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1. Why do we allow this?

Reply to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 05:29 PM

Oct 2015

Why do we allow a noisy minority to run rough shod over the wishes of rest of us, with their fantasies and their fascination with their deadly toys that are specifically designed to kill people?

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Obama on Gun Control: "We are the only advanced country on Earth....." [View all] Fred Sanders Oct 2015 OP

Why do we allow this? -none Oct 2015 #1

I think you may be confusing just who is the minority in the gun control discussion, branford Oct 2015 #2

Only 30 or so persent of American Citizens own guns. -none Oct 2015 #5

The operative number is not the number of gun owners, branford Oct 2015 #6

So you are telling me that all the innocent people being shot and killed are far less important than -none Oct 2015 #8

I don't read Branford's post to say that at all TeddyR Oct 2015 #9

No, I'm simply providing you with the actual data branford Oct 2015 #10

Advanced country my ass sailfla Oct 2015 #3

Does the Democratic Party even have an official position on the metric system? nt branford Oct 2015 #7

my first thought too hibbing Oct 2015 #12

While I know this is meant to be about the shooting... Shandris Oct 2015 #4

He was battered nonstop by the Right for the second quote IDemo Oct 2015 #11