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Gun Control & RKBA

TPaine7

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3. It is impossible for those who oppose guns and agree with Shares to be hypocrites.

Reply to Loudly (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 22, 2012, 03:50 PM

Jul 2012

Hypocrite
hypocrit:{noun}

Someone whose behavior contradicts their own teachings or philosophy AND who is not a supporter of gun control who agrees with Shares (AKA Loudly).

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Is Michael Bloomberg a gun owner? [View all] Francis Marion Jul 2012 OP

Even if he does, it wouldn't make him a hypocrite. Loudly Jul 2012 #1

If public policy and personal choice don't match up... Francis Marion Jul 2012 #2

It is impossible for those who oppose guns and agree with Shares to be hypocrites. TPaine7 Jul 2012 #3

Do you feel the same way about nuclear arms control? Loudly Jul 2012 #5

Yes. TPaine7 Jul 2012 #6

But aside from seeking to ban extortionists and religious dead enders? Loudly Jul 2012 #9

No, not if they were working toward that end. TPaine7 Jul 2012 #10

So you agree in "do as I say not as I do"? rl6214 Jul 2012 #12

Several prominent gun control politicians in CA do/did ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #4

I'm sure he doesn't. And any body guards/police escort he uses are armed only with whistles 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #7

I'm a gun owner abolugi Jul 2012 #8

Bloomie claims not to understand why people want guns, as he famously said regarding a retired TPaine7 Jul 2012 #11