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cognoscere Donating Member (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-26-09 04:11 PM
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131. As someone who has a Hillary logo
in your sig line, you might want to refrain from using the tactics of the far right if you're trying to refute an argument. Non sequiturs, half truths, and outright lies are the tools of Rove, Limbaugh, and other subhumans.
You wrote, "...unfettered right to own a high powered automatic assault weapon..." The next time you are in a sporting goods store, I suggest you try to buy a gun - any gun. Even a BB gun. Firearm ownership is one of the more fettered activities around. Generally, you have to be over 18, not a felon or mental case, and you have to pass a background check to verify that info. To that, add Federal and state controls on automatic weapons and your assertion starts leaning heavily towards fatuous.
As for "high powered" which is another rhetorical buzzword, I seriously doubt there are any full auto aficionados anywhere who would mind being restricted to 9mm or 45 cal. if it meant they could easily and cheaply own an Uzi, a MAC 10, or even the venerable Thompson.
In closing, it's obvious you feel strongly about your position and that usually is a good thing. However, when emotion is allowed to trump fact...well, we've seen how well that worked out in the Bush era.
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