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Reasonable_Argument

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14. Sadly yes

Reply to morningfog (Reply #11)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 12:05 AM

Jul 2012

Those deaths were tragic, but don't justify an erosion of one of our fundamental rights. I'm decidedly liberal on just about every issue, except guns. I watch time and time again the left legitimately criticize the right for using emotional arguments for their causes, but those same liberals seems to have a blind spot when they do the same thing in demanding more gun control. I've been lurking this forum since college (about 7ish years ago) and see the same posts every time a tragedy happens. This time I suppose I just felt like speaking up.

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By the NRA's strict definition, events leading up to the massacre were a 2nd Amnd success story [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2012 OP

Getting through to gun owners Historyprof77132 Jul 2012 #1

Welcome to DU, Prof MrScorpio Jul 2012 #2

Sounds to me you have forgotten recent history GarroHorus Jul 2012 #5

Welcome to DU! And yes we are screwed as long as the NRA runs things in this madinmaryland Jul 2012 #7

Welcome to DU nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #15

Welcome to the club primavera Jul 2012 #20

most of these people arm themselves to the teeth Historyprof77132 Jul 2012 #21

Todays NRA wouldn't want any reasonable laws... Archae Jul 2012 #3

Bingo! MrScorpio Jul 2012 #4

Holmes' right to make all of those purchases could not be infringed under the 5th and 2nd amendments GarroHorus Jul 2012 #6

Interesting but... Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #8

He should not have been denied a firearm GarroHorus Jul 2012 #9

I'm in full agreement Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #10

Sick. Even when the reality of so many death hits you in the face. morningfog Jul 2012 #11

It's not sick to support Constitutional rights SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #12

We should be able to regulate so that assault weapons morningfog Jul 2012 #13

Define assault weapon n/t SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #16

We already do Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #17

The dead don't care about the trivial technical minutiae of firearms design. baldguy Jul 2012 #19

You guys really don't see the inconsistency here, do you? primavera Jul 2012 #22

+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #23

Sadly yes Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #14

Happens all the time. moondust Jul 2012 #18