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In reply to the discussion: X-post from the other group: "I can't imagine what it must be like to be so afraid" [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)54. Few in the NRA would welcome me.
Sure, I'm a competitive shooter, etc. But I'm also a socialist. I suspect the latter would easily trump the former.
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X-post from the other group: "I can't imagine what it must be like to be so afraid" [View all]
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2015
OP
Not so much that it denotes fear, though internalized fear is certainly a part of it.
Maedhros
Mar 2015
#2
Further, if gun ownership does not result in an increase in crime...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2015
#9
What's your definition of 'reasonable', and why should the rest of us agree with it?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2015
#84
That's a lot of projection from the faction that bases its every argument on gun owners being the
Nuclear Unicorn
Mar 2015
#30
I agree, I would also like to live in a society that carrying a weapon wasn't seen as...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2015
#13
It's to keep out the trolls, and I can tell by how obsessed you are with it that it's a good thing.
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#19
This group we're in here is for Fight Club, which is why it shows as my favorite group.
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#21
Gunthusiasts posting in a gun control group would be trolls posting there.
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#23
That would be us Gentiles who do not recognize the Pete Shields as relayer of God's word...
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2015
#33
That was a good alert, and the jury agreed 5-2 to hide your rude call-out. nt
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#35
The jury agreed that your rude call out deserved to be hidden, but you're morally superior?
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#37
Further evidence of your reading comprehension problems. I said it was a good alert.
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#43
I owe you nothing but disdain, because you taunt me for being a host of a DU Group. nt
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#81
Sounds a lot like the NRA around here...just like the NRA...the name that shall not be mentioned...
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#49
Not a member? Seems like a lot of folks commenting would be welcomed by the NRA by Ted Nugent himself.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#51
Hate the NRA, but love all it's gun positions?- no way around the jaw dropping contrast. None.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#53