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In reply to the discussion: "It’s not easy being a leftist who loves guns..." [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)5. One of my high school teachers once said
man puts most of his artistic work in his religious institutions and his weapons, his churches and his guns. This was a guy from NYC. Imagine history, mechanical engineering, and art rolled into one.
Do you feel the same way about someone who like swords or archery? If not, why not? If not, you are being inconsistent.
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Why would any well-balanced person "love" guns, anyway? Given their main intent
villager
Dec 2012
#3
And Wyoming gun politics, writ large, don't really work for the nation as a whole
villager
Dec 2012
#11
You're really desperate to assign blame everywhere but on the weapons used in the crime, aren't you?
villager
Dec 2012
#31
Ah there it is - the ultimate NRA apologia. So we can let any weapon, anywhere, be available anytime
villager
Dec 2012
#34
and of course, the fault of individuals who advocate for easy access to weapons...
villager
Dec 2012
#37
For starters, pay attention to what the NRA is saying to the rest of us. Like this morning.
villager
Dec 2012
#43
Or how a rational person wants to keep making all kinds of triggers easily available to all kinds
villager
Dec 2012
#45
There have been more than a few posters here on DU calling for outright bans on private firearms
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2012
#18