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EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
12. I've never ever ever
Wed May 11, 2016, 02:31 PM
May 2016

Seen a gun owner advocate for gun control other than removing howitzers from playgrounds sort of nonsense.

I have had hundreds of conversations over the years about guns and it's never happened. There's always an excuse that explains away why removing guns isn't the answer.

So...

As for your opinion that the amount of good doesn't justify taking away toys from gun owners and Weapons from criminals, we'll agree to disagree.

I'd love a constitutional amendment removing all guns from the public and from the police - except for swat type groups.

I personally don't give a shit about the rights of gun owners to own deadly weapons. I care aot more about the thousands that die at the end of a gun each year.

As for the idea that all dangerous items are created equally - that's just silly. Saying a gun is as valuable to society as say an ambulance (handy for rushing children shot with gun to the hoslital) is obviously false. Yes both can cause harm, but if the main argument for ambulances was that you can use them to protect yourself from other ambulances well... You see my point.

Guns are an anachronism in 2016 and demanding access to them in the face of endless death and destruction "because guns" is IMO as stupid as anything Sarah Palin - another gun nut - has said or will ever say.

That's just the price of freedom EdwardBernays May 2016 #1
I'm not your Straw Man. Straw Man May 2016 #3
I've never ever ever EdwardBernays May 2016 #12
Never ever ever. Straw Man May 2016 #14
This surprises you? beevul May 2016 #18
"That's just the price of freedom...Says most gun nuts." Bullshit. friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #11
If you only noticed this EdwardBernays May 2016 #15
It's an obvious observation, seeing as your claims *are* generally clumsy propaganda... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #22
People on DU who support the Second Amendment TeddyR May 2016 #2
I dont think one has to be pro 2A to agree with what you posted. bunnies May 2016 #5
Very tragic. Fortunately, such incidents are going down... Eleanors38 May 2016 #4
Teach gun safety in High school. beevul May 2016 #6
This helps five year olds how? n/t arendt May 2016 #7
If this kids parents and grandparents had learned gun safety in high school... beevul May 2016 #8
So your solution is to wait 20 years after a change that hasn't happened. arendt May 2016 #9
And your solution is to do what? Nothing? beevul May 2016 #13
No, beevul, you can post stuff on the 'tubes! It's cheap & EZ. Eleanors38 May 2016 #17
This is true... beevul May 2016 #19
Old people shouldn't be allowed to own firearms. ileus May 2016 #10
Or drive lawn mowers. :( nt jmg257 May 2016 #16
How old... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #23
Around here they would only let you own a firearm until 45. ileus May 2016 #24
Ah - who was that guy? Remember the Venn diagram? Some half-ass blogger. nt jmg257 May 2016 #25
Ven Halen? JonathanRackham May 2016 #27
some spammer from Italy mike2002b or something like that. ileus May 2016 #31
We called him "mikebunchanumbers" when I was still active at the DailyKos. theatre goon May 2016 #32
Ahh yes, sharesunited. beevul May 2016 #33
There is no excuse for leaving firearms unsecured. ManiacJoe May 2016 #20
Or Draino, or sharp objects, or swimming pools, or ladders for Chrissakes! jonno99 May 2016 #21
Jeez smh Ohioblue22 May 2016 #28
An unlocked gun with three young children trumps all of those. peace13 May 2016 #30
I did not read the article... deathrind May 2016 #26
Such a beautiful child. peace13 May 2016 #29
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