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Gun Control & RKBA

SteveW

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4. Gun banners' problem: Look at that coastline...

Reply to burf (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 12, 2012, 07:25 PM

Jan 2012

"...gun control lobbyists who, unlike Guerin, don't have the grit or the wit to draw a bead on the real bad guys."

This is at the core of gun-control efforts: Smear the gun-owner, and give deference to the crims and thugs (who will get guns anyway) because those people will commit mayhem on you if you try to stop them.

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Very interesting article from down under. About Gun Control supporters "dodgy logic" [View all] virginia mountainman Jan 2012 OP

There is a pervasive idea that the more guns you own the more dangerous you are. Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #1

rampant paranoids E6-B Jan 2012 #6

That always cracks me up when said by folks who strap guns on before venturing out. Hoyt Jan 2012 #11

Almost as funny as people who are afraid of people who strap guns on before venturing out. Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #13

Try fixing a car with one wrench. nt Remmah2 Jan 2012 #12

Prohibtion strikes again. MicaelS Jan 2012 #2

The banners in Australia are having burf Jan 2012 #3

Gun banners' problem: Look at that coastline... SteveW Jan 2012 #4

yep virginia mountainman Jan 2012 #7

give them an inch... ileus Jan 2012 #5

They will call it an "end to incrementalism" and get even more aggressive.. virginia mountainman Jan 2012 #8

Compromise E6-B Jan 2012 #9

Theres that word again. beevul Jan 2012 #10

I wasn't aware that the anti-gun people used "logic" Lurks Often Jan 2012 #14

I think it'd be more than rude.. armueller2001 Jan 2012 #15