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Gun Control & RKBA

beevul

(12,194 posts)

2. This will be a fun exercise.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jan 5, 2016, 02:17 PM

Jan 2016

"I think it is irresponsible in the times that we are living in to place a target around someone," Persaud told the Daily News on Tuesday. "By placing someone's picture with bullets next to them, you are playing on the fears of people."

I wonder how they feel about the brady bunch 'playing on the fears of people':

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NY Lawmakers Condemn NRA Image of Photos and Bullets [View all] Eugene Jan 2016 OP

And yet some people here at DU don't think the NRA is a terrorist organization. LonePirate Jan 2016 #1

And yet, the vast majority of Americans reject the idea that the NRA GGJohn Jan 2016 #3

So you support these types of terroristic threats from the NRA? LonePirate Jan 2016 #4

What terroristic threats? GGJohn Jan 2016 #5

How about looking at whom the messages are intended to appeal? LonePirate Jan 2016 #6

Wow, GGJohn Jan 2016 #7

Weak? virginia mountainman Jan 2016 #8

Both sides are using (moronic) appeal-to-emotion fallacies as "arguments." Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #10

What is the penalty for a private citizen violating an EO? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #13

Not executive orders, they are executive actions discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #15

This will be a fun exercise. beevul Jan 2016 #2

So every 90 days you could purchase 14 rounds of ammo... ileus Jan 2016 #9

Utterly idiotic proposal, innit? Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #11

Umm... the proposed law is about restricting ammunition. Straw Man Jan 2016 #12

Why these clueless lawmakers are being lame and moronic discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2016 #14