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In reply to the discussion: To the 2nd amendment extremists - you have the blood of children on your hands [View all]kevinbgoode1
(167 posts)and I get so tired of hearing people tell me that if an innocent person dies so some gun owner has the right to possess the means to kill another (whenever they "feel" threatened, whatever the f*** that means).
It is past time to start holding up the victims as martyrs who, without choice, gave their lives so that anyone can exercise their second amendment rights.
The other thing I'm so tired of hearing is how the criminals can always get their hands on guns, and all the paranoid citizens out there (who, apparently, aren't criminals) need to have guns too in order to "protect" themselves just in case some day one of the people they claim are criminals comes along and makes them feel "threatened." That only "law-abiding" citizens will legally own firearms and will always use them responsibly. Well fine. I just never get anyone to answer me when I respond: "Isn't everyone a lawabiding citizen until they decide NOT to be?"
Now wasn't it just a few days ago when some dumbf*ck gun owner "forgot" to remove a bullet from his cartridge and "accidentally" killed his own son? Was his son's life worth those alleged 2nd Amendment rights, and if so, then why the hell aren't we holding these victims or martyrs for "freedom" as heroes for those rights? Cuz it might sound a little sick? Well, dead is dead. . .and every victim essentially was told that his/her right to life didn't matter as much as the right to be unnecessarily killed, whether intentionally or through gross negligence.