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In reply to the discussion: Gun Group Raffles Off Assault Rifle Model Used In Newtown Shooting To ‘Resist Barack Obama’ [View all]G_j
(40,373 posts)116. I think you have it reversed
after 19 years of squelching debate, who is selling fear?
http://ktar.com/?sid=1627926&nid=131
Updated Apr 28, 2013 - 10:02 am
Manchin: Gun bill to be reintroduced -
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the architects of failed gun control legislation says he's bringing it back.
Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday said he would re-introduce a measure that would require criminal and mental health background checks for gun buyers at shows and online. The West Virginia Democrat says that if lawmakers read the bill, they will support it
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Gun Group Raffles Off Assault Rifle Model Used In Newtown Shooting To ‘Resist Barack Obama’ [View all]
babylonsister
Apr 2013
OP
and of all the people you mentioned I don't not interact with any of them
enjoyingyourpeasyet
Apr 2013
#88
Let me be clear: you think people who want the most popular model of rifle in the country
Recursion
Apr 2013
#15
As if! THAT lot are the biggest collection of chickenhawks this side of the Republicans.
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#98
tell that to the parents of the 20 children who were massacred with this 'ordinary rifle'
spanone
Apr 2013
#28
If you don't have an emotional response to 20 dead first graders, you're the one with the problem.
Paladin
Apr 2013
#63
raffling off the very same model of weapon used to slaughter completely innocent people
rustydog
Apr 2013
#43
I first thought it was a celebration of the NRA "success at Newtown. All that killing, no changes;
AlinPA
Apr 2013
#87
Really? Even though handguns kill hundreds of times as many people every year?
Recursion
Apr 2013
#19
There's no reasoning with people who seriously propose fascist actions, either.
Lizzie Poppet
Apr 2013
#47
And they wonder WHY 90 percent of the country is in favor of background checks
jmowreader
Apr 2013
#74
That's reall disgusting. As is the usual gang of apologists in this thread.
morningfog
Apr 2013
#119
If the apolaogists spent a tiny percentage of their time fighting gun violence and deploring
CTyankee
Apr 2013
#120