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In reply to the discussion: Why gun control is doomed [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)82. "So on...chip chip chip."
Incrementalism is what the gun control lobby has been trying to practice for decades.
Its not a new approach, and it IS well known among gun rights supporters.
In fact, incrementalism is what "don't give them another inch" is an answer to.
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Because the Bible study group wasn't packing enough heat themselves? Are you fucking kidding me?
Electric Monk
Jun 2015
#10
No, because a possibly mentally ill white supremacist fuckwit was able to get a gun.
NuclearDem
Jun 2015
#37
I agree. Virginia's broke down in the VT killings, yet its reporting system was 2nd only to CA.
Eleanors38
Jun 2015
#68
more of the same old, same old...I know you guys have your "sources." I see them
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#131
so I guess it's "impossible" so just give up and don't try anything anymore...
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#134
as long as some people blame the victims for their deaths by gun violence we avoid
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#145
you'll have to give me a post number for the problems and solutions as you see it....
pipoman
Jun 2015
#157
I disagree strongly with your ideas on this issue, it is not personal animosity.
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#165
"There's another readily identifiable minority" - guns are a choice you make to own.
The Straight Story
Jun 2015
#62
Because committing violent crimes is a matter of desire/intent. Which invites comparison. n/t
Shamash
Jun 2015
#130
Have you ever even considered the logistics of a "total gun confiscation"?? It would NEVER happen,
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2015
#6
And the cops have got them off the street. Are you claiming gun control doesn't work here? n/t
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2015
#14
"Gun control" is not a panacea. They problem is the "why" - why these mass shootings?
jonno99
Jun 2015
#55
Just like Electronic Frontier Foundation members are all responsible for child porn
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#18
I disagree. One can support a civil liberty and still condemn those who exploit it to do harm
aikoaiko
Jun 2015
#22
Actually, no, they *bought* them. You ready to pony up market prices for 350 million guns?
X_Digger
Jun 2015
#65
"Fuck you. You are, each and every one of you, responsible for Charleston and every single other..
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2015
#66
The United States has almost FOURTEEN TIMES the population of Australia. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2015
#83
Disgustingly, this vulgar, irrational, insulting POS post was (barely) sustained.
Lizzie Poppet
Jun 2015
#97
How do you propose to get the 20-25% of Americans that own guns to go along with that...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#13
even if such a law were possible, which it isn't, you wouldn't know where to look in most cases.
aikoaiko
Jun 2015
#24
Now this approach is interesting. It sounds similar to what the bad guys have done w Roe v Wade.
calimary
Jun 2015
#57
So, basically, you support Communism? Which Constitutional Right are YOU willing to give up??
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2015
#76
What does revoking RKBA have to do with state ownership of the means of production of capital?
Chan790
Jun 2015
#79
This is exactly why many of us RKBA'ers argue that gun control is a slippery slope.
appal_jack
Jun 2015
#146
It's easy to forget: (1) We really can change things; (2) Changing things takes lots of time
struggle4progress
Jun 2015
#4
Probably no more gun control, per se... but more surveillance, more people control seems possible
HereSince1628
Jun 2015
#25
Whatever "hateful" behavior is coming from the pro-gun side, it PALES in comparison...
beevul
Jun 2015
#99
So if bar owners can be held liable for the murder that's committed when a drunk
calimary
Jun 2015
#60
I think it should be up to the person who wants a gun to prove they are not a gun pervert...
hunter
Jun 2015
#64
"Obsessing about tools of death, collecting them, admiring them, is a perverse sick fetish".
smirkymonkey
Jun 2015
#159
A lot of people in the South had to "prove" they knew constitutional law to vote...
Eleanors38
Jun 2015
#75
I had trouble with the "gun gets you the vote and protects you from the night rider..."
hunter
Jun 2015
#154
We had a Rethug Congress in 2012. But eventually we won't -- demographics are moving
pnwmom
Jun 2015
#95
I don't know why so many Americans are so twisted compared to other humans in other
Arugula Latte
Jun 2015
#100