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In reply to the discussion: Ban guns? I have ONE word to answer that notion... HALABJA [View all]cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)20. MY personal gun and those of my neighbors keep the government from running roughshod over not only
MY rights but those of my neighbors.
Hussein's government wouldn't have CONSIDERED a gas attack against citizens within its own borders if they were armed.
Gun ownership WILL prevent events like HALABJA in this country YOU FUCKING BET.
A unarmed citizenry exists at the pleasure of it's rulers. When those rulers are not happy, innocent people die. History bears this out.
Come take my gun. Come take the guns of 300,000,000 people and tell them it's for their own good.
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Ban guns? I have ONE word to answer that notion... HALABJA [View all]
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
OP
That's a defense for the notion of giving up your guns to the government?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#10
Really? Because how the fuck can your personal gun protect against a military gas attack?
GaYellowDawg
Jul 2012
#4
"You have no idea how to construct a rational or logical argument to support your position."
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#77
Fact check: We have had Kent State, the Hooverville massacre and the Whiskey rebellion
TeamPooka
Jul 2012
#101
So now you're advocating MILITARY GAS ATTACKS in order to confiscate guns?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#8
I am honestly starting to think there is something seriously wrong with you.
GaYellowDawg
Jul 2012
#11
MY personal gun and those of my neighbors keep the government from running roughshod over not only
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#20
There you are, making a case for the government taking over IN YOUR FIRST PARAGRAPH.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#46
Jayzus, are you drunk or something? Stop the drunk posting, its bad for you
riderinthestorm
Jul 2012
#54
We don't live in the UK, the Netherlands, or "most industrialized nations".
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#84
If we beat the military some way, you might not like who takes over with their guns.
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#90
In the simplistic world-view of gun-worshipers and other RWers, it's everything or nothing.
baldguy
Jul 2012
#25
The government already tells you what you can do with your own body in the privacy of your home..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#7
The government DOES NOT tell me what I can do with my body in the privacy
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#13
The drug war won't and hasn't caused the gubmint to come to my door looking for contraband.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#23
How many houses on a street are you going to subject to NO KNOCK RAIDS?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#40
For no good reason. Send them to confiscate the guns of American citizens? They'll die by the
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#51
If the law is changed to make your guns illegal then you will be breaking the law..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#57
Silly me, I just realized I'm engaging in a contest of wit with an unarmed person..
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#81
Am I legally permitted to chop up some lines and snort rails at home?
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#26
Actually it sounds like you'd advocate OUR government deciding what my rights are OUTSIDE
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#53
You don't even belong in this discussion. This isn't about taking your rights away.
upaloopa
Jul 2012
#37
I depend on the Armed Forces of the United States to protect me from foreign dictators.
hedgehog
Jul 2012
#96