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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The Gun Is Civilization [View all]COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)18. No insinuation, and no slur
(unless you believe that my opinion is that the article is written at about a 15 year old level) is a slur. It's essentially teenage bravado, trying to cover up a whole lot of insecurity. 'No way, man. You can't force me. I've got a gun'. Good God. We stopped talking like that before we had finished High School.
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Hah. Notice how our gun nuttiness has kept us from becoming subjects over the last 20 years?
Doctor_J
Mar 2012
#98
I wish there were no nuclear weapons. But it is immoral to say "some for me, none for thee."
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#12
There are, of course, lunatics--some of whom probably consider themselves Democrats--
TPaine7
Mar 2012
#91