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In reply to the discussion: Only a real coward would want to use the kind of guns the NRA says are for hunting. nt [View all]white_wolf
(6,238 posts)8. That's a huge stretch.
The poster may not hate all guns. They may be fine with handguns, for instance. Maybe they do hate guns, but you certainly can't infer that from their post.
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Only a real coward would want to use the kind of guns the NRA says are for hunting. nt [View all]
kelliekat44
Jan 2013
OP
Sure they can, but I'm betting they enable as many, if not more, than they stop. nt
white_wolf
Jan 2013
#9
You still are trying desperately to equate non negligent acts with negligent ones
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#63
The issue with nukes is not negligent use - it is malicious deliberate use. Just like with guns. nt
hack89
Jan 2013
#67
I already pointed out that nuclear weapons have killed far fewer people than guns
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#68
The Constitution does not mention "guns", it uses the more general term "arms"
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#80
So you hate all guns? Of every kind? Because that lady killed her brother with one? How 'bout knives
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#19
If the gun wasn't there, would the young man now be dead of a gunshot wound inflicted by his sister?
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#22
If the kitchen knives weren't there, would that teen's mother still be alive?
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#43
And the rest of us are free to point and laugh when you make a laughable inference
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#16
At least readers know "3. I think guns are capable of creating crime". FBI reports for 2010
jody
Jan 2013
#23
Fumesucker OP linked guns with hunting. True I and others do use handguns for hunting but that's a
jody
Jan 2013
#26
I know that violence including gun crime has been declining steadily for some time now
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#31
LOL those who want to ban all firearms attack those who want no bans and vice versa.
jody
Jan 2013
#84
Yes I know they create crime by making evil things possible, even glamorous in a sick way
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#53
I've always said that if you want to impress with your hunting prowess,
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#46