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Lurks Often

(5,455 posts)
24. Still displaying your lack of knowledge on the subject?
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 09:17 AM
Apr 2015

For an alleged college professor I'm surprised you don't seem to understand that the United States Constitution, along with many state constitutions, state that ownership of firearms is indeed a civil right.

SCOTUS, the Constitution, the President, the vast majority of states in this country and the people who WROTE the Constitution view that ownership of firearms is a civil right.

Why would it cost them the election? Scuba Apr 2015 #1
Yes, but when was the last time a Republican controlled Congress card about what the people wanted? leftofcool Apr 2015 #3
That is a poll. Reality, on the other hand, shows gun laws loosening a pols being recalled despite Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #4
If gun control started and ended with UBCs, you might have a point hack89 Apr 2015 #8
I think I will go with C. leftofcool Apr 2015 #2
False dichotomy mwrguy Apr 2015 #5
That would be choice D Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #6
Ann Richards views on CCW probably cost her the 1994 Governor's election Lurks Often Apr 2015 #7
Would you want a Democratic candidate to be anti-gun if it would win them the election? safeinOhio Apr 2015 #9
It's a good question but I would say "no" Shamash Apr 2015 #10
or, would you want a Democratic candidate that safeinOhio Apr 2015 #13
I don't see firearm rights as being more or less important than other rights Shamash Apr 2015 #14
Sounds reasonable if someone is trying to kill me. safeinOhio Apr 2015 #15
No disagreement there. Zimmerman should be in jail. n/t Shamash Apr 2015 #16
Only because of fear for his life laws safeinOhio Apr 2015 #17
? gejohnston Apr 2015 #18
B or D I suppose. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #11
8 years ago it was gay marriage that folks wanted Democrats to run away from. stone space Apr 2015 #12
"Democrats should just do what is right." NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #22
Guns do not have rights. Guns and corporations are not people (nt) stone space Apr 2015 #23
Still displaying your lack of knowledge on the subject? Lurks Often Apr 2015 #24
I have made no comments about any political or governmental document. stone space Apr 2015 #25
So you acknowledge owning a firearm is a civil right Lurks Often Apr 2015 #26
This is a personal attack based on pure anti-intellectualism, plain and simple. stone space Apr 2015 #27
Yet again you fail to answer a simple question Lurks Often Apr 2015 #28
No, I most certainly do not. stone space Apr 2015 #29
Expecting professors with Master's and Doctorates to understand Lurks Often Apr 2015 #30
You can expect anything you want, but claiming that... stone space Apr 2015 #31
Yes, I have LOTS and LOTS of posts bashing professors at a public university Lurks Often Apr 2015 #32
Then why did you bring up my employment and use it to bash me? stone space Apr 2015 #33
You seem a little obsessive about taking everything personally Lurks Often Apr 2015 #34
I understand that it is not about me. stone space Apr 2015 #35
Again with making things up and jumping to wild conclusions Lurks Often Apr 2015 #36
You admitted yourself that it wasn't about me. (nt) stone space Apr 2015 #37
I don't want any of our candidates pro-control...they should all be 2A progressives. ileus Apr 2015 #19
^^ This. NT pablo_marmol Apr 2015 #20
E NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #21
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