Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: The Gun Is Civilization [View all]Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)It is a good thing that you had a gun and were able to put it to use for protection.
But my point could not have been more clear. the two main points of this bizarre OP are that
1. A country can't be civilized unless guns are a crucial part of the culture, and
2. The removal of all gun control will somehow protect us from galloping oppression from the government
These assertions are absurd on their face, and your personal experience does nothing to make them less so. Point one is easily disproven by observing the rest of western world. Point two was thoroughly debunked by my previous post, to which you replied.
Part of this is my fault for engaging in a thread that was started by the post of a right-wing chain e-mail. But, here we are. As I have said before, the NRA and gun culture enjoy much more latitude here than anti-choice, anti-minority, anti-women, anti-Obama and other right wing interest groups. If someone made a post agreeing with Limpballs or Beck about one of their insufferable talking points, the post would be deleted and the poster tombstoned. But agreement with right-wing chain mails is OK in this context. It's strange.
Edit: BTW, I do appreciate the service that you and the rest of the marines and soldiers have given. It seems that the sum total of the thanks that vets get these days is to stand and salute on the ice before hockey games. The treatment they receive, their rates of unemployment, illness, and homelessness, is just one more reason I detest our endless wars.
Best,
J