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In reply to the discussion: Gun control hypocrisy at its best [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)62. a gun law would not have prevented it
the post hoc ergo propter hoc international comparisons aside, there is no evidence that gun laws save lives or reduce crime. Should a law abiding rural person be blamed for drug dealers killing each other in Denver or Chicago? That is what it amounts to. Who puts those guns in their hands and gives them an economic incentive to kill each other? Drug users. That makes bong owners more responsible for gun violence than rural or suburban gun owners.
You are also operating from a false premise, rural CO residents are not trying to force anything on you. You are forcing it on them, that gives your side the burden of trying to prove the validity of your point. Simply claiming "we don't feel you need one" isn't a valid reason.
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Well you have to forgive them, they get whipped up when the "grabbers" get the vapors...
Clames
Feb 2013
#31
That is the key word. Unfortunately you lack the understanding to put it in full context.
Clames
Feb 2013
#91
Also gotta love some of the AWB's and mag bans enacted and being proposed at the state level.
SayWut
Feb 2013
#25
And *still* you missed a salient point: Military issue magazines don't have serial numbers
friendly_iconoclast
Feb 2013
#29