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Shamash

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9. They aren't using it against me
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 02:56 PM
Jun 2015

Not a member, never been one, no plans to be one. I'll read their hunting magazines at the barber shop, but not giving them money to get a subscription.

I support the second amendment, just like I support the first amendment. And both should have reasonable restrictions. For example you are prohibited from yelling 'hijack' on a plane or 'fire' in a crowded theater. You can't tell someone you are going to kill them, without being arrested for harassment.

Never had anyone tell me I was not allowed to have certain words in my vocabulary, only that there were times and places where using those words was inappropriate.

As far as "reasonable gun control", just pick someone here who is a gun control advocate and ask them where their "I will never want more restrictions than this" line is. I tried to do that for magazine limits and got not a single answer from the entire DU gun control community. In fact, simply asking that sort of question was deemed insult-worthy.

So, when "reasonable gun control" being pushed at DU and elsewhere becomes "reasonable gun control" and stops being "more gun control than we currently have, regardless of how much we currently have", let me know.

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Dear NRA [View all] jmowreader Jun 2015 OP
Dear NRA: You are not fooling us. Evergreen Emerald Jun 2015 #1
Out of curiousity Shamash Jun 2015 #3
You misunderstand. I support the second amendment Evergreen Emerald Jun 2015 #5
They aren't using it against me Shamash Jun 2015 #9
This is the problem Evergreen Emerald Jun 2015 #10
I've tried to find compromise positions Shamash Jun 2015 #14
This is why you guys lose. beevul Jun 2015 #4
Are you kidding me? Evergreen Emerald Jun 2015 #6
Your the one that said "destroying society". not me. beevul Jun 2015 #8
They're all in. Almost. HassleCat Jun 2015 #2
Good post sarisataka Jun 2015 #7
Hmm... 20 dead first graders and we couldn't even get universal background checks passed. LAGC Jun 2015 #11
I think #2 & #7 are good posts to consider... Eleanors38 Jun 2015 #13
Dear NRA: You are a menace to society alarimer Jun 2015 #12
I have one thing to say to the NRA hifiguy Jun 2015 #15
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