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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMr. La Pierre, I just don't understand how I survived to be 61 years old
Last edited Sun Feb 3, 2013, 01:09 PM - Edit history (1)
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LaPierre: Ban assault weapons and you limit the ability to survive
The most basic right is to protect yourself, he asserted. If you limit the American publics access to assault weapons semi-automatic technology, you limit their ability to survive.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/03/lapierre-ban-assault-weapons-and-you-limit-the-ability-to-survive/
The most basic right is to protect yourself, he asserted. If you limit the American publics access to assault weapons semi-automatic technology, you limit their ability to survive.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/03/lapierre-ban-assault-weapons-and-you-limit-the-ability-to-survive/
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Mr. La Pierre, I just don't understand how I survived to be 61 years old (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2013
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kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)1. Funny, in my entire family going back several generations,
I can't think of a single person who survived due to an assault weapon. Of course none of them saw ground battle in WWII or Vietnam, but that's not what we're talking about.
This man suffers from raging paranoid delusions. He needs medication.
broiles
(1,442 posts)2. I heard that his Nam deferment was for nerves.
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)3. Maybe he's onto something...
My grandparents, my parents - none of them had assault weapons, and they're all dead now. Hmmmm...