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guntard Donating Member (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-26-07 07:05 PM
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77. Help me parse this
Find some fucking solutions to the reasons people react to the illegal use of guns in their neighborhoods . . .


I'm not sure what you are asking for here.

The people to whom you are replying so immoderately are looking for ways that Democrats can avoid being tarred with the gun-grabbing brush. The most obvious solution to this problem is for Democratic politicians and candidates to, um, stop grabbing guns.

By "solutions to the reasons people react to illegal use of guns" do you mean solutions to people's erroneous perceptions of what the real problems are in their neighborhoods; or do you mean solutions to the basic causes of violent crime?

Are you attempting to assume an anti gun rights posture here without actually being explicit about it? If so, I think the more responsible question (always) is, "What problem are you attempting to solve with gun control?" I like this question because when posited in this way, it is easy to show how gun control doesn't actually address or even mitigate any of the problems its promoters pretend it solves. The only purpose for advocating gun control, so far as I can tell, is to ensure election in districts where gun control is a popular idea. The efficacy of the policy is almost never discussed.

And bandying about the label "RW" as you do does little to enhance your argument, especially since, as has been demonstrated elsewhere in this forum, gun control was originally a right wing, reactionary policy.
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