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In reply to the discussion: "Nobody wants to take your guns..." [View all]Straw Man
(6,740 posts)29. So much wrong that I don't know where to begin.
If there were no guns available, then how would the gangbangers acquire them?
So that's your solution? No guns at all? There goes your pretense to being moderate on the issue.
Where do you think they get them now?
They steal them or acquire them from traffickers, who either steal them or buy them illegally through straw purchasers.
Do you seriously think that the "law abiding" carry because of gangbangers?
Yes. And meth-head tweakers and other assorted street criminals.
I don't think that's who they are afraid of.
Enlighten us. Who, then, do you think they are afraid of?
Ah, but you don't think they are afraid, right? They don't carry out of fear, right? Then, pray tell, why the fuck do they carry?
We've been through this before. You have a fire extinguisher on your boat because you're "afraid" of fire, right?
If there is no fear of an attack, then there is no need to carry. This is why armies stand down during times of peace.
Do armies disarm in times of peace? No? I didn't think so.
Maybe you think the US is in a civil war. Maybe you are right.
I don't think so. Do you? If you do, you are wrong.
And you brought up the "penis", not me. Makes one wonder though.
Only as a comparison for the popularity of the "fear" meme. But you were awfully quick to take the bait, weren't you?
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I seriously doubt that gangbangers et al would be treated as an exception
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#16
I think it is you who misses the point. And the canard canard again. LOL!
Starboard Tack
Aug 2014
#26
"If there were no guns available, then how would the gangbangers acquire them?"
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#42
it's really going to happen isn't it? we can't even get sensible gun control let alone getting rid
samsingh
Aug 2014
#2
The guns that they are fighting hardest to ban are involved in less than 300 murders/yr.
benEzra
Aug 2015
#55
"Through each war we are in, combatants have become more and more willing to shoot to kill."
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#43
And a liberal criminologist destroys the "Nobody wants to take your guns" meme
pablo_marmol
Aug 2014
#41