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Gun Control & RKBA

sarisataka

(18,600 posts)

5. When gun control tries to justify

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Thu Jul 30, 2015, 01:58 PM

Jul 2015

some bullshit idea they turn to this guy

I’d like to have this notion that anyone using a gun is a wuss They’re somebody to look down at because they couldn’t defend themselves or couldn’t protect others without using a gun.-David Hemenway

http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture-of-health/2013/01/gun_violence_liveh.html

A bit of eugenic principle there...

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When the Gun Lobby Tries to Justify Firearms Everywhere, It Turns to This Guy [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2015 OP

Just tell them I'll keep my rights....now that's progressive. ileus Jul 2015 #1

"When the Gun Lobby Tries to Justify Firearms Everywhere, It Turns to This Guy" pablo_marmol Jul 2015 #2

And let the record show......... pablo_marmol Jul 2015 #3

It always tickles me that Mother Jones magazine is so anti-gun considering their namesake Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #4

When gun control tries to justify sarisataka Jul 2015 #5

Here's the full quote SecularMotion Jul 2015 #6

Does it in any way change the point sarisataka Jul 2015 #7

which doesn't change anything gejohnston Jul 2015 #11

In SMs example the methhead is the brave hero for attacking without a firearm. ileus Jul 2015 #13

Not much here.nt Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #8

Speaking of sarisataka Jul 2015 #9

Peculiar, the homeowner who ends up crashing at someone else's pad. Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #10

More like the homeowner that won't leave the neighbors' house, actually... friendly_iconoclast Jul 2015 #12

more specifics, NRC & N-Acad-Sciences jimmy the one Jul 2015 #14