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In reply to the discussion: Illinois: Phelps files to override Quinn's amendatory veto of concealed carry bill. [View all]BainsBane
(57,294 posts)29. Well, if we count gun folk as "fellow Dems"
the First Amendment is clearly under attack by the gun lobby. They have sought to impose gag rules in states criminalizing speech against gun rights, they have criminalized doctor patient conversations about guns, and included a provision in ACA that makes it illegal to to document any information about guns.
The Democratic Party went along with the last of those measures.
Then there is the fact people here defend special legal protections for the corporate gun lobby industry above your fellow citizens.
Lastly, while you may consider it inconsequential, I take my right to live seriously. When the rights for the gun lobby overstep the rest of our right to survive, things have gotten badly out of wack.
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Illinois: Phelps files to override Quinn's amendatory veto of concealed carry bill. [View all]
ExCop-LawStudent
Jul 2013
OP
Nice to see a Democrat taking the lead here on behalf of IL citizens' rights. n/t
appal_jack
Jul 2013
#2
"People here...insist the right to guns trumps every other right." No, they don't.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#36
Until some *human* uses one to harm another, guns just sit there doing nothing.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#50
Looks like *someone* is conflating 'number' with 'rate'- and throwing in an associational fallacy...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#65
"There are over 506 documented cases of CCW holders killing someone" Which proves they're...
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#53