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MineralMan

(146,255 posts)
Fri May 18, 2018, 03:51 PM May 2018

A Quiet Suggestion to Pro-RKBA DUers [View all]

When an incident like happened today occurs, where schoolkids are gunned down at their school, people are going to post things about firearms that you will not like. It's only natural, see. Someone came to that school armed with firearms and killed a bunch of fellow student with those guns. Someone did that, and used firearms to take their lives.

So, if it upsets you when people call for strong firearms controls, just stay away from those threads, OK? Don't come in and post pro-gun crap in them. It's not the time for that, if there ever is such a time. All you'll accomplish is to make people even angrier about the dead easy access to firearms people have in this country. And they're already pissed off, anyhow.

In threads about the latest school shooting, your arguments for gun ownership are going to do nothing but create more anger. Now, if that's what you want to do, then I don't know what to say, except that you might be on the wrong website. Kids died. They were shot with firearms. They're dead now.

THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR PRO-GUN CRAP! Just lay off. Let people vent. Don't read their posts. They saw the news about a bunch of children whose lives are over due to firearms. Save it. Don't argue with them. Just STFU or post over in the Gungeon. Don't be a dick to people who are pissed because kids are dead. It's just not a good idea, OK?

That's my recommendation. I have no authority here, but that's my recommendation.

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I would like to co-sign JustAnotherGen May 2018 #1
Thanks. MineralMan May 2018 #2
Just going to leave a KnR here. n/t Decoy of Fenris May 2018 #3
They probably should go to wherever gibraltar72 May 2018 #4
Okay, that's enough. Iggo May 2018 #9
Well then flotsam May 2018 #5
... NurseJackie May 2018 #6
And another one. Iggo May 2018 #10
Another one of what flotsam May 2018 #12
If you start that op JustAnotherGen May 2018 #25
FFS, your one of them I assume. nt USALiberal May 2018 #47
And please, for the love of God, RKBA-ers, don't ever gunsplain to me. All right? Aristus May 2018 #7
+1000 Canoe52 May 2018 #49
You mean an M-9, right? aikoaiko May 2018 #56
Thanks Hekate May 2018 #76
+1,000,000 lark May 2018 #90
A sound suggestion mcar May 2018 #8
I agree 100 % DashOneBravo May 2018 #11
Absolutely. Iggo May 2018 #13
Thank YOU! smirkymonkey May 2018 #14
K&R orangecrush May 2018 #15
Agree and kick SCantiGOP May 2018 #16
... Different Drummer May 2018 #26
Spot On! Leith May 2018 #17
I try to maintain some decorum. MineralMan May 2018 #22
You certainly succeeded! nt 7962 May 2018 #91
Completely agree...k and r NRaleighLiberal May 2018 #18
I agree that one should not be a "dick to people who are pissed because kids are dead." aikoaiko May 2018 #19
Respectfully, no. Devil Child May 2018 #20
Thank you, MM Mr. Ected May 2018 #21
I used to do that shit. Codeine May 2018 #23
... Different Drummer May 2018 #27
I hear you. shanny May 2018 #28
Thanks. Sometimes, MineralMan May 2018 #30
"enemies out of allies" aikoaiko May 2018 #58
Thank you, Codeine Hekate May 2018 #74
They are ProNra if you ask me Liberalhammer May 2018 #24
Great big K&R! n/t Different Drummer May 2018 #29
Can we respond to vile insults and broad brush character smears? hack89 May 2018 #31
Frankly, I don't care what you do. MineralMan May 2018 #32
Feeling is mutual hack89 May 2018 #33
OK. MineralMan May 2018 #34
Do you carry when you go to church? Hoyt May 2018 #52
I am an atheist. I don't carry in public. Nt hack89 May 2018 #59
Perhaps you could be adult enough to realize Codeine May 2018 #35
+a bunch. MineralMan May 2018 #36
And, showing absolutely Cha May 2018 #82
Gun fetishes are disgusting. Every time there's a mass shooting... hunter May 2018 #39
+100 n/t billh58 May 2018 #41
Good points. MineralMan May 2018 #45
That's nice. nt hack89 May 2018 #46
Well done, hunter. Yeah, notice Cha May 2018 #83
Thank you. Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #37
Thanks to you! MineralMan May 2018 #44
+1,000 NastyRiffraff May 2018 #38
And this is my recommendation for what you just calimary May 2018 #40
Thanks so much! MineralMan May 2018 #43
Well said and Thank You - a rational recommendation. c-rational May 2018 #42
In the old days, that's called being ladies and gentlemen. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #48
I fucking second that motion. 47of74 May 2018 #50
So members of Democratic Underground, who totally support the Democratic Party position on guns... GulfCoast66 May 2018 #51
Dude, better start wearing ear plugs when you shoot elias7 May 2018 #55
Except nobody said anything like that. Squinch May 2018 #57
Have you read OUR party platform? GulfCoast66 May 2018 #60
Your reply has absolutely nothing to do with my post. Did it come from some manual of Squinch May 2018 #63
Ok. I will become another of the many Democratic Underground GulfCoast66 May 2018 #64
Too close to the event? Gosh, ya think? Squinch May 2018 #66
I learned long ago to not take part in lots of discussions around here ! Kirk Lover May 2018 #72
Spot on, Squinch Hekate May 2018 #77
Understand there are times and places Codeine May 2018 #62
Just don't step all over freshly dead children to defend guns. Iggo May 2018 #68
I want them to post their tired old shit. XRubicon May 2018 #53
More initials that I don't know what they mean. Honeycombe8 May 2018 #54
It's the DU gun humper forum. Crunchy Frog May 2018 #65
Oh, ok. Thanks. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #67
RKBA stands for Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Iggo May 2018 #69
Oh, I see. Got it. All these initials I'm seeing lately are so hard to keep track of! Thanks. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #70
"Right To Keep & Bear Arms". nt 7962 May 2018 #92
I agree: gun humpers fuck off and crawl back into your hole gopiscrap May 2018 #61
And a fine one it is! PatrickforO May 2018 #71
RKBA? luc mont May 2018 #73
Right to Keep and Bear Arms Hekate May 2018 #78
Thanks for the Info luc mont May 2018 #85
Thank you, MM Hekate May 2018 #75
The way I see it, gun ownership or PR on behalf of guns aren't necessary. BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #79
Really. President Obama didn't take them away.. Cha May 2018 #84
Yep, when the idiocy and moral vacuum represented by your position . . . MrModerate May 2018 #80
"Shut up," he explained. tritsofme May 2018 #81
There's never a wrong time to speak up for civil rights & liberties. appal_jack May 2018 #86
You appear to have missed my point entirely. MineralMan May 2018 #87
Oh, I heard it loud & clear. nt appal_jack May 2018 #88
Thank you. lark May 2018 #89
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