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Gun Control & RKBA

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3. So if I use the term NRA-type talking points would that avoid the dreaded label?

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 01:52 PM

Jul 2016

Or if I talk about the "I bought the gun for self-protection" fallacy would that avoid the label?

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"NRA talking point(s)" is a thought-terminating cliché: [View all] friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 OP

So when the term "controllers" is used by some here when referring guillaumeb Jul 2016 #1

A fallacy in your response: guillaumeb Jul 2016 #6

I must demur here, as your last line was not quite what you said originally. friendly_iconoclast Jul 2016 #8

Oh, I agree there is no guarantee. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #11

Another example: Follow the money trail.... Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #7

I kind of like the ring of TTC. Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #10

I've always said ... Straw Man Jul 2016 #12