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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Where's the Trayvon Martin petition about gun control? [View all]Atypical Liberal
(5,412 posts)74. Nope.
Obviously my hanging after-the-fact statement is absurd.
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"The crime victim is the one being attacked (if it is a true self defense case)."
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#19
Because a tiny minority abuse gun rights is no reason to take our rights away.
GreenStormCloud
Mar 2012
#25
"it shouldn't matter how you got killed. Shot in the front, shot in the back, or hung from a tree."
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#62
So Zimmerman and friends should have lynched Trayvon Martin if he injured him in self-defense? n/t
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#73
"It looks very much as though George Zimmerman is lying and initiated the attack."
ellisonz
Apr 2012
#98
Presumably you are both talking about the violent criminals *I* was talking about.
Atypical Liberal
Apr 2012
#101
Except I clearly said I don't have much sympathy for DEAD ARMED ROBBERS.
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#64
"Does this mean that African Americans can't be trusted with firearms for self-defense?"
Starboard Tack
Mar 2012
#83
Right here: "Fact is, nobody can be "trusted" with firearms for self defense."
Atypical Liberal
Apr 2012
#90
Nice to see and open acknowledgement of the racist roots of Gun Control
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#40
But it hardly follows... that African Americans would be safer if they armed themselves.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2012
#79
We need to ask whether 'Stand Your Ground' measures make people trigger-happy.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Apr 2012
#103