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In reply to the discussion: You can't reason with the pro gun crowd. [View all]Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)43. Blah, blah blah!!! We could say the same thing about the anti-gun crowd...
... and sorry to bust your bubble, but this is pure BS:
They have the standard answer for all of this. "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun." They think other church members should have been armed.
I certainly don't think that, and you need to be careful with such broadbrushed statements. I don't need ANYONE putting words in my mouth, whether it's from the Pro or Anti gun side.
A stupid, hate-filled individual committed a horrendous act of violence and he should pay for his actions. People like these are why I, as a Liberal, support the death penalty. He's already confessed, to the point of bragging, so fuck the standard appeals that go along with the case once you've been convicted and sentenced, strap his ass down and fry him!
Then there is this:
I almost feel the gun argument is unwinnable
It sure doesn't help when the anti-gunners and the people who want ALL guns banned can't have a civil debate. They resort to using derogatory terms like "gun nuts", "gun humpers", "people foaming at the mouth, fantasizing about killing another human being" and many others. At least you didn't say anything like that in your OP, so thank you for that!
I will appreciate it very much if, in the future, you refrain from putting words in my mouth and/or thoughts in my head. You have NO IDEA what I say or think, other than what I have just told you.
Thanks in advance...
Peace,
Ghost
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Sadly agree. It's like debating s flat-earther, Tbagger, or one devoid of compassion for anyone else
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#3
And, once again you fail- he was already a convicted felon and in illegal possession of a gun
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#118
He's an Aussie, fully understands most losers will do fine without their sick 'hobby.'
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#16
Are you seriously going to suggest that I have to fear the Taliban or Iraqi militants?
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2015
#38
Gun control advocates failed to get a new Federal Assault Weapons Ban to pass in ...
spin
Jun 2015
#57
Please quote me where I "suggest changing or doing away with the Second Amendment"
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2015
#60
Something we often say when confronted with an opinion that fails to validate our own.
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#97
But with nearly one gun for every American man woman and child, aren't we there already?
lostnfound
Jun 2015
#93
How far do you think murders might drop without gun fanciers polluting society with the darn things?
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#20
I'll tell you. When you go from 1 to 2, it's doubled. The only place we have 2 homicides is some
Hoyt
Jun 2015
#58
Even if you pass legislation there are so many guns in circulation I don't know how you...
DemocratSinceBirth
Jun 2015
#41
There are *lots* of drones in Afghanistan- and the Taliban is still there
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#119
The Taliban are still there in large part because we want them to be there as part of our excuse to
-none
Jun 2015
#124
Blah, blah blah!!! We could say the same thing about the anti-gun crowd...
Ghost in the Machine
Jun 2015
#43
Declaring a desire to desire to jail large numbers of non-criminals, a la:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2015
#52
I heard someone today say if Sandy Hook had happened while a Republican was president
mountain grammy
Jun 2015
#53
Not quite, Reagan sold and signed into law one of the must restrictive gun laws ever.
aikoaiko
Jun 2015
#91
Yes, since parents self-describing their children as "troubled" allow them access to guns.
lebkuchen
Jun 2015
#77
It is unwinnable unless you want a bloodbath of confiscation attempts.
TampaAnimusVortex
Jun 2015
#83
You're not supposed to reason with idiots you go around them and get whatever done you can.
craigmatic
Jun 2015
#113
Theres a whole thread, 300 + posts, of examples of you guys trying to "reason"...
beevul
Jun 2015
#123
Its no different than trying to have a rational conversation with the snake handling fundamentalists
etherealtruth
Jun 2015
#144