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In reply to the discussion: You can't reason with the pro gun crowd. [View all]Fairgo
(1,571 posts)72. I walk the streets of Sydney in the middle of the night...no fear
Its a civilised country. Problems? Sure. But not this one. You can have your freedoms...they keep you in chains.
And I agree, you can't walk this back. People have become too isolated, too afraid, too desperate, too ignorant and too well armed to see how far they have drifted from rational human behaviour. U.S. will have to endure decades of piecemeal slaughter and at some point with enough desparation and lunacy, something absolutely unthinkable will happen. Imagine a civil war with no geographical boundaries...Until society itself is threatened, it will not find the resolve to face this sickness. The gun worship, not the gun itself mind you, is a symptom of a very deep social diease.
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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