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In reply to the discussion: If it's about guns, cool. If it's about people, count me out. [View all]LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)36. Sounds eerily akin to how people of...
"There is an ugliness running through some of the more self-righteous anti-gun positions... a cudgel with which to gain supremacy over people who are considered enemies. But I find ten people with one gun a lot scarier than one person with ten guns. Notice how much is about people, personalities, cultural factors... achieving a humiliating victory against well-heeled rednecks... it suggests that they are more interested in attacking..."
Sounds eerily akin to how many people of faith often feel when that sacred cow of religion is being gored. I wonder if we are ever consistent, or if consistency is only demanded when applied to our personal sacred cows.
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I keep waiting for Skinner et al. to shut down some of this but so far ... nothing.
Bake
Jan 2013
#73
Sorry, but the culture is as much a part of it as the guns themselves. Yesterday I got called a
Erose999
Jan 2013
#6
Maybe "taken down a peg" wasn't the right word. I don't care about "scoring points" because honestly
Erose999
Jan 2013
#11
I had a gun pointed at me by a family member who was also a convicted felon and had mental issues...
Erose999
Jan 2013
#13
That same sherrifs office got into trouble shortly after that because guns that had been slated to
Erose999
Jan 2013
#22
Oh, you're right, military styled rifles are just a convenient scapegoat du jour.
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#44
Country music listening, skoal dipping, camo wearing, Baptist church going, Repub voting fireman
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#40
people in rural areas are the ones that accidentally shoot their children and threaten to overthrow
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#18
I don't see the problem with discussing a wide range of policies on the internet.
DanTex
Jan 2013
#58
I haven't seen any discussion of microstamping at all in the wake of Sandy Hook.
DanTex
Jan 2013
#66
That's the way I took it too, a confrontation with an armed person is not a fun thing
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#23
Some folks insist on hanging on those suicides because it inflates the number to something to go on
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#42
Why is it that pro-gun advocacy forces people into making bizarre and callous claims
DanTex
Jan 2013
#69
Most of those folks are ATTENTION SEEKERS rather than being serious about suicide
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#75