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rrneck

(17,671 posts)
6. Chances are...
Mon Oct 8, 2012, 01:47 PM
Oct 2012

My fellow Americans, gun violence has become a national disgrace and we must no longer tolerate the horrible loss of life because this country is awash in guns. Therefore, I am proposing legislation to control the proliferation of guns in our country because I view you, the citizens of this great country, as fungible assets that can only be viewed as a collection of votes and not as individual human beings. My legislative proposals depend on the possibility that more people will die for the wrong reasons and with the wrong tools than will be saved for the right reasons and the same tools. Plus, since all the people that die for the wrong reasons will be dead, they won't vote anyway and we can assuage the grief of their living friends and relatives (voters) by blaming the evil objects that caused their pain and associate it with that evil bunch that seems to like the damn things. When it comes to partisan politics, it's a win win.

Vote for me, a bloodless technocrat who doesn't view you as human, but as a calculation in a legislative crap shoot.

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Domestic Guns and Mass Murder [View all] SecularMotion Oct 2012 OP
I'll keep my safety devices...they can give theirs up. ileus Oct 2012 #1
not very well written gejohnston Oct 2012 #2
There is so much fail in this article glacierbay Oct 2012 #3
Man, this is a soft pitch to hit. Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #4
You're no fun, hogged all the points. I can only point out disingenuous... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #8
Love the Talking Points bongbong Oct 2012 #5
No one claimed that "more guns didn't cause more crime". Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #10
Facts bongbong Oct 2012 #11
Sure, add it to your sig. Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #23
Chances are... rrneck Oct 2012 #6
Peace through superior firearms rl6214 Oct 2012 #7
Nope bongbong Oct 2012 #12
By grabber logic that other "gun nut" 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #14
Nice goal post shift bongbong Oct 2012 #15
I set no goalpost here. You are, as usual, confused 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #17
LOL bongbong Oct 2012 #19
Aren't you good, you found one out of how many... rl6214 Oct 2012 #24
Not even our ancestors agree with you Reasonable_Argument Oct 2012 #9
Judging by other countries that have effectively banned guns I would say peace is not possible 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #13
You're right! bongbong Oct 2012 #16
The word "feel" is right there in the study 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #18
MEGA laughs bongbong Oct 2012 #20
The best part of watching you laugh away is realizing how badly you're failing aikoaiko Oct 2012 #21
So what you're saying is that if I give up my guns, there will be world peace? trouble.smith Oct 2012 #22
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