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In reply to the discussion: Why are the gun defenders here? [View all]needledriver
(836 posts)111. Because we are rights defenders.
That's the trouble with those pesky rights. We have the right to do stuff you don't agree with. You have the right to speak about it. We have the right to speak back. We have the right to keep and bear arms. So do you. You don't have to if you don't want to BUT you do not have the right to prevent me from exercising my right to keep and bear arms, just like I don't have the right to prevent you from speaking out about it.
I may not agree with what you say but I will absolutely defend your right to say it.
Will you defend my rights as well?
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I ask this question repeatedly. Why is there even an area here dedicated to NRA talking points?
villager
Jul 2016
#1
If you want to ban progressive, pro-2A Democrats from "Democratic" Underground, see the Ads...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#175
A CBS national reporter waltzed into a gun shop and had an AR-15 in less than an hour.
Jim Beard
Jul 2016
#276
All you have to do is go to the RKBA and 2nd Amendment group and you will see plenty of them. n/t
doc03
Jul 2016
#9
Should have been here while they defended george zimmerman for stalking, intimidating, and killing
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#33
There are plenty of Democrats who are for gun control but not a complete ban
Joe the Revelator
Jul 2016
#3
Those were the only threads that got the reaction the the OP is discussing today.
Joe the Revelator
Jul 2016
#53
Careful with that 'gun grabber' when 'gun humper' & 'ammosexual' are in the air....
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#172
In part because the right to keep and bear arms is a civil liberty and needs defending
aikoaiko
Jul 2016
#5
not true - I have had conversations with a DUer who believes there should be ablsolutely NO
DrDan
Jul 2016
#27
"A DUer" "couple years back" "not going to look for it" = Milestones get no respect!
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#179
In a hurricane of controller denigration, you have found a puff of insult? Impressive.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#186
there was a DU-2 poll related to gun restrictions - that poll showed 5 DUers who favored
DrDan
Jul 2016
#214
And one person calling for a complete ban on guns, which proves...what, exactly?
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#231
there are multiple posts in this thread calling for evidence of DUers supporting no restrictions
DrDan
Jul 2016
#240
I'm pretty sure that current examples are whats being asked for, not 5 year old threads. N/T
beevul
Jul 2016
#246
Euromutt, Iverglas! God, it's a time warp. Hope they are all alive and kicking.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#259
I think it 'exists' in the same way the purported 'NRA posting bounty' program does-
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#268
More likely you can't link because your claim is false. $50 to the Brady Campaign says so...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#262
Palming off a 5 year old thread as one from 'a couple of days ago' isn't a good job, it's...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#265
So, in your little part of the world, nearly every gun owner support gun control
Feeling the Bern
Jul 2016
#90
Surely not. But American citizens were in a position to help Britain, due to civilians
jmg257
Jul 2016
#155
I think that's a price worth paying for the difference in our rates of firearm deaths to you.
Donald Ian Rankin
Jul 2016
#150
"The purpose of the 2nd amendment was to allow the formulation of civilian militias"
jmg257
Jul 2016
#153
had a conversation here with a DUer who claims if relatives are involved in a shooting, they
DrDan
Jul 2016
#29
Which was a response to your 1 example from seven years previously...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#193
I was asked for an example of a mass murder by a CCW holder - which I provided (actually several)
DrDan
Jul 2016
#196
my original post on this subtopic did say "a DUer" - never claimed it was a majorty-view,
DrDan
Jul 2016
#205
We are not talking about fishing and hunting (food anyway). Gunners support toting
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#36
Not allowing prisoners to have guns, is not anywhere near the restrictions we need on gun polluters
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#167
I would add that many Southern metropolises are made up of formerly "rural" people...
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#184
If they want to defend guns, fine. The ones that I really can't stand are the people who tell you
Chakab
Jul 2016
#20
You can discuss inaccurate info/reporting all you want. Just don't expect it to go unchallenged.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#189
If you say so. Lots of Gungeoneers have been banned for their white wing ideology.
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#43
Would that include those that suddenly embraced terrorist watch lists when guns were mentioned...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#233
Should they be "harassed, investigated & arrested for their political beliefs"?
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#237
You embraced the terror watch lists when people you don't like became targets...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2016
#261
Heh. How much you think this social security recipient is getting? New car? Condo on South Beach?
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#194
I will defend the right of the GOP to bring their own toys to their own convention
Doodley
Jul 2016
#67
This might come as a shock to you but many Democrats own firearms and believe in the 2nd
Waldorf
Jul 2016
#73
Yeah, they believe in lots of guns, public toting, stand your ground, no registration, etc.
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#84
If someone supports all other democratic party and progressive positions, but also
PersonNumber503602
Jul 2016
#75
If you support the Democratic party position, as outlined in the party platform
GulfCoast66
Jul 2016
#88
nothing inherently wrong with owning guns and all of us can't be hippie leftists.
craigmatic
Jul 2016
#78
In the Old School, that would be a wife-beating question, and I ain't been married.
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#221
I've got an unrepairable .22 he can have in exchange for $30 worth of groceries!
Eleanors38
Jul 2016
#255
because their 2nd amendment right to a murder machine is more important than your right to live
Feeling the Bern
Jul 2016
#91
i have hunted and owned guns for years but lately I have had to put some DU "gun humppers" ....
Botany
Jul 2016
#106
Do you blame all blacks, muslims, etc for what some in that group do?
The Straight Story
Jul 2016
#114
Guess you haven't spent any time in the Gungeon durring your one/two day membership.
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#128
Gunz are not a civil right, and I detest gunners who try to elevate it to that level as if they were
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#169
Your quote does not mention frigging gunz, nor are guns or gun lovers anywhere near those
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#236
Why do rural democrats have 10+ guns, tote in a relatively safe area, promote guns even though
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#130
Unfortunately, you guys don't keep them in your closet. Tucking them in your pants and
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#145
No, I'm fine with someone keeping one or two guns for hunting at home, (no semi-autos), and home
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#166
See - now that's sorta stating to get reasonable - guess my "bad hobby" isn't so bad!
jmg257
Jul 2016
#168
Sorry, semi-autos are assault weapons as the term is commonly used. Will kill a lot of people,
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#170
"Guns are not a "civil right,"" Everything in the Bill of Rights are civil rights.
EX500rider
Jul 2016
#230
Good, sounds like you could give them up -- semi-autos anyway -- for the good of society.
Hoyt
Jul 2016
#252
I'd like to see guns banned - it worked in Australia, but Democrats can be pro-gun
Doodley
Jul 2016
#152
Aren't you the one who claimed the founders intended people to possess only hunting weapons?
Marengo
Jul 2016
#159
I just had a Opening Post on this topic locked in General Discussion...
Jeffersons Ghost
Jul 2016
#286