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In reply to the discussion: You know what's NOT a good bath toy for a 5 year-old? [View all]billh58
(6,655 posts)the NRA's basic "fuck 'em all" line: "it's thankfully not a very large number (of deaths)." That really depends on your perspective doesn't it? To some of us, ANY preventable death is one too many, but to you NRA-apologists "a certain predictable number of events (deaths)" are to be expected in order to preserve your precious right to "keep and bear."
You people not only demand the right to stockpile lethal weapons, and sell them to anyone you choose, but you also demand the "right" to do so in complete secrecy with absolutely no oversight or regulation. How very Libertarian of you. A few thousand preventable deaths and injuries every year in this "first world" country is totally acceptable in order to preserve your right to have an orgasm every time you pull the trigger. Does that about sum it up?
Yeah, the media is just making this shit up about people dying, and your NRA statistics "prove" that more guns equal less deaths and injuries, and even less crime. If only everyone were armed there would be no deaths, injuries, and the crime rate would be zero. Except of course, those 40% of criminals who get their guns from "friends and family," you know -- you responsible gun owners who don't want anyone to know that you have a gun.