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Hoyt

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7. Yes, except the NRA and white gunners have gone too far with gun rights because

Thu Sep 22, 2016, 06:18 PM

Sep 2016

the vast majority of the whites are arming up due to an irrational fear of minorities.

There should be equal restrictions on gunz, just more restrictions on everyone, particularly public toting, number and types of guns people can keep, background checks, bullets, psychiatric exams for militia types, jail terns for shooting unarmed kids, etc.

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Should blacks and POC have the same right to keep and bear arms as white people? [View all] Eleanors38 Sep 2016 OP

He walked that back ....now it would only cover Chicago Angry Dragon Sep 2016 #1

I'm sorry, I must be missing something. What is the fundamental difference that will exist... Shandris Sep 2016 #2

Please review the last couple of days of posts in GD referencing tRump's proposal Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #15

We should all enjoy the same rights, period. n/t bluesbassman Sep 2016 #3

It's pretty obvious why YOU are asking DU this question. n/t kcr Sep 2016 #4

And your view? Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #12

My view is it's clear from the responses to your OP that no one is buying it n/t kcr Sep 2016 #16

Hehehehehehe malaise Sep 2016 #26

I do not believe your question is in good faith nor sincere. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #5

Exactly. Hoyt Sep 2016 #10

Oh, my. Just start out with a question of character, why don't you? Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #14

*Anything* to avoid admitting that S&F originated from a leading gun control advocate, Bloomberg... friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #34

*Anything* to avoid admitting some don't give a shit about black people being killed. kcr Sep 2016 #37

"Stop and frisk has nothing to do with gun control." Bullshit. That's how it was marketed friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #41

I don't see how the question can be insincere sarisataka Sep 2016 #17

I think the attacks on the OP's character are meant to avoid an awkward question. friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #33

Every now and then the gungeon tends to back up and overflow into GD Major Nikon Sep 2016 #44

Bansalot overflows a lot more hack89 Sep 2016 #45

Yeah right Major Nikon Sep 2016 #47

There should be no gun threads in GD hack89 Sep 2016 #49

Perhaps, but those who own the sandbox say otherwise Major Nikon Sep 2016 #50

So quit whining when pro-gun posters follow the threads in GD hack89 Sep 2016 #52

I didn't bring that subject up to begin with Major Nikon Sep 2016 #54

A national Stop & Frisk policy only for POC is absurd. Not only is it blatantly discriminatory Fla Dem Sep 2016 #6

Yes, except the NRA and white gunners have gone too far with gun rights because Hoyt Sep 2016 #7

the same right to bear arms covers EVRYBODY, including ,blacks and soforth . end of story. allan01 Sep 2016 #8

what is poc . do knot know poc. allan01 Sep 2016 #9

Shorthand around here for People of Color. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #11

not just around here. nt La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #19

Of course everyone sarisataka Sep 2016 #13

i dont think individual gun ownership should be so easy, for white people either. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #18

I appreciate your forthright answer. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #20

i think your question is anything but forthright. it sounds like you are pro-NRA and are pretending La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #21

As I said above to snother poster, you are attacking my character and motives... Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #23

No it's the game played when the rest of us La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #35

Your notion of "being played" stems from the cognitive dissonance controllers experience... Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #38

Just as I thought this has nothing to do with bein La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #39

Heh. I am "absolutely" opposed to criminals having guns. But due process is required Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #40

+1. Couldn't have said it better myself... friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #42

You can be a progressive on the 2A without the NRA. ileus Sep 2016 #60

Being progressive on the 2A includes reading La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2016 #61

If one supports "Stop and Frisk", the answer to your question is "no". JoePhilly Sep 2016 #22

SAF is purely discriminatory in nature Calculating Sep 2016 #24

Yes, in many ways. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #25

They already have the right and should exercise it. N/t roamer65 Sep 2016 #27

Of course they should. MicaelS Sep 2016 #28

Is this a trick question? ismnotwasm Sep 2016 #29

Thank you for your answer. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #30

2nd ammendment does not apply to POC If you are a black man and you have a gun in your car Monk06 Sep 2016 #31

Of course! friendly_iconoclast Sep 2016 #32

I'm not buying it. stone space Sep 2016 #36

The 2nd amendment doesn't "allow" anyone to carry a gun in public Major Nikon Sep 2016 #43

True. Public sentiment is why open carry is popular hack89 Sep 2016 #46

Sure, has absolutely nothing to do with the gunnut lobby allied with the far right wing Major Nikon Sep 2016 #48

The gun control lobby is weak, disjointed and ineffective hack89 Sep 2016 #51

Sure I'm the one excusing reality Major Nikon Sep 2016 #55

The thing is those polls never turn into votes hack89 Sep 2016 #56

Actually, the Second recognizes the right to "bear" arms. It is specious to say Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #57

Someone needs a pocket Constitution. underthematrix Sep 2016 #53

Thank you. I quite agree. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #58

The 2A is there for everyone, so we don't have to be willing victims. Such a basic right... ileus Sep 2016 #59

Though I am horrified by the culture of the gun that has permeated US society etherealtruth Sep 2016 #62

Thank you for your response. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #63