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In reply to the discussion: So now we have had another attack with an assault weapon... [View all]JustAnotherGen
(31,816 posts)3. Uh yup
Not here, but everywhere else - I've started responding -
I couldn't open the hood of my car and tell you the difference between a crankshaft and a sparkplug - do I not get to have any opinions on whether one should have to have a license to drive a car?
It gets them off topic and then those of us who want an honest discussion can do so. Very effective in a local politics group.
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Don't forget, before we can have any opinion on these weapons we must be able to define every
wasupaloopa
Apr 2018
#2
I just tell them to get on board now with sane gun laws before we hit you with insane ones.
Iggo
Apr 2018
#28
But somehow the State of California has managed to define things pretty well.
The_Casual_Observer
Apr 2018
#57