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In reply to the discussion: I'm starting to believe that much of the gun debate is about something else than guns. [View all]Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)I hate the whole, "the truth must lie somewhere in the middle," crap. It is entirely possible for one side to be completely right and another to be completely wrong. Only idiots that lack real critical thinking take the whole, "Hmmm, so much extremism, which means, both sides must be only be partially right and the truth must be in the middle."
I remember people saying that about the Iraq War too in the early days. Well, guess what? The anti-war people were right. There were no WMD in Iraq, it WAS about oil, and it was a needless waste. The truth didn't lie somewhere in the middle. The anti-war people were right and the pro-war people were wrong. It's as simple as that.
As to gun control, people that have fiercely opposed any gun control DO HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. America has more guns than just about every other nation on the planet. And we have way more gun violence than any other nation on the planet. It's not rocket science. More guns=more death. The gun lobby has been trying to spin this into something it's not for decades now, spitting out more and more desperate bullshit as time has gone by. And in the meantime, thousands of people have died because of their lies, selfishness, and stupidity.
Enough is enough.