Gun Control & RKBA

holdencaufield

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15. I can see where he might get confused.

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 12:25 AM

Jan 2013

I myself am confused by the attitudes of persons who call themselves liberal but then go on to demand mandatory sentencing, one-strike rules, and punitive taxes on things they don't personally enjoy.

I was raised in a VERY liberal household -- My Grandfather was a Wobbly. My great-Grandmother a Suffragette. My grandparents and parents were union folk. And I was raised to believe that liberals don't ban ANYTHING ... books, drugs, smoking, acts between consenting adults, fast food, anything. The liberalism of my parents believed that people were free to do what they wanted -- and also free to suffer the consequences when they act irresponsibly.

The liberalism in which I was raised was about just that, LIBERTY. Reacting to the unknown or scary with fear and loathing was something conservatives did. I guess my kind of liberalism -- and that of my parents -- is no longer valid.

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"Due to my liberal friends' attacks...I have now become a life member of the NRA" [View all] alp227 Jan 2013 OP

Which is it? In the NRA or dispelling half-truths. He can't have it both ways. Scuba Jan 2013 #1

Drown the NRA in the blood of ever person murdered by a gun. Lint Head Jan 2013 #2

Only if we can drown the ACLU... krispos42 Jan 2013 #4

Ahhh, I guess the ACLU is supposed to boil some liberal blood... Pholus Jan 2013 #5

So is knee-jerk blame games. krispos42 Jan 2013 #6

False comparisons does not a point make. Lint Head Jan 2013 #7

Yet another false equivalence. Pholus Jan 2013 #9

Can we drown Congress in all the blood of victims of the War on Drugs? krispos42 Jan 2013 #10

Why stop with the shot-to-death gang members? truebluegreen Jan 2013 #11

Dead horse, meet stick (again). Pholus Jan 2013 #14

Who needs a car that can go over 100 MPH? socialindependocrat Jan 2013 #27

Well there are some liberals who own guns and probably are members of the NRA. southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #3

I can see where he might get confused. holdencaufield Jan 2013 #15

you just hit on the difference between liberalism and modern progressivism gejohnston Jan 2013 #18

So ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #21

Yeah, gejohnston Jan 2013 #22

It's NOT?! holdencaufield Jan 2013 #23

Jazz music, nylon stocking, and marijuana... jeepnstein Jan 2013 #38

You come from good stock there friend. Wear it with a badge of courage. I have always southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #30

Well, I feel pretty out of place here ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #31

Well I am not into guns. I don't believe in spilling peoples blood. Of course I wouldn't southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #32

I grew up hearing stories about Matewan ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #33

I see no problem with target practice. I am with her about not liking to hunt. But southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #34

We don't have realistic toy guns in the house. jeepnstein Jan 2013 #39

I don't like guns period. I wouldn't have them either. But like I said I don't care if people southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #40

I'm the same way, kind of. jeepnstein Jan 2013 #43

Oh my did you know an idiot that did that with a cup of gasoline? Jeepers are stupid. southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #44

I imagine cop shows to you must be like lawyer shows to me. Callisto32 Jan 2013 #41

I can really get my sister-in-law going on that one. jeepnstein Jan 2013 #42

I bet she can solve the case before the show is over, huh? I'd hate that. southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #45

I will likely never join or support the NRA but the irrational blather, naked fear bluerum Jan 2013 #8

OOO-ooo-ooh, the scary "liberal left"!! As opposed to what other left??!? lastlib Jan 2013 #12

The NRA has shown itself to be evil. Why would anyone want to join an evil organization? hrmjustin Jan 2013 #13

Because EVIL organisations ... holdencaufield Jan 2013 #16

I doubt that. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #17

So four million people are "evil"? DemDealer Jan 2013 #24

No I am not saying you are evil and I wish happiness for you and your family. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #29

Because outlawing rifle handgrips that stick out, benEzra Jan 2013 #36

Well I am sorry to hear you are thinking of rejoining that group. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #37

Careful, there's a thread in meta to ban any NRA member/apologist shadowrider Jan 2013 #46

Sigh...this is 1994 all over again. benEzra Jan 2013 #47

I don't get why the NRA is so intimidating. It represents gunrunners - most of whom sell guns underthematrix Jan 2013 #19

not a fan of the NRA gejohnston Jan 2013 #20

i think a large percentage of new memberships were for the sole purpose of sticking it to libs frylock Jan 2013 #25

He got the discount and a knife. BFD. Historic NY Jan 2013 #26

Yes! xfundy Jan 2013 #28

If he's joing the NRA, most likely he likes gun companies, since, well - they make guns. nt jmg257 Jan 2013 #35

I could care less about the idiots at the NRA. Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #48