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In reply to the discussion: On this horrific anniversary let us speak out against the horrors the NRA agenda has brought us [View all]Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)65. they invented pump shotguns
and sold it to the store, The NRA ran the background check and I am sure they paid for the gun the MURDERER used. Of course he had no responsibility, he was forced to do it by the evil NRA.
NRA is responsible for all evil
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On this horrific anniversary let us speak out against the horrors the NRA agenda has brought us [View all]
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
OP
My take on it is a lot of gun nuts are just more terrified to die than the rest of us.
BlueJazz
Dec 2013
#3
They love to tell us about how much crime has dropped when we express concern about guns
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#4
Sure, but it is always good to have open discussion on the issues of the day
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#7
Of course not, no one wants to let the person who pulled the trigger off the hook
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#8
Good to know that you agree with the President that the assault weapons ban should be reinstated
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#38
The biggest problem I see is that BOTH sides have to be rational, and one side
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#10
If that is what the Democratic platform says, then YES, it is distorted. I am not a mystic
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#39
Not to me. And I also don't think the Prez is as much of a gun control deregulator as you seem to
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#43
Now if only the NRA and it's "ditto heads" could understand it, we would all be better off
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#48
So his position is actually not "just like" the NRA position as you previously stated.
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#56
Yes Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, Alito and Kennedy were very clear in the Heller decision
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#70
Umm, the president agreed with the individual rights approach *before* Heller. n/t
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#81
The president supports gun control, you may not want to accept that but he does
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#91
You can try to pretend Obama's position on individual rights is the same as the Supreme Court's
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#98
The correct view of the 2A is that early on in our country's formation, the only way they could
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#47
If that were true, why did the northern states incorporate the same right in their respective..
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#54
I don't think any of those envisioned the 21st century gun fanciers' abuse of the bearing of arms.
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#63
Have anything actually in response to my question, or are you just going to post snark?
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#67
The fact is, gun fanciers are not arming up for the reasons envisioned in the 2nd Amendment, or
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#68
That's not an answer. Since it was you who originally posited it, care to answer?
X_Digger
Dec 2013
#114
You are thinking in terms of 21st century America where open space may mean a couple square
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#145
I am glad we can agree that hand guns are an even bigger problem than assault rifles
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#31
You could lose the sarcasm and help the pro-gun side a little. Just an idea. n-t
Logical
Dec 2013
#85
There are other solutions besides restricting the particular tools that people happen to use...
LAGC
Dec 2013
#135
Yes, the fact that a teenager can legally go buy a gun is a result of NRA pressure for weak gun laws
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#66
If you have to be 21 to drink then 21 seems reasonable to buy a weapon as well
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#72
A gun is not the same thing as a ballot or a car, your comparisions are ridiculous.
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#76
As I have said more than once 18 year olds should not be able to buy guns
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#89
Give me a few hundred thousand dollars to conduct a poll and I will get that number for you
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#105
Part of the reason the NRA has more money than the gun control advocates...
Bjorn Against
Dec 2013
#116
Guns are LEGAL to manufacturer, sell, purchase and own. There is NO WAY to solve this problem....
Logical
Dec 2013
#84
Yep, do nothing and in another decade we'll have 100 million more gunz to deal with when
Hoyt
Dec 2013
#97
You are really not rational. Like I said, no real discussion. Just whining to whine. nt
Logical
Dec 2013
#122
Then they have a much better reason for having unlimited weapons in Alaska
world wide wally
Dec 2013
#147