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Gun Control & RKBA

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)

11. Very well said.

Reply to Jim Levy (Reply #8)

Thu May 23, 2013, 09:11 AM

May 2013

Gun control has (some) racist roots...

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"Some people dislike gays. Others dislike guns. We should not base our laws on personal dislikes." [View all] alp227 May 2013 OP

I see no reason why gun manufactures would upaloopa May 2013 #1

Hmm. Adult LGBTs and adult women in general are "dupes" Eleanors38 May 2013 #9

You never get it do you? upaloopa May 2013 #16

I don't get your paternalistic & paranoid outlook, no. Eleanors38 May 2013 #17

are you saying beergood Sep 2015 #23

If i was afraid TeddyR Sep 2015 #38

This seems to be the latest gun nutter tactic. rdharma May 2013 #2

Right. Because guns and gay people are the same. Just when you think the nuttery can't get nuttier. Squinch May 2013 #3

"Right. Because guns and gay people are the same." pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #25

The post is equating dislike of guns with dislike of gay people. It's a moronic point. Squinch Sep 2015 #37

Sure - the first sentence of the first graphic indicates that -- I'll give you that. pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #39

+1000 TubbersUK Sep 2015 #31

can't compare a moral imperative to a matter of convenience nt msongs May 2013 #4

Some people just like control over others. ileus May 2013 #5

Torturing logic till it begs for mercy... Jeezus H. Christ... nomorenomore08 May 2013 #6

Oleg Volk gejohnston May 2013 #7

I'm confused DonP May 2013 #12

"But everyone is missing the point." pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #26

Rights is Rights Jim Levy May 2013 #8

^^^ This. Eleanors38 May 2013 #10

Very well said. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #11

The 60s? Compared to now when most of the gun control mania is due to... jmg257 May 2013 #13

We have a much lower crime rate than the 60s... Eleanors38 May 2013 #15

I like it. NYC_SKP May 2013 #14

You make an excellent point. ileus Sep 2015 #18

Kick from 2013 replying to a troll. It's how we know you're not serious and just trolling the group. SecularMotion Sep 2015 #19

If kicking old threads makes someone a troll, what's your defense when you do it in this forum, branford Sep 2015 #20

Gun control advocacy in its present form is all about special pleading friendly_iconoclast Sep 2015 #21

I notice no one cried about your abusive post like they did with NUs. ileus Sep 2015 #22

Gotta love those double-standards, don't you? pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #28

The fact Controllers like Bloomberg and Brock do not abide by the standards they demand be Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #36

LOL --- not serious and just trolling the group. pablo_marmol Sep 2015 #24

Ever cleaned off your gay and had an accidental discharge? DJ13 Sep 2015 #27

"Ever cleaned your gay and had an accidental discharge?" beergood Sep 2015 #32

Too Stupid to even discuss CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #29

"Yeah how many people were killed in gay massacres in the US last year? " beergood Sep 2015 #35

Pink Pistols is a fine organization bluestateguy Sep 2015 #30

+10000 beergood Sep 2015 #33

Horrible get the red out Sep 2015 #34