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TimeSnowDemos

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6. No

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2018, 04:38 PM

May 2018

Americans have no long history of coming to their senses, and an extremely long history of being easily manipulated by propaganda. As long as half the politicians and media is saying guns are good, the notion that they are not will not be anything like universal.

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Can Americans ditch guns the way we ditched cigarettes? [View all] FSogol May 2018 OP

I'm thinking that will be the only way it's going to happen. Aristus May 2018 #1

Agreed. n/t FSogol May 2018 #3

Agreed that's the only way it will happen, but it won't happen quite the same way... TreasonousBastard May 2018 #5

There are a lot of differences between American use of tobacco and guns aikoaiko May 2018 #2

No indoor shooting lame54 May 2018 #4

LOL Scurrilous May 2018 #8

No TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #6

yes DBoon May 2018 #7

That's an excellent question, but no... for now. Dave Starsky May 2018 #9

Wasn't that restriction lifted recently? unc70 May 2018 #15

No, it was not. Dave Starsky May 2018 #16

Actually there never was a ban on research, only on advocacy discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2018 #20

Gun toters should be pariahs samir.g May 2018 #10

No, guns offer security.. Cigarettes may have once offered that, but no more. Stuart G May 2018 #11

Much different situations onenote May 2018 #12

I'm trying to figure out how gun ownership currently impacts insurance rates NickB79 May 2018 #22

Gun fetishes are disgusting. hunter May 2018 #13

Nope, gun nuts sleep along side their guns and caress them during the night. demosincebirth May 2018 #14

maybe no ... most gun toters are smokers in my experience scarytomcat May 2018 #17

NO, just NO. nt Raine May 2018 #18

As Al Gore said of climate policy: All it takes is political will. Hekate May 2018 #19

Yes. llmart May 2018 #21