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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

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3. You have to consider the reading material.

Reply to Electric Monk (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2015, 09:30 AM

Feb 2015

Last edited Fri Feb 20, 2015, 12:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Police state.com, ammoland.com, bearingarms.com and breitbart.com all echo each other and present stories like this very selectively. Hey, if all these sites say the same thing it has to be true, right?

For instance it looks like Texas will pass open carry for those who have concealed carry permits. Sharon Watts of MDA said it was at least a defeat of "constitutional carry", any yahoo without training or background check carrying anywhere. Breitbart characterized that as declaring victory.

In their defense everyone likes to have closely held beliefs reinforced and tend to take sources that do that more seriously than others that may challenge those beliefs.

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Want a laugh? Some gungeoneers are trying to tell me FAUX and the Moonie Times are more reliable [View all] Electric Monk Feb 2015 OP

Most of those gungeoneers think randy Weaver - who ran guns to racists in Ayrian Nation - is a hero Hoyt Feb 2015 #1

Post removed Post removed Feb 2015 #2

You have to consider the reading material. flamin lib Feb 2015 #3

agree, probably guilty jimmy the one Feb 2015 #4