissenting position...
benEzra
Jun 2015
#15
There's an M.C. Escher lithograph that I think illustrates the mindset:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#23