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kentuck

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22. Starting with their right to own an assault weapon and to intimidate everyone else?

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #18)

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 12:57 AM

Jun 2016

The right to bear arms is not the same as preventing terrorists from purchasing them without a record. No right is that sacrosanct, not even freedom of speech. There is a limit to what you can say and where you might say it. There is no difference with guns. It is no infringement of anyone's Second Amendment rights to try to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists that mean to do our people harm and have no loyalty to our country. We have a right to protect ourselves.

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The war on terror has come to our shores... [View all] kentuck Jun 2016 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #1

Yes, I have heard of 9/11... kentuck Jun 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #10

tiny... kentuck Jun 2016 #14

Or you know they could stop bombing up other folks malaise Jun 2016 #2

that Old Codger Jun 2016 #4

Except that Muslim supremacism is not motivated by the US attitude on anything Albertoo Jun 2016 #5

Somehow they remind me of our Rightwingers librarylu Jun 2016 #9

Except that a worldwide Caliphate is a mainstream ideal among Muslims Albertoo Jun 2016 #12

Some of those nuts have arsenals. librarylu Jun 2016 #21

I know Albertoo Jun 2016 #29

There was an attempted Jihadist car bombing in Times Square in 2010: Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #6

Yes, I had forgotten that one! kentuck Jun 2016 #7

There's no proof Orlando was an act of terror! scscholar Jun 2016 #8

I know. The fact that he pledged allegiance to ISIS is neither here nor there (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #11

He pledged allegiance to several organizations... Agschmid Jun 2016 #13

Right! kentuck Jun 2016 #16

I certainly didn't say he was "sane and rational". Agschmid Jun 2016 #17

Lynch already confirmed that part will be deleted from the 911 call, so... scscholar Jun 2016 #20

That was reversed, he statements of support for ISIS are being included. So much for that theory... friendly_iconoclast Jun 2016 #30

Pledging allegiance to ISIS means nothing, of course. Albertoo Jun 2016 #15

No proof it wasn't an act of terror. 840high Jun 2016 #19

Mission Accomplished Fumesucker Jun 2016 #18

Starting with their right to own an assault weapon and to intimidate everyone else? kentuck Jun 2016 #22

You know I've sat here and watched DU go justifiably nuts over 50 dead in a mass shooting Fumesucker Jun 2016 #23

I think it is something we should debate. kentuck Jun 2016 #24

We're more likely to be killed by a guy with a gun than Al'Qaeda or ISIS. Initech Jun 2016 #25

I think you are right. kentuck Jun 2016 #27

They'll use it just the way they used the war on drugs Warpy Jun 2016 #26

Don't bring me down. kentuck Jun 2016 #28