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Thomas Hurt

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10. your comment brought to mind honor culture and dueling...

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Mon May 16, 2022, 08:28 AM

May 2022

You may not be far off. Having everyone armed might just bring us around to the sick dueling/honor culture that the US experienced in the past.

Can you imagine Ted Cruz calling out the Pig for insulting his wife?

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Let's Get It Over With, Give 'Em What They Want, Make It MANDATORY To Carry A Firearm At All Times [View all] SoCalDavidS May 2022 OP

That is in line with the gun fetishists saying: An armed society is a polite society." Thomas Hurt May 2022 #1

"remember, always use the smaller, outer fork first for the salad or the host may shoot you" unblock May 2022 #2

your comment brought to mind honor culture and dueling... Thomas Hurt May 2022 #10

Innocent People Already Are Suffering On A Regular Basis SoCalDavidS May 2022 #5

I always thought that means an armed society is an isolated society. haele May 2022 #12

Well, that kind of assumes the gun fetishists have thought through what this utopia would be like. Thomas Hurt May 2022 #14

What could go wrong ? CentralMass May 2022 #3

It makes me shudder... NotTodayPutin May 2022 #4

It's not FREEDOM to harbor fears where you have to carry weapons. The environment controls you. TheBlackAdder May 2022 #6

I won't settle for anything less than hydrogen bombs. hunter May 2022 #7

"if I had a rocket launcher" onethatcares May 2022 #8

Side benefit for the GOP.... rgbecker May 2022 #9

I already have one. Kaleva May 2022 #11

Not sure that reductio ad absurdum is the best answer to this logical dilemma... Wounded Bear May 2022 #13