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In reply to the discussion: Jon Stewart: The NRA has us at the intersection of ‘open carry’ and ‘stand your ground’ [View all]Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)55. One historical point here:
The German gun control laws alluded to were enacted by the Weimar Republic, not the Nazis. They were concerned with armed groups of thugs such as the SA on the right and the Spartacists on the left.
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Jon Stewart: The NRA has us at the intersection of ‘open carry’ and ‘stand your ground’ [View all]
doxydad
Jun 2014
OP
It appears to be the anti-gunner fantasy to have gun owners shooting each other...
aikoaiko
Jun 2014
#2
I don't like the open carry demonstrators either, but it is legal so its hard to stop.
aikoaiko
Jun 2014
#12
It's difficult to have empathy for people acting in a dangerous and stupid fashion.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jun 2014
#54
Yes, you would think the open carriers and mass shootings would lead to more gun control..
aikoaiko
Jun 2014
#27
When MAIG and the Brady Campaign roll back on their demands in search of middle ground...
derby378
Jun 2014
#38
A slung long gun or holstered handgun doesn't rise to the same threat as your examples.
aikoaiko
Jun 2014
#46
And walking around, carrying a firearm, is also threatening. Apparently, you don't see that.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jun 2014
#56
I'm sorry. I thought we were talking about open carry activists who carry openly where legal?
aikoaiko
Jun 2014
#68
It appears for some, they consider it an honor to die at the business end of a gun or...
Tikki
Jun 2014
#28
Funny how trained LEO many times have difficulty doing so, but toters don't.
Ikonoklast
Jun 2014
#41
I disagree. I am a member of the Jewish Community Center that was the location of the shootings.....
Logical
Jun 2014
#66
The post-Sandy Hook debacle was a political miscalculation on the part of the Dems
hack89
Jun 2014
#13
We can bame it on the NRA, which buys votes, or on the legislators, who sell votes.
merrily
Jun 2014
#10
The main point of part 2 seems to be the 2nd amendment only applies to white people.
tclambert
Jun 2014
#21